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...





Now for some frivolous gossip. Page Six reports that some members of the Grey's Anatomy cast, including admitted homosexual TR Knight had a bit of a run-in with Puff Daddy (we refuse to call him P. Diddy, thank you) and his security detail. It seems Knight, Kate Walsh and Sara Ramirez had settled in to the Rolling Stone and Justin Timberlake pre-Grammy party when Daddy's security team told them to move. Apparently it didn't go well:
A spy said, "Puffy was supposed to sit in the same VIP area that had four tables - two were for him and two were for the Grey's Anatomy cast. But he was very, very late, and there are a lot of 'Grey's' castmembers, so T.R., Kate and Sara were at a table set up for Puffy."Aw, poor Knight. If only he and P.D. could have a little sit down and work things out. Too bad Daddy ain't sharing the table Maybe if he ever has the courage to come out they can be friends. Until then, it doesn't seem likely...Combs' bodyguard was a little heavy-handed.
"This guy goes up to T.R., Kate and Sara and started demanding - 'Get out! Get out now! Move it!' - T.R. was furious," our spy who was in the same VIP section said.
The spy added that Combs and Knight exchanged words before the Grey's cast were led away to another table.
• Salon offers mom-to-be Mary Cheney a little advice. Sample: "Though you may not look pregnant yet, chances are you're starting to feel it -- from every side."
• Southern Voice homo-journo Ryan Lee pays tribute to the late, great Audre Lorde. Sample: "Lorde's Activism and poetry knew few bounds, as she often wrote about the intersections of race, sex, sexual orientation and economics."
• The Recording Academy released this year's Grammy nominees. Sample: "Best New Artist nominee - Imogen Heap." Damn Straight.
• NGOs in Singapore hope to repeal anti-gay laws, Fridae reports. Sample: "This Saturday marks the end of the month-long period members of the public has to give their feedback on the major amendments proposed to the Penal Code..."
• The Baltic Times is all over gay activist Andi Ravalepik's bid for Estonia's Parliament. Sample: "The 27-year-old, who manages the gay and lesbian information center, said he would stand in Parliament for human values and against hate."
• Remember when we asked you guys to bid on the Beastie Boys skateboard for Lifebeat's Bid 2 Beat AIDS auction? Well, the price is up, but we think you could do better. Amended sample: "The board's only $103.51 right now. Watching Andrew Belonsky fall on his pretty little ass? Priceless."
As we ponder whether or not you, our darling readers, love us enough to vote for us, we can't help but hear the JJ Fad echo, "Is It Love?". To show you how much we love you, we've posted the video.
In case you're not familiar, Just Jammin' Fresh and Def were a lady rap trio from the late-80s backed by Dr. Dre and Yella from NWA. While their single "Supersonic" roared its way through the charts and garnered them a Grammy, the rest of their musical musings went largely unnoticed. Unfortunately, the girls (Juana Burns aka MC J.B., Dania Barks aka Baby-D and Michelle Franklin aka Sassy C.) broke up in 1992.
Thanks to the miracles of technology (and You Tube), their videos live on.
Oh, and is it just us, or is that a young Blair Underwood at the end caught spitting game?

This oh-so-unsettling picture accompanies a New York Times article on how Mark Foley ain't nothing but a low-down liar.
Taken at a Washington Grammy's party, Foley looks more deranged than ever. His eyes are all glazed and that smirk stinks of misdeed. Given the look on Kelly Clarkson's face, we imagine he's just stuck his finger in her ass. If that's the case, we feel bad for the girl. Still she's got to know that if she were a boy, it would have been much, much worse. Meanwhile, Louis Gossett Jr. looks like he's trying to ignore the entire thing, just like Dennis Hasturd.
• We don’t know what was more surprising about Madonna’s Grammy performance, her perfect body or her ability to actually carry a tune. [You Tube]
• And for the record: the new video is fierce. [You Tube]
• Michael Lucas is on Howard Stern’s show this AM with Clay Aiken’s buttboy. Someone needs to tell us what was said. [Lucas Blog]
• Planet Out is looking for a blog network manager to develop their blog network. And they have not called us up yet, why? [Craigslist]
• This is a great interview with Jody Watley, who we love dearly here at Queerty. [Midnight Lounge]
• We’re beyond wondering how she does it, but Madonna looks great in yet another video. [Made In Brazil]
• The normally butch Tom Ford gets a little queeny in this video clip from the Vanity Fair shoot. [Vanity Fair]
• Don’t forget, the Grammys are tonight. Hopefully we’ll see a Madonna/Mariah slapfest. [BBC]
• The editorial staff of the NY Press has walked out after the publishers refused to print the Danish cartoons that are causing uprising across the world. [Boozhy]
• Michael Lucas has also recently addressed the subject on his blog. Porn and politics do indeed mix. [Lucas Blog]
• We prefer Tom Ford photoshoots where the fashion guru is frolicking with barely dressed triplets and not naked starlets. [Just Jared]
• Tip to Karl Lagerfeld: stick to fashion. [NY Daily News]
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• Don't expect The Gays' two favorite music divas, Madonna and Mariah, to get all friendly at tomorrow night's Grammy's. They're being kept apart. [NY Daily News]
• Apple has cut the price of the Shuffle and added a Nano that we might actually be able to afford. [Reuters via Yahoo]
• Foreign HIV/AIDS infected sporty types get the OK to travel to the Gay Games. [Chicago Tribune]
• The San Francisco Library is giving homophobes in the Bible Belt something new to protest: a traveling exhibition on gay history is coming to the Midwest and the South. [San Jose Mercury News]
• The Latin Grammys are going to be broadcast in Spanish this year. Um, why weren’t they before?
• Andy, Q Magazine, and Popbytes review the new Madonna album. We got it too and we love it, but we are too hung over to write a full review.
• The gays in Chicago are going to the movies. The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival opens this week.
• PopBitch reports “Alexis Arquette, cross-dressing brother of Patricia and Rosanna, remembers the time he broke the news that he was gay to his father. His father was very understanding, saying: ‘If it helps, son, I had to suck a lot of cock to get my first break too.’" How do you think we got the Queerty gig?