Queer Day

Heath Ledger to play Rock Hudson?

ledger Heath Ledger is in negotiations to take on another big gay movie role that isn't entirely clear cut. The Brokeback Mountain star who earned himself a Best Actor Oscar nomination is currently the frontrunner to play Hollywood icon and rather legendary closet case Rock Hudson who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1985. According to Aint it Cool News, a major movie spoiler site, an inside source said, "After playing a straight man who has a gay relationship, Heath Ledger will do a 180 and play a gay man who has a straight relationship." His next role is playing a heroin addict in Neil Armfield's "Candy." The film is based on a Luke Davies novel.

Colorado gay rights measure gains interesting support

colorado church window Colorado based Focus on the Family, the wingnuts who've made it a mission to teach the world that gays and lesbians lead dangerous and deviant lifestyles, the same ministry that has long lobbied against recognizing same-sex couples as spouses or even parents, has endorsed a bill that would give same-sex couples in the state some of the same rights as heterosexual spouses. For the record the bill's GOP author, Senator Shawn Mitchell, doesn't support gay marriage or even civil unions. Colorado Clergy for Equality and Marriage has announced its opposition to the proposed state constitutional amendment that would place a ban on gay marriage in the state. Gil Caldwell says, "My concern as a civil rights activist is that we have not learned lessons from our history," Caldwell said. "We've been through the segregation of women, the segregation of African Americans. Now it appears we want to segregate same-gender loving couples."

Gay marriage takes hit in New York, ACLU vows to continue the fight

new york wedding case couple Vitale and Tripi The state Appellate Division, combining three separate cases brought by gay couples, rejected the argument that New York's marriage law is unconstitutional, throwing out the lawsuit - but the American Civil Liberties Union made a promise to appeal to New York's highest court after an intermediate court refused to strike down a state law that bars same-sex couples from marriage - and the hundreds of family protections afforded to married couples. Jeanne Vitale and Amy Tripi, pictured, want their relationship legally recognized. The New York Court of Appeals has already accepted review of the issue of marriage for same-sex couples in another case, Hernandez v. Robles, which was brought by Lambda Legal.

That's one expensive homophobic military policy

The financial costs to the U.S. military for discharging and replacing gay service members under the nation's "don't ask, don't tell" policy are nearly twice what the government estimated last year, according to a new University of California report. I find it odd that South Korea only discharged eight gay servicemen last year by comparison. Anyway, speaking of protecting the homeland, on the backs of people of color, I find it very disconcerting that the Justice Department asked a judge to approve Patriot Act e-mail monitoring without any evidence of criminal behavior - and instead of asking to eavesdrop on the contents of the e-mail messages, which would require some evidence of wrongdoing, prosecutors requested the identities of the correspondents. [Gay terrorist photo snagged from Robotic Kid's rather genius self-portrait collection.]

Bush gives $500 Million to fight gay marriage as deficit reduction tactic

bush President Bush signed legislation giving $500 million to faith-based programs to promote and strengthen opposite-sex marriage, a provision that's part of the deficit reduction bill passed by Congress. How this reduced the deficit is anybody's guess. Bush himself noted, “It allows faith-based groups that provide social services to receive federal funding without changing the way they hire,” Bush noted at the White House signing ceremony. Translation: We're giving money to groups that specifically discriminate in their hiring process. Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary Wade Horn said that the financial windfall is not intended to specifically oppose same-sex marriage, although the President is a major supporter of a proposed amendment to ban gay marriage in the Constitution. Like I said yesterday, Bill Frist is bringing it in June. Yep, it's happening all over again.

Russian cleric calls for gays to be thrashed, and other world news

talgat · Russia: Talgat Tadjuddin, pictured, Russia's senior Muslim cleric, called on Muslims and Orthodox Christians to "thrash" homosexuals yesterday if the gay pride parade that is scheduled to take place in Moscow this May takes place. "This should in no case be allowed, but if they still take it to the streets, then one will have nothing to do but thrash them," he said.

· Botswana: The Voice newspaper earlier this month published an advertorial on gay life, breaking a long standing journalistic taboo against positive representations of gays and lesbians in the country. The advertorial was sponsored by LEGABIBO (Lesbians,Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana).

