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.
On February 25, BBC America will premiere the third season of 
Brokeback Mountain 
Mianne Bagger, the first transsexual golfer to compete on the Ladies' European Tour, shrugged off the disappointment of a poor rookie season to finally 
Shaquille O'Neal witnessed the gay bashing of a gay couple in Miami, so he 
The Philadelphia Phillies sold a big block of tickets to a big block of 
Latasha Byears helped the Los Angeles Sparks win two WNBA championships, then 
Four-time boxing champion Sirimongkol Singwancha was convicted and sentenced by a district court in Thailand for posing nude for the underground gay magazine Heat. He was also fined Bt4,000. The photos of Sirimongkol apparently remained a secret until special police forces raided news stands in Northern Bangkok and thousands of porn magazines and movies were seized. Sirimongkol’s full frontal images in a two-year-old issue of the magazine were discovered.
Is Martina Navratilova a prude or an opportunist? You decide. She's 
A Zimbabwean court 
Venus and Serena Williams, the tennis world wonder siblings, are 
Homophobic Chicago White Sox designated hitter Carl Everett 
I told you 
UK soccer star Sol Campbell's brother 
Dartmouth lacrosse goalie Andrew Goldstein has routinely taken on 100 mile an hour hard rubber balls with 110 saves this season, yet ESPN is acknowledging his bravery being an out gay athlete on Sunday's SportsCenter, as well as with 
Gay singer Fatih Urek 
Gay Olympic gold medallist Mark Tewksbury hopes the First World Outgames, for which he is co-president, will help 
Transsexual Mianne Bagger had to fight hard to gain the right to be accepted as a legitimate competitor on the female golf circuit. Now she's aiming to improve her performances, which have seen Bagger miss the halfway cuts in all three events played in. "I have the feeling that things are going to go well for me in this tournament. I think I am going to make the cut. I feel good about myself, confident." Bagger 
Kraft Foods' is sponsoring the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago and that's 
"I was a Giants fan before I was a lesbian," said Dottie Ames, 62, one of about 250 fans who took part in the second sold-out Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender singles night at San Francisco's SBC Park last night. Gay Days have been sponsored by the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox as well as the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics, a trend showing some teams are 
Gay powerlifter Chris Morgan 
Joe Valentine 
Olympic medal winner Ji Wallace never saw his sexuality as a big issue. In the lead-up to the Sydney Games his sole focus in life was trampolining and there wasn’t time to think about anything else. But after winning the silver in 2000, Wallace hung up his leotard to focus on other things – like himself. Now, five years later, he's coming out of retirement and out of the closet, making him one of the first Aussie Olympians ever to do so. “I'm not exactly announcing to the world that I’m gay. I’ve been out to my family and friends for a very long time,” he 
On March 24, 1962, Emile Griffith and Benny "Kid" Paret were preparing to face off for the welterweight championship of the world when Paret called Griffith, who is gay, some homophobic names during the weigh-in. During the fight, 
We told you about Merry Stephens fighting back and winning 
Following an amazing 8 under par finish at the Kraft Nabisco "Dinah Shore" Championship, only to be eclipsed by the incredible precision of Annika Sorenstam, LPGA golfer Rosie Jones announced to the press her plans for retirement due to pain from a herniated disk. She said, "There's a lot of work behind the scenes getting ready to play tournament golf. It's not just that you start hitting balls and you go and you're ready." 
An NBC/USA Today poll found that 86 percent of Americans have no problem with an openly gay man participating in sports, with only 25% thinking it would hurt the team(Full survey results 