News
Madonna Plans
Return to Film
Superstar
entertainer and noted Anglophile Madonna plans to follow the
release of her forthcoming career retrospective album
Celebration with a return to filmmaking.
September 2, 2009
News
One Night Only:
Dorothy in Hi-Def!
In celebration
of the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, a
special high-definition presentation of the iconic
film will be screened for audiences in theaters
nationwide on September 23.
September 2, 2009
By Julie Bolcer
News
Zachary Quinto
Talks to His Penis
Zachary Quinto,
who first caught our eye as Tori Spelling’s favorite
gay in the series So NoTORIous, is making a big
bang in the FunnyOrDie.com short Hostage: A
Love Story. In the NSFW clip, the hunky star of
Heroes and Star Trek wields a gun to
take a lover hostage and attempts to cure his erectile
dysfunction by talking to his penis.
September 2, 2009
News
Indian
Government: Sodomy Ruling OK
The government of
India will not oppose a Delhi high court ruling that
legalized gay sex in July, leaving it to the supreme court
to determine whether the lower court ruled correctly
in overturning the British colonial-era ban.
September 2, 2009
By Julie Bolcer
News
Anthony Woods
Loses Congressional Bid
Anthony Woods,
the Iraq war veteran who launched an energetic and
historic campaign to become the first openly gay
African-American elected to Congress, lost his bid to
represent the 10th congressional district in the East
Bay area near San Francisco on Tuesday, finishing fourth
among Democratic candidates with 8% of the vote.
September 2, 2009
By Julie Bolcer
News
Pro-LGBT Mass. AG
Eyes Senate Seat
Massachusetts
attorney general Martha Coakley, who filed a challenge to
the Defense of Marriage Act, became the first person Tuesday
to formally initiate the process of running for the
open seat of Sen. Edward Kennedy.
September 2, 2009
By Kerry Eleveld
News
Durbin: Senate
Too Swamped for DADT
Majority Whip
Dick Durbin said the U.S. Senate may be too swamped to work
on repealing the ban on openly gay and lesbian military
personnel.
September 2, 2009
By Michelle Garcia
News
Moral Outcry
Sinks Hotel Sex Club
A plan to convert
a 170-year-old hotel building into an exclusive sex
club in Gloucester, England, was sunk by moral objections
from the local community, which prompted the city
council to vote against the development project.
September 2, 2009
By Julie Bolcer
News
The Greatest Gay
Beaches in California
Los
Angeles–based website LAist.com has ranked the five
gayest beaches in California -- seemingly
based on their distance from West
Hollywood hot spot the Abbey and how many men are
likely to be wearing spandex, Speedos, or simply
nothing at all -- with Santa Monica’s Will
Rogers State Beach taking the top spot.
September 2, 2009