· United Arab Emirates: An United Arab Emirates court sentenced each of 26 men to five years in prison for participating in a gay wedding. They were "busted in a hotel 'dressed in women's clothes and make-up in preparation," the Emirates Today newspaper reported." The November arrests took place when police raided the hotel. You may recall that a cop who took photos was arrested.

Freedom To Marry: Same-sex couples stand for marriage rights

same sex marriage san francisco · California: And the debate over whether San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's actions helped or hurt the cause, a debate I personally find to be a ridiculous in that it's expertly designed to distract from the real issue. While busy defending whether he did the right thing, one is typically not debating the real issue at all. Making the Valentine's Day activism in Napa, rural Nevada County, Humboldt and Placer Counties, San Diego and all over the state all the more vital (all five links have photos). I particularly applaud Terry McClaren who stood for hours silently on the steps of San Mateo County's Government Center yesterday wearing her wedding dress.

· UK: A new Journal of Epidemiology and Community Heath report in the UK has revealed that same-sex marriage and civil partnerships are good for our health. The report says they reduce the prejudice and social exclusion that same-sex couples feel and should help to cut the high rates of depression and drug-taking, promiscuity and sexually transmitted diseases - a suspect list in my book, yet very similar ones are used by the wingnuts as cause to deny such partnerships. Interesting, eh?

· New Jersey: New Jersey could become the second state in the US to legalize gay marriage in a case presented to the State Supreme Court today. "New Jersey is a unique state nationally when it comes to this issue," said Lambda Legal lawyer David Buckel. "That became very clear with a governor's race in which candidates on both sides opposed an amendment to the state constitution that would limit marriage to a man and a woman." I have to say I'm eagerly anticipating the verdict.

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Milla Jovovich's lesbian secret love interest

I know you're excited to find out Milla Jovovich has spent time thinking about who her secret lesbian dream love is, and luckily for all of us it turns out that it's someone who ranks pretty high in the girl-most-likely-to department. That's right, the bisexual Courtney Love. I'm not sure, but I think Love has stalked people for less so stay tuned! Jovovich is currently in Berlin where she and Richard Gere hosted the Cinema for Peace Gala black tie bash - held in conjunction with the Berlin International Film Festival - a major fundraiser there in the fight against AIDS. And for those who are Resident Evil fans, Milla just signed on to kick even more ass in the third film in the series retitled "Resident Evil: Extinction".

Queers on campus

lydon state gsa · Ontario The University of Western Ontario's new Pride Library computers have a unique search engine that accommodates "queer lingo" - just one of the features of Canada's first library devoted to the academic study of "diversexuality." It opens today.

· Connecticut/Massachusetts: While we're still wondering if 25 percent of Yale students are gay (seems unlikely?), Harvard's Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) kicks off its second-annual “Bisexuality Weeks” program addressing the marginalization of bisexuals within the larger queer community.

· California: While California State University, East Bay, kicks off its first weeklong Queerfest today, University of California Riverside's Graduate Student Research Conference is digging deeper into sexuality. Conference highlights include Whitman’s obsession with masturbation, Queer Asian perspectives in contemporary literature, masculinity in film noire and sexual deviance in society. Sounds like my kind of crowd.

· Hawaii: And sadly the high school years are still a nightmare/endurance test for teens like "Shane", a transgendered sophomore who says, "Being queer in high school here is really hard. It makes you scared, like you can't even walk down the hall without being thrown against a locker."

· Vermont: Photos from Lyndon State's Gay Straight Alliance.

Celebrity Gossip

· Pete Doherty, Kate Moss' ex-boyfriend and bisexual Babyshambles' lead singer escaped a jail term yesterday when he was sentenced to 12 months of community service for seven separate drug-related charges.
· Nathan Lane held his 50th-birthday bash at the Rainbow Room and everybody sang for their supper. Matthew Broderick dedicated "Sonny Boy" to his "Odd Couple" spouse. Mario Cantone, channeling Judy Garland, called Lane a naughty Munchkin and told him to "Get Happy." Sounds like a big gay night in showtunes hell.
· When it comes to the Winter Olympics that kick off on Friday, if you're more interested in who you'd like to take home than who will take home the gold, here's a handy guide to the crucial players.

