• 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.

Ever wonder what goes into the making of a drag performer? Well, now's your chance. The Power Issue feature subject Adrian L. Acosta has passed along this video of his very queer transformation into loud mouthed Amnesia Sparkles. With a Madonna soundtrack, naturally.

It's been six years since the world last heard from British pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Since the release of her last album, Read My Lips, the British-born Ellis-Bextor has been keeping busy with a new baby. Now Bextor's back with a fresh aural offering, Trip The Light Fantastic. And, as happens, the 28-year old has been making the promotional rounds. She recently sat down with Gay UK to chat about the album, Madonna and her friend Mika.

Not surprisingly, journo Hassan Mirza delved into whether the curly-haired musician digs dick:

Mirza: Well as you probably know the gay media have kinda been after him - or rather, the media in general have been after him to talk about his sexuality. Do you think that’s fair to ask that? Do you think it’s right for him to say he’s not gonna talk about it?

Ellis-Bextor: I actually think he’s completely entitled to it. I know that Dan, someone I know as a gay musician, he was actually fine to talk about it, but it’s kinda beside the point. With Mika I kinda respect the fact that he doesn’t have to tell people everything. Why do we feel we have to know? I mean he’s got lyrics like ‘I tried to be like Grace Kelly, and I tried a little Freddie’. And if you want the answer, I think he’s kinda giving it to you.

Ellis-Bextor also tells Mirza that she hopes to perform at some gay clubs in The States. So, club promoters, you should head on over to Ellis-Bextor's website and make her wishes come true. But, you may first want to check out the video for her new single, "To Catch You", after the jump...

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It's been over four years since Annie Lennox released an original album. No doubt, then, this fall's offering will be pull out all the stops.

According to perpetually wet gossips, pool party, the former Eurythmics singer has enlisted the help of Madonna, Mary J. Blige and Kelis, among others for her forthcoming full-length.

This is a Sweet Dream come true!

• Madonna got a haircut. No word on an amount, but we bet it costs a fucking fortune to look so - um...well, to have such nice looking hair. The face? Not looking so hot...

• Ellen injured! Lesbian talk show host and all around lesbian Ellen Degeneres will be performing her chat fest from bed after injuring her back. Perhaps Portia got a little rough?

• Kenya is getting lax on the fags. Gay activist Angus Parkinson says:of Liverpool VCT, a support centre in Nairobi, "Kenya is heading in a different direction from its neighbours." Well, we should hope so, because neighboring Uganda doesn't have the best record...

• Today's fag rags have less fag and more rag, according to journo Sam McManis: "Now, these niche newspapers and magazines seem more about the "active lifestyle," as the media cliche goes. Home improvement. Fashion. Celebrity culture. All the fun, frivolous stuff." Yeah, but it also brings in the ever-important dollar. Gotta get that dollar, homie...

• Candy Spelling's plan to save America's international image? More reruns of Charlie's Angels, Dynasty and, if we're in a bind, Falcon's Crest.

• On Friday, we informed you that an Arkansas man's suing his local library because his son suffered "many sleepless nights" after finding The Whole Lesbian Sex Book. Um, duh he had sleepless nights (assuming, of course, he's straight). Speaking on the brouhaha, the book's author, Felice Newman, asks, "If librarians pull such books from the shelves, where will kids find out about sex?" You're looking at it...

• Andy Warhol's the number two highest-selling artist in the world. Picasso's number one.

• Pete Wentz ain't just a make-up wearing rock star, he's a linguistic mastermind. For example, he doesn't wear eyeliner. He wears "guy-liner". Total difference. Total genius.

Madonna's publicist may have dismissed rumors the material mom's on the prowl for another Malawian baby, but The Sun reports otherwise. Madge's forthcoming goodwill mission to the African nation may be a stake out on a little girl named Grace. A source "close to the star" - whatever that means - tells the British tab-rag:

Madonna saw a film of children at a place called The Consol Home. She spotted a beautiful girl called Grace who lit the room with her smile, and fell head over heels for her. Madonna kept saying, ‘That girl has so much love in her. I want to help her achieve her potential’.

But adoption officials are being very strict after the uproar when Madonna adopted David. They know Grace is her first choice, but have insisted she looks at other girls first — and that the final decision is theirs.

The controversy over David erupted primarily because his father's still in the picture. Little Grace, however, has lost both parents, which means, of course, she's an easier sell.

