• Ruben Solorio has been arrested in connection with the 2005 murder of Arizona-based drag queen, Amancio Corrales. Hooray!

• Get the low down on Sao Paulo Pride parties. Be sure to send us a postcard. And a Brazilian.

• David Banda's the cutest of all Madonna's "stolen" African babies!

• Focus on The Family seems to think that New York state law defines marriage as "between a man and a woman". Good As You calls "bullshit".

• The United Kingdom's foremost expert on sex change operations, Dr. Russell Reid, has been found guilty of professional misconduct after rushing five patients into surgery without following proper procedure.

• Scream screenwriter and known homosexual Kevin Williamson has a new soap: Hidden Palms. AfterElton describes it as a blend between The OC and Desperate Housewives. Sounds juicy shitty interesting...

• It's Fleet Week and this sailor's looking for some action. Also, has a crush on his drill sergeant, no foresight (he included his picture).

• Some people may take offense at Best Week Ever calling this man a "scary tranny", but nothing else fits. Except, maybe, for Norman Bates.

The Russian government may allow gay pride, but some religious figures aren't having it. The Russian Orthodox Church released a statement wagging a righteous finger at the "sexual minorities march". How quaint.

The Russian Orthodox Church considers unacceptable the sexual minorities parade, which infringes on our multiethnic nation’s moral norms, on public order, and in a long run - on our people’s future.

The statement goes on to damn same-sex sex, claiming it only leads to further "despair" and "moral degradation". Is that what they're calling it now.

What's more, it seems gay pride's just selfish displays of decidedly offensive behavior:

Aggressiveness in promoting gay ideas even under a human rights disguise is obviously provocative. The gay activist nave no respect for other people’s rights and do not even consider that what they do may offend others.

How could we have been so inconsiderate? Don't worry, though, the Church says they'll show us the way. Lucky us.

Stop gay propaganda in Russia - Moscow Patriarchate [Interfax]

An estimated 5,000 people took to Warsaw's streets Saturday to celebrate the Polish towns gay pride. While the majority of Poland's Catholic citizens disapprove of homosexuality, the day passed by relatively peacefully. Past pride events have been marred by violence, but Saturday's only hit a few bumps as a few dozens protesters lobbed Biblical references and moral condemnations, resulting in a few arrests.

Parade organizer Tomasz Baczkowski praised his country's prideful progress:

This was the largest parade we've held in Poland. Polish society has opened its eyes and they know what democracy, equality and diversity mean.

Baczkowski's statements are only partly true. The march came days after the education minister put forth a series of anti-gay reforms.

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• Just weeks before he's to be sentenced for driving under the influence, British pop star George Michael has admitted he's addicted to drugs, but once again took some time to praise pot:

[My arrest] involves prescribed drugs and it involves a dependency on them and the tendency to chase one drug with another because of side effects.
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We could sit here with any number of policemen and doctors and they would all tell you if everybody who had a dependence on alcohol changed their mind and had a dependence on weed, the world would be a much easier place to live in.

We weep at your eloquence, dude...

• Warsaw mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz Walz took a stand against the homophobic government and said the town's Gay Pride will go on! We wonder what President Lech Kaczyński will have to say. Probably something in Polish. And not pleasant.

• Julie Enzer has something to say, "Gay Pride is not just poppers and blowjobs!" Only Enzer's version's a little longer. And persuasive.

• Anne Heche's soon-to-be ex-husband alleges the actress "has at times exhibited bizarre and delusional behavior". He obviously missed that whole alien abduction thing...

• Pam Anderson pissed off some paparazzi in Cannes. Apparently they were upset her tits showed up late for the red carpet and bounced away before striking properly perky poses. Poor paparazzi...

• It's just like the 400-pound gorilla in the room, only it's a 400-pound gorilla on the loose! A witness remarked, "Everyone was in panic, running away, screaming, wailing, screaming kids running around, I don't know what all, kids without parents—it was a total drama." Kids without parents and a 400-pound gorilla? That's not drama. That's some shit....