Studio nixed James Dean & Sal Mineo gay kiss plan in Rebel Without a Cause

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly look back at Rebel Without a Cause and reveals that there was a plan for the film to include a kiss between James Dean and Sal Mineo. Warner Brothers, however, wasn't up for it. “While vetting the Rebel script, Warner honcho Steve Trilling made it clear - in writing - that a kiss between Dean and Mineo would not be tolerated." It didn't stop Director Nicholas Ray from painting the portrait though. He asked asked a teenage Mineo what he wanted most in life. “‘My driver’s license," Mineo said. "Fine," Ray said. "Look at Jimmy as if he’s your driver’s license." Beyond the obvious adoration, the film is chock full of clues regarding Plato’s sexual preference too, like the 8x10 glossy of Alan Ladd hanging in his high school locker.

Queer World News Snapshots

· Australia: While it's winter here in San Francisco, it's summer in St. Kilda, making it an ideal time for their Pride March featuring, well, mostly just a bunch of very ordinary-looking people walking down the street without a float in sight. Gay Aborigines marching under the Outblack flag received a rousing cheer. Photo Gallery.
· Iran: A transgendered male torture victim of the government's lethal homophobic program speaks from Mashad of his arrest, torture, imprisonment, and the incessant gang rape encouraged by his jailers.
· Ireland: A landmark case calling for full gay marriage rights here began its slow process through the courts this week. The case was brought by Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan who were married in Canada in 2003. They're suing Ireland’s tax service for refusing to acknowledge them as a married couple. The outcome will have much broader implications.

Jenny McCarthy expands her bisexuality off screen

While porn star Jenny McCarthy has had her fair share of woman-on-woman action on screen, she hasn't let that be a part of her personal life at all, or so we thought. When porn queen Jenna Jameson dropped by the Sirius studios to tantalize Howard Stern's horny listeners, on the air Jameson revealed that her and fellow blond bombshell McCarthy have had their quiet time together off screen as well. Page Six reports that McCarthy, who recently divorced husband John Asher, was with Jameson at a party at the Hard Rock. Jameson told listeneers, "and afterward the two of us went into a secluded booth . . . Jenny kicked back . . . and I'm just, like, 'Oh, here we go. It's on . . .' and she was great!" Now the real question is, does Jameson deserve a toaster oven?

White House Easter festivities to be gay family event

Washington DC: Three months before the annual Easter egg roll at the White House, the annual Easter event is actually getting interesting thanks to Family Pride Coalition organizers setting the stage for a mass turn out of gay and lesbian families. (Thanks Dan-X)

Baltimore judge rules Maryland gay marriage ban discriminatory

Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock in Baltimore ruled that Maryland's law banning same-sex marriage is discriminatory and "cannot withstand constitutional challenge," thus throwing open the possibility of a bruising legislative battle over a constitutional amendment. Will we be rushing to the altar in Maryland? Actually, no. Murdock immediately stayed her decision and the attorney general's office has voiced plans for an appeal. Lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Gita Deane, left, and Lisa Polyak, right, are savoring their victory nonetheless. The judge's decision thrilled the 19 gay men and lesbians who challenged a 1973 state statute defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. (Thanks Tyler)

Laura Prepon to play bisexual serial killer Karla Homolka

That '70s Show star Laura Prepon, pictured, has the lead role in the controversial new film about the life of bisexual serial killer Karla Homolka. "Karla" was actually to have made its debut last August at the Montreal World Film Festival, but was yanked at the last minute following complaints. Christal Films has announced it will release "Karla" on 100 screens across Canada on January 20. Misha Collins costars as her husband, Paul Bernardo. Homolka and Bernardo were convicted of torturing and murdering two Canadian schoolgirls in the early 1990s. Homolka also drugged her own 15-year-old sister, Tammy, and allowed Bernardo to rape the girl, who choked on her own vomit and died. Homolka is currently living in seclusion.

Angelina Jolie: Yes, I am pregnant

Bisexual ingenue Angelina Jolie is having a baby. "Yes, I am pregnant," she told an inquiring relief worker when she arrived at a Dominican Republic airport. "We're due in the summer." Yes, the "we" here is not Jenny Shimizu, but actually none other than Brad Pitt - whose spokeswoman confirmed the news. All the speculation and wonder about them is finally out in the open with this news coming after he filed the paperwork to become the adoptive father of Jolie's adopted children, Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 1, and after Jolie filed paperwork to change the kids' last names to Jolie-Pitt.

Indianapolis gay rights law signed by Mayor Peterson

Indiana: Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson signed the city's gay rights law in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon. In December, the City-County Council passed the ordinance, which bans discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace and in housing.

