Homo-photog Eric Schwabel sure has grown up.

The Minnesota native got his start shooting for flesh-heavy fag-rag, Blue. Since then - and a move to California from New York - Schwabel has opened his own studio and gone on to shoot for MTV, Pepsi, DUB and Rockstar. He may be on the verge of art stardom, but Schwabel's just as grounded - and gay - as ever.

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Who says print media's dead? Fashion rag 10 proves the ink-stained species has some blood left - and, what's more - it's hot.

The current edition of the "unabashedly aspirational" magazine - which also describes itself as "a celebration of the most creative and original brands and designers" - features a magnetic spread from London-based photographer, Mariano Vivanco. Model Sean looked appropriately epic for the 300-page quarterly.

See more shots over at American Urge. For more information on 10, click here.

We’ve loved BUTT since we discovered our own... Well, okay, that’s not true. We’ve loved BUTT since its 2001 inception. And it’s grown like a five-year old, too. Only bigger. BUTT’s so big, in fact, even straight men have been turned on to the Amsterdam-based pink-papered lit-porn fag rag.

Nerve's Sarah Sundberg writes:

I began to notice Butt surfacing in unexpected places. The first time it happened it barely registered — a straight friend mentioned he liked the irreverent style of BUTT's bedside interviews.
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Suddenly it seemed to be everywhere... BUTT, the gayest magazine in existence, is achieving name-recognition that signals more than simple crossover appeal — it is sincerely resonating with straight men.

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Staffers at Next - New York's so-called "hippest gay guide" - have been hard at work revamping the weekly fag-rag's image. Two months after Gregory Angelo's ouster as EIC, new editorial team Justin Ocean and Benjamin Solomon are unveiling creative director Topher Ellsworth's new designs, fresh with new logo and all. To mark the occasion, they've sent out one of their patented press releases. Yippee!

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Something tells us the Conservative Political Action Conference won't be inviting Ann Coulter to speak at next year's gathering. To help them avoid any further controversy, the jokesters over at Bay Windows - "New England's largest GLBT newspaper" - have some fresh suggestions.

We think the CPAC should hire black-faced character Shirley Q. Liquor. Something tells us they'll have loads to discuss.

Esquire has again ventured into the world of faggotry to offer its three readers the so-called "Field Guide to Gay Animals". Among the critter chronicle, which includes flamingos, koalas and, yes, penguins, homo-spotters will also find the japanese macaque: an adorable monkey known for both its lesbianic tendencies and sexual ingenuity:

Female macaques form short-term exclusive relationships known as consortships with other females. They groom each other, defend their partners against other animals, and regularly mount one another. These ladies have been observed having sex in at least seven different positions.

The news totally gets us down. So, in order to bring a little fashionable light into our lives, we headed on over to Refinery 29 to see what they have cooking. Imagine our elation when we came across The Power Issue subject, Gert Jonkers: publisher of fantastic fag-rag, BUTT.

Profiled in the website's "Hot For..." section, Jonkers tells the reader that he's recently adopted a " bourgeois" aesthetic and can't wait to see more Henley tank-tops out and about. Why is he so psyched about that particular item? Because the Amsterdam-based homo's positively itching for warm weather:

I'm really ready for some sun right now, and I love sunshine in general. I think it's okay to care about the environment and to switch off the light when you go out and stuff, but if global warming would lead to warmer summers and more sun, I'm all for it!

Ireland's Sunday Tribune's has caused quite a stir after posign as a 15-year old boy on Gaydar. Two intrepid reporters - Una Mullally and Mick McCaffrey - decided to go undercover after news spread that a 15-year old boy had been using the popular website to score tricks. In the provocatively entitled article, "Open Season on Irish Teens", the daring duo describe creating the fictitious online identity and receiving over 40 replies within a day, a number they seem to think indicates an evil epidemic. Some homo-journos, meanwhile, insist they're the evil ones.

