So Austria's gays were just granted civil union rights! This means they can get a pretty piece of paper, just like heterosexual couples, and involve themselves in their partners' social security claims and inheritance rights and tax filings and pensions and stuff. Then what's the bad news? Continued »

The D.C. Agenda, the replacement to the just-killed Washington Blade, is here, it's queer, and we've got no problem getting used to it! The physical product might be a shadow of the Blade, but it's just Week 1, and editor Kevin Naff and publisher Lynne Brown are just getting started with their new media baby. Continued »

When it comes to outing anti-gay officials, Blog Active's Mike Rogers invented the gsame — or at least mastered it. Without Rogers's exposure of folks like Rep. Mark Foley or outh Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer, there might never have been that Outrage film. So how does Rogers feel about ChurchOuting.org, the website promising to expose — or at least collect the names of — gay Catholic priests in D.C. who belong to a Church rallying against gay rights? Continued »

MORNING GOODS — He says he maintains 3.6 percent body fat year round. Naturally. We're doing our best not to hate him for it. These photos help. Continued »

After telling her staff about her much-anticipated decision this afternoon, Oprah will tell viewers on Friday that when her syndication deal is up in 2011, she's done with her television show. The move comes as Oprah puts another minion on to the small screen and ramps up for a January 2011 launch of OWN. Continued »

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→ If Washington D.C. doesn't put a stop to the "mishandling" of federal AIDS funds, then HUD is simply going to stop giving them out. Continued »

From the terrifying world of school bullying, and common wisdom that school administrators do nothing to stop it comes this story from Houston high school freshman Jayron Martin, who was beaten with a metal pipe after school by a classmate while eight others watched — and it only stopped when a man who saw the attack from his home whipped out a shotgun. All because the other kids accused Jayron of being gay. But perhaps the worst part, beyond the cuts and bruises and cracks? That the attack might have been prevented: Jayron's assault went down after he told two of his principals and bus driver about the planned attack before it happened; a classmate tipped him off. Continued »

We misidentify photos, misplace pronouns, and insert the wrong links all the time. So we can understand the embarrassment of Leatherneck Magazine — which bills itself as the "Magazine of the Marines" — after they featured a young corporal who just happens to be an amateur gay porn star. Continued »

As expected, Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker is on the receiving end of an attack campaign. But this one isn't from the Houston Area Pastor Council, which is planning a religious-based assault. Instead, the 35,000 homes that will receive a flyer lambasting Parker come from Dave Wilson, an electrician. Then again, Wilson turns to his Christian faith in finding a reason to oppose the candidate. Continued »

Oh look, it's another "softball" ad promoting gay marriage. It's the same thing we saw during Prop 8, and again in Maine during the Question 1 battle. These ads don't work. But why is this one notable? Because its creators, Equality California, will be airing the mini-story about Mary-Kate's moms Frances and Cynthia during Sunday's broadcast of the Miss California USA pageant. You know, the one that Carrie Prejean won? And then, lost? Continued »

This is the American Family Association's nightmare: Public schools are teaching young people that loving families have nothing to do with the sexuality of the parents. Continued »

THE SHOT — Should we be impressed Kellogg's is telling parents (in Brazil) that it's no big deal if they've got gender-bending kids, or concerned that Kellogg's is telling parents it's healthy to feed their children a bowl of diabetes every morning? Continued »

BLIND ITEMS — "This really good looking A list movie actor has always had some questions raised about his sexuality. It turns out though that his female significant other is the one who, with the full knowledge of our actor has had a very long term affair with another woman who is also her business partner." Continued »

With 12 percent "unsure," some 46 percent of registered New Jersey voters say they support same-sex marriage legislation, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, which asked 903 residents. Continued »

Through its conversion therapy programs, Exodus International claims it can change homosexuals to heterosexuals if they want it bad enough. And, if not, they can at least train you to become celibate, and reconcile your same-sex attractions with your religious beliefs. So you would think that Exodus, an international organization, would look to a country like Uganda as a plump feeding ground for potential converts. And yet the group is criticizing a move there — supported by President Yoweri Museveni and some lawmakers — to make gay sex a crime punishable by death. Continued »

Utah State Sen. Chris Buttars was the sponsor behind his state's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. But now he's behind extending Salt Lake City's LGBT anti-discrimination to the entire state. Isn't this the same guy who said gays are "the greatest threat to America"? Yes, he is. And yet now he says, "I don't mind gays, but I don't want 'em stuffing it down my throat all the time, and certainly [in] my kids' face." How, exactly, do folks who are vehemently anti-gay reconcile a position on protecting gays? Continued »

In rejecting the Alliance Defense Fund's argument that same-sex marriage was the same thing as incest and polygamy, New York State's Court of Appeals all but declared gays are entitled to marriage rights. But they didn't go that far! Continued »

Well that was a let down. After taking the reigns of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Bernice King — whose father Martin founded the organization — had the chance to turn a new leaf on the organization's, and her own, homophobia. In the most clear signal yet, she's not going to. Continued »

Initially, we thought Twilight's ginormous Kellan Lutz was purposefully catering to his gay fanbase. After all, he pulled the above paparazzi stunt, holding hands with co-star Peter Facinelli (as a gag on all the coverage co-stars and romancers Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart receive). But on Ellen yesterday, after revealing he shared a naked spa bath with an over-eager male fan, he let us down in a big, 6-pack way. Continued »

It's unclear how many of the Washington Blade's refugees will find a new home under editor Kevin Naff and publisher Lynne Brown's phoenix of a newspaper, but at least the thing has a name. Continued »