Florida gay marriage ban campaign bankrolled by GOP

Just in case you were actually thinking about dating or doing a Log Cabin Republican, here's more evidence your local self hating denialists are sure to blindly glaze over and ignore. The group trying to put a gay marriage ban on the Florida ballot in 2006 is being bankrolled by the state Republican Party. That's right, new state campaign finance records show that of the $193,000 that has been raised by Florida4marriage.org, $150,000 of it came in a single donation from the Florida Republican Party. "It certainly was helpful," Florida4Marriage chairman John Stemberger said of the donation, which he said was unsolicited. "I'm not at liberty to discuss the details, but they came to us and gave us the money."

New California bill would limit gay panic defense

Here's something I haven't heard of before. In California, Assemblywoman Sally J. Lieber (shown) has authored Assembly Bill 1160, a bill which limits the use of the 'gay panic defense.' It passed the Assembly Committee on Public Safety along party lines too so it's moving forward. The defense strategy that has long been employed by some murder defendants who argue that they did not intentionally kill their victim - he or she just flew into such a rage upon learning that the victim was gay or transgender that the killing was actually the lesser offense of manslaughter. A.B. 1160 declares that it is against public policy for a defendant to play upon the bias of the jury, or for a jury to allow bias against the victim to enter into its decision-making. (Thanks Autumn)

Chris Buttars thinks talking about gay sex is criminal

Utah Senator Chris Buttars wants to ban gay and lesbian support clubs from Utah high schools, which isn't what you'd expect from a man who looks so incredibly warm and open minded, right? He's also got a bill to require 'intelligent design' theory be taught along side evolution in public schools. Anyway, as for gay clubs he says, "If you're in a chess club you're going to be talking about chess. If you're in a dance club you're going to be talking about dance. If you're in a gay club you're going to be talking about human sexuality, and that's illegal, in fact it's criminal." Yes kids, they even want to make talking about sex a crime.

New Jersey legislature passes two gay rights bills

New Jersey: New Jersey lawmakers voted to give same-sex couples the same rights as married couples regarding inheritance and funeral arrangements and to extend gay couples' access to health benefits in the public sector. Both bills were passed overwhelmingly and were sent to Gov. Richard Codey who is expected to sign them.

Sony launches queer music label

World: And yes, we are a market audience, a bigger one all the time. Sony Music has launched the first major music label dedicated to nurturing LGBT artists. The label, Music with a Twist, is a joint venture with Wilderness Media & Entertainment, led by Logo founder Matt Farber.

Homeless queer youth survey finds four predictable factors

San Francisco: The first significant survey undertaken specifically to assess homeless or severely poor queer youth has found that four fairly predictable factors keep them in economic crisis: a lack of affordable housing, education and accessible jobs, and drug use. (Thanks Edna Mae)

Pink's Costa Rican wedding nixes lesbian rumors

We've watched Pink (aka Alecia Moore) give a lap dance to her lesbian assistant Laura Wilson and lock lips with "Terminator 3" star Kristanna Loken at Jimmy'z nightclub in Monaco. We've seen her for quite some time hanging out with the grrrlz - to which she explained, "I like strong, assertive, independent, tough women and they happen to be gay." Well you can put the kabosh on all of that now because she married motocross champ Carey Hart this weekend on a Costa Rican beach where she walked down the aisle barefoot to Billy Joel's "Always a Woman." They plan to spend their honeymoon snowboarding.

Top Ten GLBT Movies of 2005

Film critic Richard Knight tallies up the top ten GLBT movies of 2005. What did he rank number one? Capote. "If Philip Seymour Hoffman’s performance as the diminutive southern writer immersed in the research and writing of In Cold Blood isn’t revelation enough, add a great script by first-timer Dan Futterman (one of Will Truman’s ex-boyfriends on Will & Grace)..." Knight ranks Brokeback Mountain second calling the film "nothing short of a landmark." Queer Day was surprised to see the european film award nominated My Summer of Love ranked as low as seven.

Russell T. Davies named most influential figure

Queer As Folk creator Russell T. Davies has been named the most influential figure in broadcasting by industry magazine The Stage. Davies brought Doctor Who back last year and scored a ratings hit with his updated version of the sci-fi story. The Stage said of Davies, "The man has achieved the almost impossible and transformed Doctor Who for a cynical 21st-century audience and made them fall in love with it again. Of course adding John Barrowman as the bisexual Captain Jack helped.

