• Focus on the Family, Southern Baptist Convention and other conservative groups (pictured above) are already pleading their case to the American Psychological Association, which will be conferring on reparative therapy. The groups penned a letter reading, "We believe that psychologists should assist clients to develop lives that they value, even if that means they decline to identify as homosexual." These people have some fucked up value systems.

• Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky thinks anti-pride homophobes are ""intolerant, primitive and cowardly." Word up. Oh, and his party, The Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ), want a parliamentary coalition against homophobia. Double word up.

• L'Oreal-owned Garnier plays hair politics. And pay fine for playing said hair politics.

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We all know GLAAD's not down with defamation, but does their zealousness hinder individuality? Yes, say's Out's Josh Kilmer-Purcell. In a piece entitled "Standing Up For Tranny", the journo takes on GLAAD's taking on of the word "tranny".

In the days leading up to "transgendered" Alexis Arquette's documentary, Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother, the gay watchdogs sent out a media release insisting the media refer to Arquette as transgender, not a tranny, chick with a dick or any of those other "defamatory" tags.

According to the press release, transgender's defined as "an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth." Kilmer-Purcell, however, ain't having it.

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There were so many comments this week that we don't even know where to begin with this week's Queerty ReBUTTal. So, rather than offending someone by not picking their comment - they were really all lovely, thank you - we're using this space to feature an electronic exchange between ourselves and a reader.

The topic? Alexis Arquette. We won't give away the details, but we will say the reader blows up Arquette's spot, if you know what we mean…

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Alexis Arquette's never been accused of being a wallflower. And she definitely made an impression yesterday when she arrived at the press conference for her Tribeca documentary, Alexis Arquette She's My Brother. Sporting an animal print dress, the blond actress and Hollywood royal posed for photographers, laughing, "Are you ready for me?" We were born ready. Arquette, on the other hand: not ready to be a boy.

Thus, the 36-year old transformed herself into a woman, a year-and-a-half transitory journey documented in the film. Though willing to capture her emotional transition, Arquette's not about to reveal all her secret.

It got to the point when I wasn't willing to answer the questions about hormones, surgeries, or genitalia because it felt like backstepping. It wasn't a subject that needs any more exploitation; it needs clarification.

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• Joe Gannascoli interviewed on his skyrocketing success as gay mobster "Vito Spatafore" on The Sopranos. Says Gannascoli: "I would have sucked c*** a long time ago if I knew this was going to happen. " [AfterElton]

• Hypothesis: "All songs that have the word 'freak' in them are actually speaking in code for anal sex." Discuss. [ManhattanOffender]

• Mr. Twink Confessions Damien tried to add Alexis Arquette as a friend on MySpace. Alexis wasn't having it. Read the SCATHING reply here. [Mr. Nightlife Hollywood]

• For some reason, ice skaters are all over internet video these days. First, figure skater Brian Joubert works out his butt. Make sure you're sitting, you may faint. Then watch Yevgeny Plushenko perform in a…we don't know what to call it. Horror show? Catastrophe? Funniest thing ever? You decide. And we thought the figure skating tribute to Brokeback Mountain was good.

• A&E's “Pack of Lies” exposes gay crystal meth murder case, or a man stabbed a zillion times in his Miami home: "To find the killer, they must infiltrate the drug ring in order to discover the truth buried in a pack of lies." You can cut the tension with a knife! Airs tonight, set your TiVos. Who doesn't love gay druggie murder stories? Delicious. [A&E]

• …and finally, strictly for your entertainment: Paul "Boom Boom" Lekakis sings his hit song on some late-80's dance show. A certain member of the Queerty editorial staff appeared in a public service announcement for HIV awareness, where he made out in a car with Paul for two days straight as the cameras rolled. Paul, FYI, is a super-good kisser. [Virtual Matter]

• The Latin Grammys are going to be broadcast in Spanish this year. Um, why weren’t they before?

• Andy, Q Magazine, and Popbytes review the new Madonna album. We got it too and we love it, but we are too hung over to write a full review.

• The gays in Chicago are going to the movies. The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival opens this week.

• PopBitch reports “Alexis Arquette, cross-dressing brother of Patricia and Rosanna, remembers the time he broke the news that he was gay to his father. His father was very understanding, saying: ‘If it helps, son, I had to suck a lot of cock to get my first break too.’" How do you think we got the Queerty gig?

• Looks like he ain’t that bad after all.