Sebastien Gacond ain't down with his gay fans. The Swiss triathlete took on Outsports.com after the popular sportcentric website featured a picture of him on their site. Gacond wrote them a letter insisting they remove his image:

I've just found a picture of me and my name mentioned on your website. I ask you to remove my name and this picture straight away from this website.

The Outsporters then asked whether Gacond objected to the site's gay slant.

Apparently Gacond doesn't have a publicist, because he candidly - and shamefully - admitted:

Yes I would like to remove it because it's a gay website. I've got absolutely nothing against gay people and the gay community but I don't want my name and image to be link there as I'm not gay … I've got a girlfriend! Thank you for your understanding.

Gacond went on to explain that he's trying to portray a "professional" image.

Outsports mentions that Gacond's the first athlete in six years to request removal. They refused to comply with Gacond, who promises to "move on to the next step", whatever that means.

The site points out that the picture - seen above - came from a public event and, thus, Gacond doesn't have a judicial prayer.

We've got to get something off our chest: we've got a total internet crush on Christopher Trottier, the sexy British boy behind the irreverently intriguing blog, quixoticals.

Today he brings us two notable entries. The first discusses how scientists have resurrected a long-dormant retrovirus not dissimilar to HIV. It seems that the nasty little bug was so powerful that it left a permanent stain on the human genome. Interesting, right?

While the second one's not as scientifically-minded, we think it's worth a mention. It seems Mr. Trottier found himself at a website devoted to confiscated prison weapons. He chose his favorite - a sharpened ruler - and wrote a nice little blurb on prison mentality, survival etc, etc…

Well, we navigated on over to said site and found our top pick, pictured above. We can't help but wonder, however, what the fuck someone would do with such a thing. What is it, anyway? A spoon wrapped in hair?

We don't think that's a weapon, we think that's a lonely, frustrated prisoner's humble attempt to mimic artist Swiss artist Meret Oppenheimer's infamous Fur Lined Teacup (pictured, bottom)

That's no criminal! That's an artist fighting a creative blockage! Next thing you know, it'll be on the auction block for five-figures. Imagine all the sharpened rulers you could buy…

While the boys from Feast of Fools are fighting AIDS in Africa, health officials in Switzerland are reeling from statistics pointing to a horrific rise of HIV among gay men.

Swiss Info reports:

The number of new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men in Switzerland has almost doubled over the past three years….In 2005, 49.3 per cent of all men diagnosed as HIV-positive were gay or bisexual, whereas they represented 36.5 per cent in 2004.

Officials say that the sharp increase stems from lack of awareness and a lowering of sexual guards in the age of medical advancements.

What's more, administrators hold the internet at least partially responsible:

The Federal Health Office also highlights the growth in internet chat sites, which enable people to meet in different places from traditional locations, such as saunas and sex clubs, which are targeted by prevention campaigns.

Some scary shit, that.

• Anderson Cooper actually talks like a twelve-year-old girl. [Dlisted] Plus his new memoir sells well, but not well enough to be on top. [Gawker]

• Switzerland's new "Love Life, Stop AIDS" campaign uses talking "love lips" that are made out of a condom to amuse visitors to their website. They even talk in different foreign accents, which we found very exotic and sexy. [Love Life Stop AIDS via PCJ]

• West Hollywood may be turning straight. [LA Times]

• A Congressional candidate in North Carolina has put out a new radio ad featuring mariachi music that warns against the dangers of America becoming "one big fiesta for illegal aliens and homosexuals." That sounds kind of fun to us. [Raw Story]