• If there's one thing November's election taught us, it's that sexual panic's alive and well. What, however, does that mean for gay people? Julie Enszer investigates. [SOVO]

• We know Mitt Romney's not swell on the gays, but his 1994 letter to the Log Cabin Republicans says otherwise. [The Boston Globe]

• Nicole Richie's a wild child. That's a given. But her most recent arrest raises questions about her race. [Mollygood]

• It's an established fact that Latvia's got loads of homophobic politicians. Iain MacWhirter wonders what that means for Scotland. [The Guardian]

• Everyone knows Dreamgirls is being tossed around for an Oscar nod, but can you imagine Borat getting a statue? [The Huffington Post]

• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the holocaust. Do you know who's furious about it? Peter Tatchell, that's who. [Pink News UK]