Ember Swift isn't selling out

Having just returned from British Columbia, it's only fitting that I tell you about Ember Swift, the band named after lead singer-songwriter Ember Swift. Arriving at Toronto University in 1995 she met bandmate Lyndell Montgomery, who would go on to become an integral part of her musical world. With Swift's involvement in various areas of activism (queer, environmental, vegan) she wasn't interested in settling either. "I am not the type to hang back and wait for approval or permission to do what I love, and so it was a logical move to establish an independent record company (Few'll Ignite Sound) and release albums on my own," she said. "Otherwise, I could still be waiting in a queue for someone to decide to invest in my art. In other words, relinquishing my political and personal integrity in order to gamble for fame just seemed ludicrous to me and still does."

Hong Kong appeals homophobic sodomy law

Hong Kong's government has appealed a High Court ruling against a law that says men younger than 21 should be imprisoned for life for engaging in sodomy. The government waited until the last day of its deadline to appeal the August 24 homophobic decision, originally challenged by William Roy Leung, pictured. Leung, 20, argued he should be able to have a loving relationship without fearing he will be imprisoned. And who shouldn't right? His lawyer, Michael Vidler, said of the news, "If the government maintains that Hong Kong is a world city, then we should start acting like a world city and stop lagging behind on human rights issues such as these."

Is HIV getting weaker? Belgian study says so

Belgium: Is the HIV virus getting weaker? Oddly enough a research team compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03. They found the newer samples appeared not to multiply as well, and were more sensitive to drugs - contrary to other studies saying HIV is becoming more resistant.

Wife's lesbian lover's brakes cut, husband accused

In the UK, Bryan Bamford stands accused of sabotaging the brakes in the car of his wife Karen's new lesbian love interest, Emma Bedford. Karen and Bedford, pictured, were driving the car when they realized the brakes were not working. Bryan had recently come to to find Karen and Bedford kissing on the sofa. Bryan claims the women cut the brakes themselves and are framing him.

University of Florida may get co-ed fraternity

Florida: A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender co-ed fraternity is in the planning stages at the University of Florida. Organizer and UF sophomore Davier Rodriguez said that because of the co-ed factor a new national organization would have to be formed, which could take five years.

Ann Arbor pizza parlor removes rainbow sticker

Michigan: Remember all the big fuss at the Ann Arbor pizzeria that became the subject of a Catholic boycott because they had a rainbow sticker on their front door? Well, the New York Pizza Depot has taken the rainbow sticker down. (Thanks Stan)

Kate Moss' drug fuelled bisexual threesomes threaten her career

After surviving last week's scandal when a British tabloid published a front-page picture of her snorting cocaine, Kate Moss, who didn't lose a single modelling contract as a result, is back in the hot seat as reports of drug-fuelled bisexual threesomes surface, including some with British celebrities Sadie Frost and Jude Law. As a result H&M, who were using Moss as the face of their upcoming campaign, is reconsidering its decision to stand by the London model, noting that their models be "healthy, wholesome and sound." Dior, Rimmel and Chanel are also refusing to support Moss publicly.

More women identifying as bisexual in America

USA: More women, particularly those in their late teens and 20s, are experimenting with bisexuality - or at least feel more comfortable reporting same-sex encounters, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control.

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U.S. House passes gay and transgender inclusive hate crimes bill

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a transgender inclusive hate crimes amendment yesterday, despite noise from gay critics who said that including the trans community would sabotage the bill's future. While a sexual orientation hate crimes bill has passed the Senate three times before and the House has held two procedural votes on hate crimes legislation, this is the first time an explicitly written transgender inclusive bill has been passed by the House or the Senate. That's the good news.

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Janet Street Porter: Courtney Love tried to seduce me

Quirky British media personality Janet Street Porter has revealed that Courtney Love, pictured, once propositioned her for sex during a drunken night out at the Groucho Club. “Courtney told me she'd watched all my BBC Television walking series on tape while on tour, and did I fancy having sex with her?" Street Porter explained, "I don't fancy women and so, as politely as I could, I gave her the brush off, and then, as she was clearly desperate to have sex with someone, I introduced her to a well-known pop guitarist."

