British gay group Stonewall may have egg on its face this Thursday when trans activists protest the organization's eponymous awards at the V&A Museum.

Activists are annoyed over the group's nomination of lesbian journalist Julie Bindel, who, in 2004, wrote an article in which she pitted her feminism against trans rights.

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Don't take your anal sex for granted, readers. Despite what the American Constitution may say, not all people, nor their genitals, are created equal. Even before the Constitution - and, in fact, the Declaration of Independence - the thirteen colonies enforced sodomy laws. As the nation grew, so did the sexual policing.

By 1960, all fifty states had either common law or written statutes banning the nebulous "sodomy," which meant anything from hetero oral sex to homo anal sex, consensual, rape or "unnatural sin," a perplexing term considering sin's allegedly natural, right?

Federalism, the division of state and central governments, only further highlighted - and sometimes entrenched - the nation's congenital sexual inequities. Find out what we mean, after the jump.

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Todays the 38th anniversary of Stonewall. QueerSighted commemorated this blessed day by posting this Logo-endorsed history lesson. Now, we're endorsing QueerSighted's Logo-endorsed commemoration of Stonewall, which happened 38 years ago today.

(In case you missed it, here's part one of our gay pride celebration. Part two can be found here. Read 'em and weep with joy at all our accomplishments.)

No doubt recent gay rights developments – including this blog – would never have come about without the ballsy boys and girls who struck back at Stonewall.

The Stonewall Rebels may not have known at 1:20 am on June 28, 1969, but they were about to make history. Their actions spurred the international gay rights movement, resulting in countless cultural, legal, political, and social evolutions, including the decriminalization of homosexuality in dozens of nations. They also provided the nearly religious foundations for the greatest of gay traditions: Gay Pride.

In the thirty-eight years since gays, lesbians and drag queens first lashed back at police, forty-eight countries on every inhabitable continent have held commemorative gay pride celebrations, including Turkey, Sri Lanka and Peru.

Throughout countries, cities and towns the world over, queers commemorate that first gay pride march, the rebellion that started it all. The Stonewallers – and the activist successors - never could have imagined that the remembrance of their gay gumption would spur a multi-million dollar international party.

How did gay pride grow to such a girth? Where did it all start and, more importantly, where is it going? Find out, after the jump.

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Nina Simone may have died back in 2003, but her spirit lives on, especially during Pride Week, when we all remember the revolutionary spirit that gave us gay life. Simone used her immense talent to combat America's - and the world's - civil rights abuses of the 20th century. As we march further into the 21st century, let's all use Simone as an inspiration, shall we?

Above you'll see Simone seeing "Ain't Got No - I Got No Life" performed life in Harlem in 1969, the same year as The Stonewall Rebellion. After the jump, check out "Young, Gifted and Black" from the same show, as well as another Simone classic, "Mississippi Goddamn".

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• Friendly warning to America's Next Top Model's Nigel Barker - the kids from New Now Next have been stalking you. We don't think you're in any danger, but you may want to be careful when/how/where you do your stretches. Also, if some faggots ask you to spot them, throw the poor boys a bone. Especially if you're wearing short shorts. [New Now Next]

• Lance Bass is writing a memoir not-so-cleverly entitled Out of Sync. [Entertainment Tonight]

• Gawker wants you to rename it. [Gawker]

• Meanwhile, Bass' ex's (Reichen) ex and former Amazing Race contestant, Chip Arndt, hopes to raise 100,000 to fight AIDS. Cool, right? What's not so cool is that his correspondent MySpace page plays "Here Comes The Sun". What about Michael Jackson's Ryan White memorial tune, "Gone To Soon"? Too depressing? Okay, what about "You've Really Got Me" by The Kinks? Oh, wait… [MySpace]

• Largo's would-be city womanager Steve Stanton's still deciding whether to appeal his firing after announcing impending sex change. [St. Petersburg Times]

• No more gay only bars in England. Contrary to what you may think, this is a good thing… [Pink News UK]

• Universal Press Syndicate vows to continue publishing Ann Coulter's column. [TPM]

• No Idol for The View. [TMZ]

• Holy fucking shit!! Stonewall reopens in 5 days! OMG! We're totally hyperventilating! Hurry, someone remind us how much we don't care!! [NY Observer]

• Don't forget Good Times tonight at eastern bloc with guest DJ's Baby C and Sparber. Details and some pics from a previous installment, after the jump…

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• A dancing cowboys calendar looks so much hotter when you add the behind the scenes footage. [DC Cowboys]

• AT&T may offer domestic partnership benefits to its employees, but it no longer protects your privacy as a consumer. [CNN]

• We knew Showtime was a gay man's favorite network (sorry, Logo), but who knew HBO held so much appeal? [TV Squad]

• The gay community has come so far since the days of Stonewall — and now it's all but abandoned the historical venue. [The Villager]

• You like Christina Aguilera's new song, huh? Now watch her perform it (and a few others), live in a MollyGood Exclusive. [MollyGood]