Wrestling's never been the straightest of sports, but Jerome Hunt allegedly took the queerness to a whole new level.

Young Hunt stands accused of 21 counts of actual and attempted rape. Hunt's alleged victims claim Hunt touched them inappropriately (read: fingered their bums) before, during and after matches. In his own defense, Hunt says he simply employed traditional wrestling tactics.

Hunt testified that the butt drag or "skinning" is a move he would use just as frequently as any other move, whether in a match, during practice or while screwing around with other wrestlers. The move is applied with pressure to he opponent's tail bone. Hunt says that's the only way he can imagine his fingers accidentally penetrating his accusers rectum.

Jerome Hunt Trial Concludes [Keloland]

(Thanks to good ol' Frank Griggs for the heads up!)

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.

Like so many young faglings, we grew up watching wrestling. Our fascination, of course, had less to do with the raw displays of hyper-masculinity and more to do with the fact that the so-called sport afforded us a few unadulterated (and unquestioned) hours of watching men in spandex pin one another. As happens, we grew up and forgot about wrestling almost entirely. That is, until this story popped up.

It seems that one Chris Klucsarits, a former wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment (or, as we remember it, the World Wrestling Federation...yeah, we're kind of old), used last week's National Coming Out Day as a platform to out himself nationally.

While working in the body-slamming industry, Klucsarits (then known by his stage - ring? - name, Chris Kanyon) kept his cock-loving ways to himself, putting so much pressure on himself that he ended up attempting suicide.

Fortunately, his efforts fell flat and Klucsarits realized that he couldn't escape his sexuality. Retiring from the WWE, he's now spreading the gay gospel, and did so last week at Northern Kentucky University.

While on the surface this may sound like a throw-away story, it seems to us that Klucsarits' tale has the potential to really change minds. Wrestling garners some of the highest syndicated ratings in America. If Klucsarits can reach his former and - we're hoping - current fans to show that not all homos fit the stereotypical mold, then he has the potential to become a great ally for gay communities.

And, if you ask us, gay activism needs a little more muscle. (Ha!)

We always suspected that fellow blogger Keith Boykin had a penchant for pinning athletic young men to the mat, but we never knew he had such impressive guns. Keith wrestled four exhausting matches on Sunday and Monday to come away with the top award in his weight class at the Gay Games in Chicago. Who ever said bloggers aren't bad-ass should be eating their words.

I Won The Gold! [Keith Boykin]

In what may just be the weirdest press release of the year, professional wrestler Chris Kanyon comes out as gay. But is he gay or just his wrestling persona? You decide (because he’s kind of a shitty writer and we don’t understand what the hell he’s talking about).

But ultimately, and probably more sooner than later, I will tell the truth about the sexuality of me, Chris Klucsarits, the man behind the Kanyon character. I am hoping to do so within the next month, but again, I can’t make any promises, and I am determined now to just go with the flow, like a twig in the current of a mighty river. See what life brings me and enjoy the ride.

So, what is it? Is he gay or just playing gay? He claims to be the first openly gay athlete of the five major sports, but, since we’re constitutionally opposed to giving a crap about professional wrestling, we guess we’ll just have to wait a month to find out what his real sexuality is.

But then again, everyone knows that wrestling is real, so there's no doubt in our minds this is legit. No, really.

Kanyon talks about his wrestling character "coming out as gay," whether he is really gay [PWTorch]

• Two more men were hanged in Iran for their homosexuality. Is any reader aware of an organization working to stop these hangings? Shoot us an email.

• The N.C.A.A. has approved a two-piece wrestling uniform to replace the sexualized unitard the gays love. The new uniform shows off the competitor’s packages just as much as the last. So we are good with it. Via Jossip and AKAFrankGreen.

• Are women ready for the Stud Farm? Who cares, but we sure as hell are.

• "A coming-out tool kit" will debut at a gay conference in Seattle this weekend. We strongly urge the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute to send one to Tom Cruise, Anderson Cooper, and Kenny Chesney immediately.

• Spokane Mayor James E. West's computer only had 100 pictures of nude males on the hard drive. Which you queens know, is not many at all.