Hundreds of Sacramento-area students rallied to support four students suspended for wearing anti-gay shirts. One participant said: "It's only going to get worse against Christians. We're going to get persecuted more and more. But those who stand to the end: God is going to save them." Um, right...
Sony's banking on Spider Man 3. Literally. Some insiders claim the flick cost $300 million to produce. No doubt, however, it'll make it back. And then some.
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission will honor Nepal's Blue Diamond Society for all their hard activist work. Unfortunately, they will not be honored with actual blue diamonds.
We've never quite understood Kate Moss and Pete Doherty's relationship. Now we do. And they're kind of cute. Still total nutters, but cute...
The fuzz may have been investigating theft at Atlanta's airport, but they found a bunch of horny gay men, instead. Now they're looking for more.
Regional lawyers have ruled that Latvia's City Council acted unjustly in barring last year's gay pride parade. Hoorah!
Maryland's House has passed a bill requiring health insurance companies to extend benefits to same-sex partners and children. The bill now needs to be signed by the governor to become a law. (We totally just had a School House Rock flashback.)
GLAAD's celebrating the tenth anniversary of Ellen Degeneres' coming out with a month full of flag-waving faggotry.
Sri Lanka may forbid homosexuality, but that's not stopping gay activists from planning a pride event. Trouble is, they don't have any money. Do you?
In an effort to make a more single friendly album, Madonna has joined forces with Justin Timberlake and uber-producer Timbaland. If they can't help her sales, no one can...
The House Judiciary Committee isn't fucking around with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. They've just issued a subpoena for more documents regarding the allegedly illegal firing of federal prosecutors. Nail him to the wall, kids!
New York has agreed to extend benefits to employee's same-sex partners. About fucking time, no?
Mario Vasquez still claims he's not gay. But, of course, the interview took place before that whole sexual harassment lawsuit, so who knows...
Don Imus may have called them "nappy-headed hos", but the Rutgers Women's basketball team has agreed to have a little sit-down. We hope they give it to him good.
Robbie Williams may have ditched Take That! to embrace his bad boy image, but some are saying the recently rehabbed singer's mulling a musical reunion. Um, is that supposed to be a career booster or a death rattle?
21-year old Akino George has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the beating of gay singer, Kevin Aviance. Like his violent cohorts, George copped a plea. Smart fucker...




Homosexuality is punishable by hanging in Iran. In Moscow and Warsaw, marches by gay groups have been banned. There has been so much anti-gay violence in Jamaica, Time dubbed the island “The Most Homophobic Place on Earth”. No wonder American homos like to play it safe when they go on vacation: Provincetown, St. Thomas, Ft. Lauderdale!
But tour guide Dan Ware says there’s no reason why a gay guy shouldn’t see most of the world, if he wants to. Since 1990, Ware has been leading all-male, all-gay "Toto Tours" to places like Egypt, Poland, and Peru. Next year, he’ll add the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to his itinerary.
Queerty correspondent Ilya Marritz recently sat down with Ware to chat about queer adventuring, gays in China and bullfighting with Richard Hatch.
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Being a tranny takes balls. As we saw yesterday, American trans folk face more violence than nearly every other social group. The situation's no better in Chile, where three people have been murdered in the last month.
As the bodies mount, gay activist Rolando Jimenez (pictured) and his organization, The Movement for Homosexual Integration and Freedom, are urging the government to protect Chile's queers, particularly trannies:
To put it simply, today in Chile the State is not guaranteeing a basic human right for a certain sector of the population, and that's the right to life.What's worse, Jimenez says, the legal system holds an obvious bias against gay people, often letting alleged attackers slip away. In one case, Victor Vicencio Marin stood accused of murdering 32-year old Andrea Sanchez after hiring her for a mere $3.75. Marin posted his $925 bail and as he left the court, chuckled, "turns out it's cheap to kill a faggot". It's worth noting that this charmer has yet to be charged with the crime. Trans activist remarks Juana Iris Rubio, "We've always said that in this country, [murderers] have better reputations than faggots". And that's a fact, Jack.
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Ultimately, that right isn't guaranteed because the transgender population, in this society, is forced to support itself in the sex trade. For the people in that line of work, it's a context that is absolutely precarious and dangerous and in which they're vulnerable.
MOVILH WARNS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF CHILE'S REGION V [Valparaiso Times]
MURDERS OF CHILE'S TRANSGENDER PEOPLE MOUNT [Valparaiso Times]