Dan Mathews isn't your typical activist.

This fun loving rabble-rouser regularly humiliates himself for his cause, gets arrested and finds himself under fire from flying beef. No, he isn't a gay activist - well, he is gay and an activist, but Mr. Mathews spends much of his rabble-rousing energies fighting for furry friends. Yes, that's right, Mathews works for PETA.

Say what you will about the vegetable loving organization, but you can't deny that they're effective, making headlines and grabbing ink left, right and center.

The model turned activists' memoir, Committed, just came out in paperback, so our meat loving editor took some time to pick Mathews' brain on the evolution of his work, what makes his organization so effective, how to use "impure" allies and what gay organizations can learn from PETA's sensational ways.

Read all about it, after the jump.

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Brokeback director Ang Lee has set the record, er, straight. He will NOT be directing Charlize Theron and Kate Moss as gay lovers in the Dusty Springfield biopic. Why? We have no idea because that sounds sooooo hot.

The rumor that the Oscar-nominated director of Brokeback Mountain would tackle another tale of closeted gay love, supposedly with Charlize Theron as the singer of such hits as Son of a Preacher Man and Kate Moss as her first lover, ran wild on the Web last week.

"It came from a couple bites on the Internet that collided," says James Schamus, Brokeback producer and longtime Lee collaborator. "It showed up on one of these gossip sites, and Ang and I were like, 'Huh? What?' I'm a Dusty Springfield fan but it's all completely fabricated."

Wait. Are they saying the gossipy blogosphere sometimes is filled with wild inaccuracies and unsubstantiated rumors? Maybe other sites, but certainly not us.

Lee Quashes ‘Dusty’ Rumors [USA Today]

• South Africa's highest court has ruled that barring same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. That means it's well on its way to being the first country in Africa to allow gays to marry. More importantly, does this mean South African native Charlize Theron and her boy toy Stuart Townsend must now follow through with their promise? We think so.

• It was only rumored yesterday but Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has now made it official. From now on, a lesbian will handle his staff.

• Kate Moss is back with a vengeance. Apparently getting caught snorting lines of coke backstage during fashion week is a much superior career move than having someone release a "stolen" sex tape.

• Jdate has finally acknowledged that even Jews can be homos. Somewhere Harvey Fierston is already logging on. (Via Gawker)

• One of our favorite semi-fag hags has died: RIP Wendie Jo Sperber.

• Blondie, the New Wave band lead by Debbie Harry, is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Madonna and Gwen owe a lot to her. So if you are gay and not familiar, you need to run to iTunes and download Parallel Lines, now.

• Blogasm took the time to interview Bradford. Yes, he talks about masturbation.

• "We came up with a new idea that we said we would get married the day that gays and lesbians can get married. The day that law is passed, we'll get married" — Charlize Theron, regarding her boyfriend Stuart Townsend on Extra. Now, we can forgive her for the bore that was North Country. Thanks Brian. Via her and her.

• You queens can rest easy. The Simple Life is returning to television. Now if only E! would pick up The Comeback.

• Michael Lucas on the stupidity of Jake Gyllenhaal. Classic.