OH SNAP — An incredibly buff Californication star David Duchovny hits the Malibu beach with (reconciled) wife Tea Leoni and kids Madelaine and kid. Continued »

While President Obama won't use his executive order power to halt the dismissals of Don't Ask Don't Tell, and he remains in defense of DOMA, he did sign a memo telling federal agencies to start spreading some benefits to federal employees in same-sex relationships. It's resulted in a mish-mash of government sanctioned sexual and gender identity protections — and discrimination. All of which means: Folks like Dan Choi can still be dismissed from the military, but yesterday the White House opted not to defend its right to discriminate against federal employees based on gender identity. Continued »

GRATUITOUS SKIN — A true southern boy, Hunter Williams enjoys escaping his rural surrounding for a chance to … hose himself down. Continued »

THE SHOT — The bumper sticker spotted by Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper at a Chicago Cubs game, where homophobic taunts are still all the rage. Writes Roeper: Continued »

Whatever. It's probably those Wilson bros. Continued »

Sacha Baron Cohen might've gone nude for the cover of GQ, but that's nothing compared to his Attitude cover: Bruno is naked with other men! So lovely to see all of the media participating in one giant marketing campaign. (NB: Will the Attitude story get anyone in trouble like GQ's did?)

With all the boldface names who dropped out of June 25's DNC fundraiser in D.C., a report circulated that the party took in a cool $1 million — which would've been $250,000 more than last year's take. Except that million dollar figure isn't backed up by any evidence beyond an unnamed source from The Advocate. Continued »

The Stonewall-esque raid of Fort Worth gay bar Rainbow Lounge left patron Chad Gibson in the ICU unit with a brain injury. Chad's mother Karen Carter and witnesses describe what happened, which is a far cry from what Police Chief Jeff Halstead had to say. Continued »

Oh how did we miss this latest entry into Certified CrazyTM arguments against same-sex marriage? Please join us in adding "It will hurt women! And make all men gay!" to our growing list of nonsense theories — and place it alongside the "It will hurt black families" farce. Continued »

First the D.C. City Council approved a measure to recognize same-sex marriages that are legal in other jurisdictions. Then Councilman Marion Barry led an effort to repeal the law. Then a congressman tried to get the House to kill it. And all along crazypants Rev. Harry Jackson was trying to get a religion-based opposition movement started. And now, another blow to marriage opponents: A judge refused to issue an injunction to stay the law while they tried to get a referendum to voters. And then the judge went a step further than just shooting down the effort: "At bottom, the harm about which petitioners complain is not based on a denial of the right to referendum,” wrote Superior Court Judge Judith Retchin. "Rather, they simply disagree with legislation enacted by our duly-elected [D.C. City] Council. A citizen’s disagreement with constitutionally sound legislation, whether based on political, religious or moral views, does not rise to the level of an actionable harm." LOL, right?

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But U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker does want to get this legal show on the road, stat! "California Attorney General Jerry Brown and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who are defendants in the suit, had argued against staying the ban .. [b]ut they had also urged Walker to take up the case quickly"

Ron Osorio, known as "West Hollywood" to Los Angeles County inmates, walks the hallways of Men's Central Jail every week passing out condoms. So far, he's handed out 43,655 rubbers since the Center for Health Justice in 2001 convinced the sheriff to begin the program inside the prison. But here's the rub: Having sex in jail remains illegal. But for folks already locked up, that might not be such a big concern; transmitting HIV and other STDs, however, is. It reminds us of needle exchange programs: Injecting yourself with smack remains illegal, but people will do it anyway, so why not give them tools to keep themselves as healthy as possible?

It won't be much help for Dan Choi, but all of a sudden the Pentagon is talking about how it might relax the rules for Don't Ask Don't Tell. Wait — isn't this the same Pentagon that said doing anything about the law would have to take place "down the road"? Continued »

"Every Sunday in Washington, D.C., a group of gay men in their thirties meet to play the wildly popular fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. They refer to themselves jokingly as 'the hottest gay gamers in Washington, D.C.'" All of the members are out as gay; none of them are out as Dungeons & Dragons fans.

When the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously voted to seat Al Franken as the state's newest U.S. senator, it did more than force Norm Coleman to concede and create a supermajority for Democrates in the Senate. It added a gay rights ally to the legislature. Continued »

In a closed-to-the-media military panel in Syracuse yesterday, New York National Guard First Lt. Dan Choi was given the fate Barack Obama told him he should expect: It's time to go. A four-member Army board yesterday heard Choi's Don't Ask Don't Tell case and concluded he should be discharged. Continued »

MORNING GOODS — As good as TJ Beaverson looks in long johns, we fear you're going to lose all respect for the 20-year-old Pennsylvanian once you find out he competed on MTV's terrible dating (web-only?) reality show When Spicy Meets Sweet. Continued »

Yeah, what is with President Obama trying so hard to get religious conservatives on board with his pro-gay policies — when, arguably, they never will? Last night on Countdown, Dan Savage outlined Obama's lose-lose strategy in sacrificing support from gays by pandering to "fundamentalist Christians," who may never be for equality. Continued »

New York's free bar guide HX is being unloaded by owner Matthew Bank, who got into bed with Avalon Equity founder and Window Media publisher David Unger to keep spitting the glossy out. No word yet on who's buying the thing, but Bank looks to be staying on with his HX Media, which still runs the New York Blade and HX's expo units. Continued »

The Leffews are on the move! Queerty's favorite YouTube family — dads Bryan and Jay (he the policeman) and kids Daniel and Selena — will be uploading their family trip as they disembark from their Bay Area home and head for Seattle, then Alaska for one of Rosie O'Donnell's R-Family cruises, then a few travels around Canada. Above: They hit up San Francisco Pride before leaving, where they marched with Jay's coopers. Continued »