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Hong Kong lesbian group threatened with ghost of Anita Mui

A lesbian, bisexual and transgendered women's group called the Women's Coalition of Hong Kong received an anonymous, abusive and threatening letter along with items such as "paper money" used in Chinese rituals as offerings to the dead and strands of what appeared to be pubic hair. The letter, written in Chinese, referred to the group as "stinking homosexuals" and warned that the ghost of Anita Mui, a highly regarded deceased singer and actress who notably played androgynous roles, would be visiting them. As someone who enjoyed several of her films I personally wouldn't mind if she paid me a visit at all.

Princeton homophobic university list drops Boston College

Massachusetts: The Princeton Review has taken Boston College off its "low acceptance of gay community" list in the Review's 361 Best Colleges book, a list it has been on since 2000. Boston College was number two for two years in a row.

Scotland considers gay hate crimes legislation

Scotland: Hate crimes against gay, lesbian or bisexual people may receive stiffer penalties thanks to new legislation. The new law follows similar moves where longer sentences have been handed out to those committing prejudicial crimes towards religious groups such as Muslims and Catholics.

Matt Houlbrook's Queer London reads like the good old days

UK: Matt Houlbrook's Queer London ("Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis 1918-1957") reveals that significant numbers of (working-class) young men were not only moving freely between male and female partners, but that bragged about it, as long as they were "butch" and active, or claimed they were. Great review by Mark Simpson.

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Battle for U.S.S. Iowa takes a queer turn

So there was this San Francisco group battling it out with a group from Stockton, California, to be the new home for World War II battleship the U.S.S. Iowa, and in affect to make SF the favorite, Merylin Wong, called for the ship to host a museum honoring the contribution to the American military of LGBT veterans. "It's a reflection of community support," she contended. "They're gays, etc. a component of San Francisco's population, and they want that ship in San Francisco."

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Researcher says bisexual men aren't really

Chicago: Bisexual men aren't fully bisexual, a controversial study suggests. In the study, bisexual men reported being sexually aroused by erotic videos of both men and women. But a device attached to their genitals told another tale.

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Hong Kong judge declares gay age of consent law unconstitutional

A Hong Kong High Court judge, Michael Hartmann, has ruled that laws prohibiting gay sex by men under the age of 21 are unconstitutional and that they discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. William Roy Leung, 20, challenged Hong Kong's existing laws on the issue. HK law allows heterosexual and lesbian sex from the age of 16, but anyone under the age of 21 who engages in sodomy could face life in prison. Discriminatory indeeed - and the government says it will study the judgement. Hartmann said the current laws were "demeaning of gay men who are, through the legislation, stereotyped as deviant." 63 men have been arrested under the law in the past five years.

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Karla Homolka, bisexual killer, forced into seclusion again

Bisexual criminal Karla Homolka, Canada's most notorious female offender, has been driven back into hiding after her new boss abruptly exposed her whereabouts and accused her of breaching her release conditions. A Toronto newspaper exposed the schoolgirl killer in a splashy 11-page spread and Homolka's lawyer disclosed that police had advised her to steer clear of hardware store owner Richer Lapointe, due to his criminal past. Yesterday's photo spread included numerous photos of Homolka walking her dog and enjoying ice cream with Lapointe. Homolka abandoned the job immediately and has returned to seclusion.

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Queen's Sister portrays Princess Margaret as bisexual drug-using slut

The late Princess Margaret died from a stroke three years ago and "The Queen's Sister," the new Channel Four television drama in the UK, protrays her as a drunk and promiscuous drug-user who had sex with her husband before cheating on him with her lover Robin Douglas-Home. The multi-million dollar film, which will be screened in November, features the princess planting a lingering kiss on the lips of Ms. Sharman Douglas as well, the daughter of the US ambassador to London with whom she was rumored to have had a two-year affair.

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FHM survey finds most women want lesbian sex

UK: A survey of 2,000 women by FHM magazine found that more than two-thirds said they’d had or would like to have lesbian sex. Nine out of ten also said they liked doing it in the great outdoors.

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Jen Sincero's Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping With Chicks politicized her

Jen Sincero thought her book idea would be a funny joke. "You know, ha ha, let's write a book about straight girls who want to know how to get a little hot female action." But her best-seller, "The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks," has gotten her more than she bargained for and with chapter headings like "The Super-Huge Importance of Sticking Your Hand Down Your Pants", and "Oh My God, She Wants Me to Eat Her Pussy!" I can see why. But underneath it all lies Sincero's serious message and she's become an evangelist for female sexual exploration and the rejection of labels such as gay, bisexual or straight. "I'm really politicized now," she says, "Yep, these days I seem to be Little Miss Soapbox, waving her fist in the air."