Madonna got the media beat down when she adopted Malawian baby, David Banda, but that's not stopped her from returning to Malawi. In fact, it may have encouraged her.

The material mom's publicist confirms that the pop star's headed down African way to help other orphans. The proverbial "insider", however, tells Life & Style a different tale:

She wants David to have a relationship with his biological father. She's going under the guise of a vacation, but she's not on vacation - she's on a mission.

She intends to adopt another baby soon, but first she wants to repair her image from all the bad press she got over David's adoption. She plans on having David's father be part of the extended family. She wants to show that her adoption was an unselfish act of love and not what it was portrayed as in the media.

Regardless of our suspicions, we'll agree with the aforementioned publicist when she says, "If her trip there brings attention to the tremendous need to help the children of that country, then so be it." Fair enough.

• Slowly but surely, Madonna's becoming a woman.

• The Jewish Theological Seminary has decided to admit queers. Why can't all religions be so cool?

• A group of techie jokesters hacked Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's MySpace and declared, "Today I announce that I have reversed my position and come out in full support of gay marriage…particularly marriage between two passionate females." This, of course, makes one think of McCain masturbating which leads to severe psychological scarring. Thanks, guys...

• Democratic Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts on gay marriage: "After a couple years, the average heterosexual person forgets gay marriage is there."

• A church security guard apparently pulled a gun on someone trying to take pictures of Britney Spears. Um, church security guards carry guns?

• Greg Scarnici makes a better looking Fergie than Fergie herself.

• Former American Family Association Attorney Joe R Murray on homophobia: "The gay issue is a human issue, and thus I strongly believe that it must be approached with concern and compassion. Furthermore, the individuals engaging in the debate must recognized that behind the theories there are real life human beings that are made in the image of the Creator." We just shat our pants. In a good way, of course...

• Gay performer Charles Knipp aka Shirley Q. Liquor is apparently "not a racist".

Cybill Shepherd's gleeful performance on The L Word has become one of the highlights of the show. She absolutely glows as newbie dyke, Phyllis Kroll. But, perhaps her captivating performance comes from more than mere talent. From Metro Weekly:

MW: You have been quoted as saying that you had wondered about lesbianism at various times during your life. ''I wanted to be open to the possibility of having a woman as a lover. I am not actively pursuing it but it is not over yet,'' is how the quote reads.

SHEPHERD: It's not over til it's over.

MW: Well, if the opportunity arose, do you honestly think you would be open to it?

SHEPHERD: Yes, I do. I don't know how you describe me then. I think there are some things I could say that are not politically correct, but I have to say that it definitely would be a possibility, depending on the person.

Boy oh boy, Boy George's again picking on Madonna, a woman he's previously described as "a vile, hideous, horrible human being with no redeeming qualities". This time the pop singer and known homosexual has taken on Madge's blessed religion, Kabbalah, saying:

I have investigated it and they are homophobic. I do think it's shocking that somebody who has made so much money out of gay people is now part of an organization which is anti-gay.

Ain't nothing like a good tonic after a post like that last one. Good thing we stumbled upon TMZ's photogenic coverage of an - um - enthusiastic David Beckham after Real Madrid's latest win. Thanks, Becks, we needed that...

In other news from the Beckham Universe, rumor has it he and the Mrs. may be snatching up Madonna's LA pad. They don't, after all, want to be homeless when he moved to play for LA Galaxy.

Seaking of the Mrs - that walking horror fest known otherwise as Victoria and/or Posh, she's signed on to style Tom Cruise and Katie Kate Holmes Cruise for the Oscars.

How fucking quaint.

Speaking of obsessions, we know some of you queers love Madonna, so here's a transcript of Madonna telling Sirius host Larry Flick why you're obsessed with her (Madonna, that is):

Flick: Why do you think gay people love you so much, Madonna?
Madonna: Oh, God, everybody asks me that... Well, ’cause I have my own personal theory...Oh, share.
F: Well ’cause I think, I think, I think you're a big old queen yourself.
M: Well, there's that theory, there's that theory.
F: ’Cause you're kinda girlie like a queen, but you're also...
M: But I'm kinda tough like a guy?
F: But you're a top. You're a top.
M: Definitely, definitely.
F: You're definitely not a bottom.
M: Nooo! Don't tell that to my husband.