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• NewsBusters, the watch dog group dedicated to "exposing and combating liberal media bias", are taking aim at GLAAD the group released a statement in which president Neil Giuliano "urges" the media to commemorate Falwell as a homo-hating monster:

As they look back on the life of the Rev. Falwell, media have an opportunity and a responsibility to reflect on the outdated, hurtful attitudes and beliefs he embodied...

It's an important opportunity to take stock of how far our nation has come in moving toward a more respectful and inclusive society, and how far we still have to go.

Newsbusters go on to accuse CNN of buying into the Falwell bashing:

On Anderson Cooper 360, CNN correspondent Randi Kaye, who raised eyebrows in December for a story worrying about Saddam suffering when he hanged, shared no comparable horror at the death of Falwell. Her transcript read like a commercial for GLAAD... Anchor Anderson Cooper titled his segments "Faith and Fury," and fury was certainly in heavy rotation on CNN.

If only Evangelical revisionists were in charge of the media...

• America's Next Top Model's (Ms.) J Alexander warns touchy-feely fans to back off: "I knocked a lot of people in the nose and knocked a lot of people in the head and knocked a lot of people in the chest for grabbing up on Miss Jay."

• California-based gay activist Larry Sprenger has died. Sprenger's work with the Municipal Elections Committee of Los Angeles helped close bath houses to stop the spread of AIDS.

• CBS' Kiddie Nation proves that reality television really is for children.

• St. Petersburg Pride banned! The city's just too dang busy, you see?

• Wanna see some cute boys? Sure ya do! Especially when they're fine ass D&G models posing in their undies...

• Just so you know, Antarctica's still melting.

Those Brazilians sure are competitive. First, Made in Brazil hosted the 2006 Hottest Brazilian Contest, then came the Mr. Brazil face off, and we have The Hottest Brazilian tournament.

Mix Brasil and Manhunt have scoured the sex-crazed web-page's archives to find the top ten Brazilians up in the 'mo mix. Now it's up to you to decide which one comes out on top. The winning stud receives an all expenses paid trip to São Paulo pride.

So, what do you get? The satisfaction of knowing that you've helped someone pretty. And, really, isn't that what life's all about.

Head on over and cast your vote. We voted for this dude - the only one with body hair.

Gay pride loving non-profit Heritage of Pride isn't feeling so gay after Mayor Michael Bloomberg killed their dreams of moving their annual event to Chelsea. For fifteen years, HOP has produced a fag-flavored fair to coincide with New York City's gay pride. For years, participants have gathered on Greenwich Street to distribute information, condoms and good will. Unfortunately, Greenwich Street isn't the most accessible of Manhattan's many streets. Nor is it the most well maintained - potholes pock the narrow street.

For this reason, HOP officials filed a request to move the event to Manhattan's gay ghetto, Chelsea. The group enlisted over sixty neighborhood businesses, non-profits and the Chelsea Chamber of Commerce to support the move. Despite this backing - not to mention the Community Board's unanimous support - the mayor's office refuses to endorse the relocation. Nor do they recognize Heritage of Pride's proud heritage of producing the event.

The group will hold a meeting tomorrow at the LGBT center to discuss the event's future. With no permit, however, it looks like it may be the end of the road for Heritage of Pride.

For more information on Heritage of Pride, check out their website.

Seattle paper PI reports that Seattle Out and Proud, organizers of the city's Gay Pride celebration, have decided against holding this year's festivities in the usual downtown digs, stating that hosting a big ol' gay extravaganza wouldn't be "financially prudent" at the present time. (And you know things ain't right when people start talking like that about Gay Pride!)

The problems this group has are internal problems," said George Bakan, Editor of The Seattle Gay News. "They need to sit down and solve them before they take on any events."

With a reported debt of $100,000 still unpaid from Gay Pride 2006, Seattle Out and Proud reportedly "would have to pay $50,000 of its debt immediately, then pay back $25,000 each year for two years."

And you can forget about any drink tickets this year, boys...

