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...




While the political blogs speculate over the authenticity of the latest round of officially-released Fidel Castro, our speculation turns to this photo – of Castro with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez – in particular. Which one is gonna be on the receiving end of this toy?
Unforgettable afternoon between brothers [Granma]

• Out director Bryan Singer has signed a deal with ABC to develop three scripts, one of which is guaranteed to be developed under their terms. [Advocate]
• Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro – who we've had the honor of visiting with – temporarily signs over power to his brother and defense minister Raul Castro amid growing health problems. [NYT]
• In the season premiere of ER, Fraiser alum John Mahoney will play a drag queen fighting to control the medical care of his dying partner. [NYT]
• San Diego's police chief vows to find the three suspects involved in the beating of five people during of the city's gay pride parade. Previous reports named only three victims. Meanwhile, city officials promised to prosecute the case with attempted murder charges. [SD U-T]
• Metrics systems are already in place for television and radio, so why not Broadway? [NYT]
Say what you will about Fidel Castro – we've been in is company, and we say: he talks for too long – and his Communist Cuba, but he's got one progressive offering even the U.S. can't claim: a state-sponsored soap opera with prominent gay characters. In La Cara Oculta de la Luna (The Dark Side of the Moon), feelings of attraction between men and dealing with the HIV crisis are all fair game and have become crucial to the show's storylines.
In a recent episode of ''La Cara Oculta de la Luna,'' ("The Dark Side of the Moon"), Yasel, who is married and the father of a little girl, is as surprised as viewers are to discover he is physically attracted to another man named Mario.The attraction leads to a sexual relationship and Yasel's subsequent contraction of the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
Keep in mind, Cuban society is in line with the rest of Latin American society: machismo rules, and feminine men are outcasts. So to see gays on Cuban TV is nothing short of revolutionary. But there will always by cynics. Given the AIDS storyline, some argue the show simply perpetuates the stereotype that AIDS is the punishment gay men deserve.