• 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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The Advocate's reinvention tour continues. The gay news weekly has shed its shameful, oppressive cellaphane wrap and will now travel the United States postal system naked.

Publisher Michael Phelps tells NY Times that he and enslaved interns polled readers and the majority support free balling.

The majority no longer wanted the covering. For some, they said they were environmentally conscious and wanted to cut down on waste. For others, it was more of an out-and-proud issue.

Not incidentally, the first issue shipped features sacked soldier turned activist Eric Alva. Don't worry, closet cases, you can still request the protective shield.

While The Advocate "comes out of the closet," as market researcher Bob Witeck jokes, other magazines eschew the exposure. Raymonde Green, EIC of "urban" fag rag Uneq, tells journo Juston Jones, “We are a fairly new magazine, so we are still trying to gain the trust of our readers.”

Perhaps a game of truth or dare will help?