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Bisexual inmate Kendall Spruce raped and given HIV in prison

San Francisco: At a hearing on assaults in prison, Kendall Spruce, a young, bisexual inmate weighing just 123 pounds, who spent nine months in an Arkansas prison for violating parole for check forgery, testified that he had been raped by 27 inmates, including a cellmate who infected him with HIV. Other witnesses will include transgender men and women.

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Bisexual captain Jack Harkness returns to Dr. Who in Season Three

Dr. Who's hunky bisexual companion Captain Jack Harkness will return. John Barrowman, pictured, saw his character killed then revived and left abandoned on a space station in the final episode, but Executive Producer Russell T Davies has confirmed: "Jack lovers will have to be patient. Come 2007 and series three, he'll be strutting back on our screens." Davies also said he had to get rid of Jack for the next series because the gung-ho character would interfere with Rose Tyler, played by Billie Piper, accepting the new time-traveller. "You want to go back to basics with Rose and a brand new Doctor."

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February 17, 2006

Heath Ledger to play Rock Hudson?

Colorado gay rights measure gains interesting support

Gay marriage takes hit in New York, ACLU vows to continue the fight

February 16, 2006

That's one expensive homophobic military policy

February 16, 2006

Bush gives $500 Million to fight gay marriage as deficit reduction tactic

February 15, 2006

Russian cleric calls for gays to be thrashed, and other world news

Freedom To Marry: Same-sex couples stand for marriage rights

February 14, 2006

Milla Jovovich's lesbian secret love interest

Queers on campus

February 9, 2006

Celebrity Gossip

Studio nixed James Dean & Sal Mineo gay kiss plan in Rebel Without a Cause

February 8, 2006

Queer World News Snapshots

February 6, 2006

Jenny McCarthy expands her bisexuality off screen

January 23, 2006

White House Easter festivities to be gay family event

Baltimore judge rules Maryland gay marriage ban discriminatory

January 17, 2006

Laura Prepon to play bisexual serial killer Karla Homolka

January 13, 2006

Angelina Jolie: Yes, I am pregnant

January 12, 2006

Indianapolis gay rights law signed by Mayor Peterson

Florida gay marriage ban campaign bankrolled by GOP

New California bill would limit gay panic defense

January 11, 2006

Chris Buttars thinks talking about gay sex is criminal

New Jersey legislature passes two gay rights bills

Sony launches queer music label

January 10, 2006

Homeless queer youth survey finds four predictable factors

January 9, 2006

Pink's Costa Rican wedding nixes lesbian rumors

January 6, 2006

Top Ten GLBT Movies of 2005

Russell T. Davies named most influential figure

Ember Swift isn't selling out

September 30, 2005

Hong Kong appeals homophobic sodomy law

Is HIV getting weaker? Belgian study says so

September 29, 2005

Wife's lesbian lover's brakes cut, husband accused

September 28, 2005

University of Florida may get co-ed fraternity

September 19, 2005

Ann Arbor pizza parlor removes rainbow sticker

Kate Moss' drug fuelled bisexual threesomes threaten her career

September 16, 2005

More women identifying as bisexual in America

September 15, 2005

U.S. House passes gay and transgender inclusive hate crimes bill

September 14, 2005

Janet Street Porter: Courtney Love tried to seduce me

September 13, 2005

Hong Kong lesbian group threatened with ghost of Anita Mui

September 12, 2005

Princeton homophobic university list drops Boston College

Scotland considers gay hate crimes legislation

Matt Houlbrook's Queer London reads like the good old days

Battle for U.S.S. Iowa takes a queer turn

August 30, 2005

Researcher says bisexual men aren't really

August 25, 2005

Hong Kong judge declares gay age of consent law unconstitutional

August 23, 2005

Karla Homolka, bisexual killer, forced into seclusion again

August 22, 2005

Queen's Sister portrays Princess Margaret as bisexual drug-using slut

FHM survey finds most women want lesbian sex

Jen Sincero's Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping With Chicks politicized her

August 21, 2005

Bisexual inmate Kendall Spruce raped and given HIV in prison

August 17, 2005