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...
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Moscow's Patriarchate Foreign Minister Metropolitan Kirill spoke out against Moscow's controversial gay pride yesterday, insisting that such an event would spread sin:
We believe that the law should not interfere in citizens' private lives. You can sin if you want to, but you will answer to God. However, if you are trying to propagate your sin by seducing and degrading people, society must oppose it.He went on to utter one of the most perplexing ruminations on democracy in history. Kirill claims that if the homos are allowed to march, the event would "mean something is wrong with democracy. Democracy should be for everyone, but it appears that we have double standards." Huh? If democracy's for everyone, then wouldn't the march uphold such standards? We're confused. But, it seems, not as confused as Kirill himself...
(Update: Reader John just sent us an email saying that Kirill's not a Catholic but, in fact, part of the Russian Orthodox Church. The confusion stems from his title, "patriarchate" - which is used in both the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox tradition. In Catholicism, a patriarchate is one of the twelve highest bishops, while in the Russian Orthodox there are nine. There used to only be four, but they changed it. Interesting, no? Thanks, John, we just learned something new.)
Meanwhile, in actual news, Moscow's mayor Yury Luzhkov insists that he'll never allow gays to march through his beloved city. You may recall Luzhkov refused to permit last year's march, setting off a legal battle gay rights activists promise to take to the Russian Supreme Court.
In a televised speech, Luzhkov reiterated his stance:
Last year, Moscow came under unprecedented pressure to sanction the gay parade, which can be described in no other way than as satanic... We did not let the parade take place then, and we are not going to allow it in the future.Not surprisingly, gay organizers have taken offense at the comments.
Moscow Pride organizer Nikolai Alekseev replied to Luzhkov's speech, saying:
We are shocked by the statements of Mr. Luzhkov that “gay pride is a Satanist happening” and consider them as personal insult against the organizers and potential participants of the gay pride. Such words in respect to huge number of homosexual people who live in Russia are not worthy of an official of such high standing.You're shocked? Really? Why? Luzhkov's made his political and social leanings known, so his vehemence really should come as a surprise. As for being insulted - well, yes, being called a "satanist" ain't the nicest thing, but think of all the other crude things he could have called you. Also, who's to say some of the gays aren't satanists? Sheesh, so narrow-minded...
• "Kylie: An Exhibition," a museum exhibit about the iconic Ms. Minogue has opened in Sydney. We’re seriously considering trekking halfway around the world to see it. [Gay.com]
• Brit TV fave Footballers’ Wives has two new characters: a closeted gay player and a bisexual golden boy, with a striking resemblance to Mr. Posh Spice. [After Elton]
• Russia’s first Gay Pride celebration will not happen in May like had been hoped. [The Independent]
• One man suffering from ‘gay fatigue’ realizes that being different is a good thing. Always. [Washington Blade]
• Best. Olympic. Headline. Ever. [Gawker]
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