Homosexuality is punishable by hanging in Iran. In Moscow and Warsaw, marches by gay groups have been banned. There has been so much anti-gay violence in Jamaica, Time dubbed the island “The Most Homophobic Place on Earth”. No wonder American homos like to play it safe when they go on vacation: Provincetown, St. Thomas, Ft. Lauderdale!

But tour guide Dan Ware says there’s no reason why a gay guy shouldn’t see most of the world, if he wants to. Since 1990, Ware has been leading all-male, all-gay "Toto Tours" to places like Egypt, Poland, and Peru. Next year, he’ll add the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to his itinerary.

Queerty correspondent Ilya Marritz recently sat down with Ware to chat about queer adventuring, gays in China and bullfighting with Richard Hatch.

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Survivor winner Richard Hatch will get to lie, cheat and steal his way through 51 months of prison time, as his sentence for "forgetting" to pay taxes on his $1 million prize.

Hatch was convicted in January, but finally received his sentence this week. He claimed he thought the show's producers would pay the taxes--which total about 40% of the total prize value, sadly--and that he forgot to tell his accountants about the money he won. And then he said his dog ate his tax return and he's really sorry he couldn't turn it in.

For the show's finale, 51 million viewers watched him win the money; and isn't it ironic that he was sentenced to 51 months in prison? Was that on purpose? Or just a funny coincidence? There's an Alanis Morrissette song in there somewhere. Anyway--

We're so disappointed in Mr. Naked Guy--not because he lied to the Feds, but because he did such a poor job of it. Any self-respecting queer is much better at deception and manipulation than the lame "I forgot" routine. Please. We're so embarrassed for him, we're about to tell him he can't be gay anymore. Although he'll need to be now, with all that time in the slammer--he'll undoubtedly need to be someone's bitch if he wants to survive. Don't drop the soap!

Survivor gets 51 months in prison [MSNBC]

• He may have been a winner on Survivor, but Richard Hatch comes out a big 'ol loser in court. [Boston Globe]

• Brokeback Mountain is doing great business all on its own, but an Oprah episode will guarantee even bigger box office. [Towleroad]

• Gay activist Betty Berzon has lost her battle to cancer. RIP. [SF Gate]

• We all saw this one coming: Michael Jackson in women's clothes. [ABC News]

• Reeking of irony from all ends, the cop from the Village People is in trouble with the law. This will make for a juicy moment in the sure to follow Behind the Music special. [ABC News]

• Drag queen muse, Elvira, is having a moving sale and you can bet Queerty will be there rummaging through boxes and boxes of over-sized wigs and stringy black gowns. [Defamer]

• South African gay men are protesting the country's ban preventing them from donating blood - by lying and doing it anyway. [BBC]

• Gay Brits are taking a break from their marrying long enough to screen Brokeback Mountain, making it the number one movie in the UK, and thereby officialy making it an international sensation. [Time Out]

• Renee Zellweger forgives loved ones who commit fraud pretty easily. She and her ex Kenney Chesney were out shopping together. For sandwiches, not shoes. [Yahoo]

• Richard Hatch might be "the world’s worst bookkeeper" but he is most certainly the "world's worst nude bookkeeper." [Boston Herald]

• Bravo (whose programming continues to compete with Logo and here! TV) has blessed us with a second season of Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-list. Let's hope we get a reunion with Griffin and her adorable husband, Matt. [Zap2it]

• Oprah Winfrey usually obliterates all of her competition, no matter what. Even in the sky. [CBS News]

• A lesbian running for office in Canada has rejected Rosie O’Donnell’s donation to her campaign. We don’t think it has anything to do with fear of her money being jinxed after she funded the Broadway flop Taboo. [The Toronto Star]

• A straight teen has been awarded nearly half a mill for being teased about being gay in school. How so very ironic. [Kansas City Star]

• Richard Hatch could end up spending the rest of his life behind bars for tax evasion which just goes to show that being a winner on a reality TV show doesn’t prevent you from losing in real life. [365 Gay]

• A French MP believes that gays are jeopardizing the world because we can’t procreate. Personally we think it’s the ones who are overpopulating Earth that are endangering us all. [London Daily Telegraph]

• The LAPD, in hoping to lure queers from the Windy City to sunny Southern California, is sponsoring the Gay Games. [Chicago Sun-Times]