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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.

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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!

Wed, Apr 11

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...

Tue, Apr 10

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.

Mon, Apr 9

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...

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Matt Damon
Fri, May 12, 2006
damon_aids.jpg Academy Award winner Matt Damon meets with AIDS survivors at a Zambian AIDS clinic.

Dear Matt Damon,

We would like to offer ourselves to you for marriage.

We love you so much. Never mind the fact that you are cuter than a basket of puppies, or that you're a brilliant writer with an Academy Award sitting on your mantle. Your trip to Africa, as a spokesperson for One, brought much-needed attention to various issues that Americans would rather ignore. While anyone can give lip service to the needs of the area, getting on a plane headed for Zambia and traipsing through the disease-ravaged region takes chutzpah.

An estimated 25.8 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2005, and approximately 3.1 million new infections occurred during that year. Americans generally ignore the issue, as HIV is seen as easily-treatible with medication; but it goes without saying that the people in these African nations have no way of getting their hands on any pills.

“To see so much hope from people who have so little made this an inspiring and life changing journey for me,” said Damon. “The promises America and other rich countries have made to Africa must be more than words. Those promises need to put hopeful children in school; help parents put roofs over the heads of their children; and get life saving AIDS medicines to the patients who need them now.”

Please don't give up on this issue. Your presence in those towns puts a lot of pressure on lawmakers, who decide whether or not to supply these people with the medicine they need. You rock. And you know...your home state of Massachusetts does accept gay marriages. We're all yours. Say the word.

Matt Damon Visits Africa With Data And One.org [DATA]

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