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We know it's a bit late in the game to be discussing the January/February issue of Anthem, but we think it's pertinent in light of the Tim Hates-The-Gays scandal. (And, also, we didn't pick it up until a few days ago - what can we say? We're hermits.) Anyway, the mag's taking a new direction, embracing its glossiness and marching into the future. To celebrate the truly exciting time, they've dedicated an entire issue to the life of sport. Nice, huh?

As part of their athletic coverage, fashion editor Stephane Gaboue has a heart-to-heart with men's cosmetic's company Nickel's founder Philippe Dumont, who, it seems, has fallen in love with French wrestling. Wrestling comes across as pretty gay - sweaty men in spandex romping around on the floor, pinning one another and what not - but Dumont tells Gaboue otherwise:

I think many of them might have tried a man once, but really, this sport is not about that. We spend so much time seeing ourselves names in the showers, that in the end you don't really feel desire, because you know their body by heart. Desire is about distance, about you cannot have.

In case you're wondering Gaboue's original intention in chatting with Dumont - Nickel's releasing a new product called Faux Cul: "a gel meant to give the male posterior the shape and consistency of a basketball". Rest assured we'll be stocking up to give our tush the pump up.

You may have heard that Ellen's gracing the cover of W Magazine this month, but have you seen the video? No? Well, now you can.

While certainly we love watching Ellen's miraculous transformation into a lipstick lesbian, we're especially enamored by the audience's gleeful reactions. Maybe one day we'll get our our legion of groupies. And a W photo shoot, for that matter...

HRC either has the reflexes of a cock hungry john or they knew about former NBA player turned author John Amaechi's book/coming-out way before any of us, because they organized this shit right quick.

We got an email this weekend announcing that in addition to publishing Man in the Middle, Amaechi will lend his face to the non-profit's National Coming Out Day. Of his new role as a gay hero, Amaechi had these pearls:

I believe very strongly in the responsibility of people with power and influence to be role models. Living more openly in the later years of my NBA career was one of the things that radically changed my life. It made me happier. I want to spread my influence in the same way that I was able to because I had a basketball in my hand. I hope now to have perhaps a different lectern to stand behind but with an equally important message.

And, of course, it wouldn't be an HRC announcement without a little linguistic love from president Joe Solmonese - actually, the press release put his blurb first.

John is making history this week, becoming the first NBA player to ever come out and talk about his life and experiences as an athlete and a gay man. In sharing his story, our great hope is that John will pave the way for more GLBT and straight athletes to openly support fairness and respect on and off the playing field.

Much like their celebration of Black History Month, HRC's erected an entire John Amaechi website, on which you can read all Amaechi's forthcoming national book tour, which that kicks off at the 11th HRC Philadelphia's Gala Dinner on February 17th. It's worth noting that ESPN Books, which published Man in the Middle, doesn't have as comprehensive a website for Amaechi. Isn't it interesting that the publishing company doesn't seem to be celebrating a ground breaking book? We think it's interesting, especially considering that HRC has all the info on the book tour and has even organized a blog to track the excursion. Maybe ESPN just hasn't updated in a while. Or, of course, maybe HRC's been in cahoots the entire time.

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Finally, the dramatic conclusion to the ongoing attitude mystery! As you may recall, the popular British fag-rag went missing about a month ago, leading many (including ourselves) to question whether or not we'd ever get another glimpse at its glossy gay pages.

Repeated emails to editor Adam Mattera not only went unanswered, but were returned with a delivery failure. Meanwhile, publisher Remnant Media's offices were shuttered, adding further fuel to the speculative fire. Well, now we hear that the magazine's no longer being published by Remnant, but by Giant Clipper Limited, which insists it will reimburse subscribers for the issue lapse.

The company's managing director, Simon McKay told Pink News UK:

I'm delighted to have acquired the title and am looking forward to working with Adam, advertising director Andy Goddard and the team to take the magazine to even greater heights.

We have lots of exciting plans for attitude print and on-line that will be revealed over the coming months.

So, you can call off the search parties, quit your weeping and get on with your lives - if that's what you want to call it...