Gay Pride Parade Out of Downtown, Seattle Center This Year [SeattlePI]

Boy oh boy, those Latvian homophobes sure are go-getters. It's over four months until the small nation celebrates its gay pride, but they're already rounding up their rectum-revolted masses. Via our homo-homies over at UK Gay News comes a literal translation of a manifesto they published in the free daily, Rītdiena in which they take a stand against the so-called homo pederasts, gay friendly politicians and the pro-gay newspaper, Diena. Here's an excerpt:

Ladies and gentlemen – do you have gunpowder in yourselves? Of course you do. [We've] called on activists to help organise a demonstration against pederasts and pederast ideology.

In just one day, more than 250 activists rang us... Thank you to all of you. Enormous, enormous thanks! No investment will be forgotten. No one is unnecessary in the people’s fight against pederasts and pederast ideology.

O, nation, wake up to a new Renaissance!
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Readers, boycott and call on your fellow citizens to boycott the newspaper Diena, the main source of propaganda for pederasts and pederasty in Latvia! Don’t buy the newspaper Diena! Don’t subscribe to the newspaper Diena! Cancel your subscription to the newspaper Diena!

Forward, reader! Toward a new Renaissance!

Hmm, it's been a while since we opened a history book, but we seem to recall the Renaissance having something to do with a revival of arts, science and other assorted cultural movements. How, then, can boycotting a paper and enforcing social stagnation be like a new Renaissance? Perhaps something got lost in translation.

Also, we know their t-shirts are spreading a message of intolerance, but we'd give anything for one of our very own. Okay, well, maybe not anything, but at least a blow job: our preferred method of payment.

(Oh, yeah, one more thing - we know the ladies pictured are Eastern European and really can't help it, but they sure do look like dykes to us.)

Meanwhile, in other news: Uri Lupolianski, the mayor of Jerusalem, found himself stoned while visiting an ultra-orthodox neighborhood. For those of you not paying attention, there's been a fierce fight over Friday's gay pride parade in the city. The more conservative religious types aren't so keen on the idea and are promising violence if the parade goes ahead. Even though Lupolianski spoke out against the parade, many people still hold him responsible for what they see as an affront to their holy city. Ynet News reports:

Despite the fact that Lupolianski has called out against holding the parade in the city, many in the haredi community hold him directly responsible.

Word spread quickly of the “Zionist” mayor’s visit to the heart of Me’a Shearim, prompting dozens of haredim to make their way to the hall and stone the structure.

Meanwhile, rioting continues to crop up around the city and police are preparing for what will undoubtedly be a traumatic day on Friday.

Don't worry, though, the Muslims and the Jews are still united against the homos.

Only four days until what will undoubtedly be an explosive gay pride in Jerusalem. In case you haven't been following, religious leaders from both sides of the contentious Jew/Muslim spiritual divide have came out against the march, calling for violence to detract the sinful celebration. In a recent development, according to Time Magazine a Jewish extremist group has offered a $500 reward to anyone who kills a homo during Friday's march. Nice, huh?

The announcement comes as Jerusalem finally simmers after last week's riots, during which hundreds of Hebrew homo-haters burned trash, broke windows and wreaked general havoc. In addition, three people were stabbed by a particularly zealous follower.

Despite this violence, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz (pictured) refuses to give in to mounting threats of violence and murder. As reported in 365 Gay, Mazuz says, "Giving in to threats is in itself a threat to democracy, and therefore not holding the parade is unthinkable."

Good for you, Mazuz, although the Supreme Court's will hear two cases today pressing for the march's ban due to violence. Hopefully they'll follow the Attorney General's lead on this one.

(Also, in the aforementioned Time article, Tim McGirk takes a deeper look at the ways in which Jews and Muslims have come together to fight the sinister gays. Definitely worth a read. That is, if you care about such things.)

Man oh man, are the homo-hating Hebrews pissed off or what?

In case you haven't heard, there's been massive rioting in Jerusalem as conservative religious leaders and civilians alike try to persuade the police to stop a gay pride march there scheduled for November 10th.

Gay Community News reports:

Several hundred members of the Haredi sect took part in the march, led by their leaders who wore sack cloths, a Biblical sign of mourning. Protestors carried signs denouncing homosexuality and proclaiming "Jerusalem will not be like Sodom and Gomorrah."

It will, however, be turned into a burning trash heap, apparently. But, seriously, if these fools care so much about their city, why are they treating it like Palestine? (Oops.)