CBS On Logo journo Jason Bellini isn't taking Doug Ireland's attacks lying down. Yesterday we published Ireland's irrate missive to Bellini in which the veteran newsman blasted Bellini and Logo for not including Iran in their year-of-the-end spectacular. He wrote: "…You call this show-biz fluff you’re doing 'news'?" Way harsh.

Last night, just minutes after posting Happy Endings, we received a note from Bellini to Ireland.

Read it in all it's glory, after the jump…

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Reality television's about to get a hot trans injection!

MTV-owned Logo announced they'll air a series called Transamerican Love Story, which stars trans actress, Calpernia Addams.

Calpernia Addams, a transgender activist, artist, actress and author, will be the prize in the Bachelor-like competition, which pits eight men against each other as they struggle to win her affection. The show, which has already been filmed, will air in February 2008 on LOGO, 365Gay's parent company.

"I'm so thrilled about the whole experience. I kept asking myself, what if I find someone amazing? " Addams said.

Britain's Sky One aired a similar show, There's Something About Miriam, but neglected to tell contestants of Miriam's "something".

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Gay cable network Logo's breaking new ground with Gayville's first ever half-hour news show. From the press ready press release:

…CBS News on Logo will air weekly on Mondays at 7:00PM ET/PT as well as stream at 365gay.com, a leading online LGBT news hub from Logo. The show will be hosted by Jason Bellini, who will be joined by reporters Itay Hod, Chagmion Antoine and others from across the country and will be executive produced by Court Passant…

The new show will allow the CBS News on Logo team to probe beyond the day’s headlines and provide an opportunity for the in-depth exploration of issues of importance to LGBT America, tapping into the rich history and resources of CBS News.
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“LGBT Americans will be a key voting bloc in the 2008 election and we hope CBS News on Logo will be a dynamic new platform for keeping our community informed and involved,” said Lisa Sherman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Logo. “We’re thrilled CBS News is giving a unique LGBT perspective to the very best in television journalism.”

Hooray! Now we'll never have to watch boring old straight news ever again! Except for Tuesday-Sunday…

• Jared Leto and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance got close at lMTV Europe's music awards last night.

• Why aren't people more pissed off about Hillary Clinton's anti-gay connections?

• Pakistani rent boys playing dangerous game.

• Patti LaBelle talks to Clay Cane.

• Jill Holtzman Vogel's anti-gay senatorial campaign takes on lipstick wearing lesbian opponent, Karen Schultz.

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Virginian senatorial candidate Jill Holtzman Vogel and husband Alex Vogel prove the old adage: politics makes for strange bedfellows.

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Bent Bahamians just got a new ally. The island's Human Rights Network backs gay activist's push to include Logo in their cable package. Says HRN's Elsworth Johnson:

They are making a positive contribution to society. They are in charge of our choirs and we seem to be vilifying them, when in fact, they only want to live. There will always be different points of views in our society, but I don’t think that it is for the church to be on a crusade to purge the society.
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Not everybody is going to practice Christianity, and not everybody wants to be a Muslim and not everybody wants to be a heterosexual, but these persons are entitled basic fundamental rights, and that is the freedom to choose – to choose what their sexual orientation will be.

While we disagree with Johnson's choice of words, we're glad to hear he and his are supporting the homo's quest to rot their brain with gay t.v.

Anti-Gay Bahamians took their unholy mission to the next level this week.

Calling homosexuality a "death style," Pastor Lyall Bethel and his close-minded peers reiterated their opposition to Rainbow Alliance's Logo request.

We understand Spanish-speakers living in the Bahamas requesting a Spanish channel because there is nothing of their home and culture to be found here, but this is not so with the homosexual. He lives among us within the same culture and language. We maintain that to give a tiny select group a dedicated channel like this is an endorsement of that lifestyle, which is ultimately the goal of the Rainbow Alliance, public endorsement of their cause.

Hm, if Bethel insists on using the Spanish/Homo comparison, one could twist it say he and his are living in the gay world. We are, after all, everywhere, including Iran.

The Bahamas' bent set want their gay TV!

Christian Council Bishop John Humes, however, seems poised to fight an unholy war against American import, Logo. In a chat with Jones Bahamas, Humes promised to combat Rainbow Alliance, a gay group crusading for Cable Bahamas to include Logo on their roster. Employing tried and true right-wing rhetoric, Humes swears:

If they are trying to think about it, we could let them know now that we will oppose it. Homosexuals can be converted and we must appreciate them as people, but their agenda has to go. No. We can’t allow them to promote their agenda because it is contrary to the word of God and it is contrary to our Christian values. We will not allow them to feel that they can promote their agenda freely in this country.

Gay activists say that Hume's concerned about promotion of an "agenda," perhaps he should take a closer look at some other popular television shows.

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Logo wants to make this a viral video. How do we know? A flack sent it over with the subject: "Viral Video: I Want To Be Your Alternative Lifestyle Companion." The snippet comes from recent episode of Logo's sinfully hilarious animated series, Rick & Steve: The Happest Gay Couple in All The World.

Unlike some of the gay schlock out there, Rick & Steve definitely gives us the giggles. We have to wonder, however, if "altnerative lifestyle companion" doesn't harness the homophobic "lifestyle" lexicon. We'll stick with "fag hag"…

PS: We've included a longer, funnier clip after the jump.

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Bill O'Reilly could make a career of spouting anti-gay poppycock. Oh, wait, he has! The outspoken Fox News man's latest incident doesn't involve lesbian gangs or gay apartheid, but it does involve a bit of fact manipulation, lying and predictably few scruples.

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As part of its effort to take over the gay world, Viacom-backed Logo has announced yet another online venture.

In addition to AfterElton, AfterEllen and NewNowNext, the gay cable channel's acquired DowneLink.com, a networking website dedicated to "multicultural" gay communities. You know what that means: brown people.

With more than 400,000 members, about 72 percent of Downelink.com users are African American, Asian or Latino/a, and the gender breakdown is balanced between men and women.

No one's more excited by the buy than Downelink's founders, Danny Nguyen, Michael Abraham and Ronaldo Mabagos, who released a joint statement: “Logo has a proven track record of serving the entire LGBT community, so this was a perfect partnership that will let us serve our users even better."

And, we imagine, provided a hefty paycheck. Congrats!

Senator Chris Dodd cleared time this morning to answer questions posed at last week's gay forum, which the presidential hopeful missed because of "scheduling conflicts".

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Gee whiz, readers! Another spectacular five days here at Queerty. Thanks for all your wonderful comments. We really appreciate it.

Queerty ReBUTTal's usually dedicated to our comments on your comments, but we're opening the floor to our editor this week.

If you're feeling brave, check out what he's been up to over the past five days as he jetted from New York to LA, met porn stars, politicians and prolific journalists.

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Governor Bill Richardson knows he made a bad move at last night's "gay debates," when he intimated that being gay is, in fact, a choice: a tired argument conservatives use against gay rights. If gays "choose" their "lifestyle," then they don't deserve "special" rights. Not the implication you want to make at a forum on gay rights.

Within minutes, the presidential hopeful had his team release a statement clarifying his position.

What a perfect conversation starter for Richardson and our editor, who met up with Richardson this morning. Get the goods on Richardson's poor choice of words, what to do about anti-gay Saudis and who's going to hell, after the jump…

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Who wants to give Dennis Kucinich a big bear hug? The Ohio-born Congressman definitely "felt the love" last night at the Logo/HRC gay forum.

The diminutive Kucinich left the crowd wanting more, Senator Hillary Clinton left people cheering and poor Governor Bill Richardson, meanwhile, left us scratching our heads.

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