Captain Gets 50 Years for Raping Soldiers
A military jury sentenced Air Force captain Devery L. Taylor to 50 years
in prison Wednesday for raping four men and attempting to rape two
others.
Wednesday, 02.28.2007 Lesbian Producer Scores Helen Hunt
Lesbian super-producer Christine Vachon likes to keep multiple plates
spinning. Having made her name with some of the most adventurous
independent films of the '90s, one of her new projects finds Vachon
taking on the directing debut of A-lister Helen Hunt.
Tuesday, 02.27.2007 'X3' Star Plays Lesbian Werewolf
Ellen Page is not yet a household name, but to 'X-Men' fans she's
instantly recognizable as Kitty Pryde. Now Page is set to cultivate an
entirely new fan-base demographic - teen lesbians and horror buffs - in
the upcoming 'Jack and Diane'.
Tuesday, 02.27.2007 '90210' Star Has New Queer Zip Code
Long ago, young Brian Austin Green was the baby of the cast on Fox's
'Beverly Hills, 90120'. Now Green is returning to the small screen to
play gay 'Will & Grace' creator Max Mutchnick in a new CBS series.
Tuesday, 02.27.2007 'Brokeback' Team Back in the Saddle
The Oscar-winning writers of the film 'Brokeback Mountain,' Larry McMurtry
and Diana Ossana, are about to divide their time between the country and
the city for a new Fox television drama.
Tuesday, 02.27.2007 US Gay Military Ban Debated
In the wake of announcements that Congressman Marty Meehan will
re-introduce legislation to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" this week,
observers are debating the future of the gays-in-the-military issue in
Congress.
Monday, 02.26.2007 Ellen's Great Oscar Night
Ellen DeGeneres did a fantastic job hosting the 79th Academy Awards
Sunday, creating a relaxed setting and playfully reminding the room full
of stars that "everything is on the line for you."
Monday, 02.26.2007 Suze Orman: "I'm A Lesbian"
Popular financial guru and TV host Suze Orman comes out of the closet in
an interview with The New York Times Magazine this coming Sunday, and
reveals that she has been in a committed relationship with another woman
for seven years.
Friday, 02.23.2007 Anna Nicole to be Buried in the Bahamas
Two weeks after Anna Nicole Smith died in a hotel room at the Seminole
Hard Rock Cafe & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, a lawyer decided Thursday
that the former model and reality star will be buried in the Bahamas,
alongside her dead son.
Thursday, 02.22.2007 Gays Would End Human Race, Poland's President Says
During a recent state visit, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski told a
shocked Irish government that the human race "would disappear if
homosexuality was freely promoted."
Thursday, 02.22.2007 First Gay Civil Unions in New Jersey
Thursday was a joyful day for several gay New Jersey couples as they were
finally able to formalize their relationships as civil unions, getting
the same legal rights as married couples.
Thursday, 02.22.2007 Rhode Island Recognizes Massachusetts Gay Marriages
The state of Rhode Island should recognize the gay marriages of state
employees performed in Massachusetts and extend the same benefits,
Attorney General Patrick Lynch said in a letter to a state department.
Thursday, 02.22.2007 Tim Hardaway, You're Fired!
Former NBA player Tim Hardaway has been fired from his role with the
Continental Basketball Association after his hateful anti-gay rant in a
radio interview last week where he stated that he hated gay people.
Wednesday, 02.21.2007 Bellucci Finds 'Centricity' with Schumacher
You know it's true - gorgeous women love to hang out with gay men. Just
check out the filmography of openly gay director Joel Schumacher. From
Julia Roberts to Nicole Kidman, many of the screen's loveliest ladies
have lined up for the opportunity to work with this filmmaker.
Tuesday, 02.20.2007 Parker Posey to the Small Screen
In what promises to be the most fortuitous pairing since peanut butter and
chocolate, hilarious and banter-friendly writer and 'Gilmore Girls'
creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is collaborating with hilarious and
banter-friendly actress Parker Posey for a new TV series.
Tuesday, 02.20.2007 Controversial Saint-Laurent Documentary
Gay French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent's business partner has
fought for years to keep acclaimed filmmaker Oliver Meyrou's documentary
about YSL, 'Celebration', out of circulation.
Tuesday, 02.20.2007 Logo Makes 'Great Gay Escape'
Put 12 GLBT strangers under one roof for two months and the drama will
just flow naturally, right? That's what the producers of a new reality
series for Logo are hoping.
Tuesday, 02.20.2007 HIV Vaccine Long Way Off
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease, said Saturday that it will take a long time to
battle AIDS into a low-rate of infection, and that the elimination of
the disease seems unlikely.
Tuesday, 02.20.2007 Anderson Cooper on Gay Date for $21K
A lunch date with hunky CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper got sold for a
hefty $21,000 to British bachelor Oliver Hicks at a celebrity bachelor
auction in New York.
Monday, 02.19.2007 New Jersey's First Gay Unions
New Jersey today became the third state in the US to offer civil unions
for gay couples, offering the legal benefits but not the title of
marriage. By midday Monday, at least 16 couples had registered for a
civil union license.
Monday, 02.19.2007 "I Hate Gay People," NBA Player Says
Former NBA player Tim Hardaway said in a radio interview Wednesday that he
would not have tolerated a gay player on his team and that he would have
demanded that either the gay teammate, or Hardaway himself, be traded if
so had happened.
Thursday, 02.15.2007 Young Soldiers Gay Sex Slaves
Young soldiers at an army base in Russia have been routinely forced to
work as male prostitutes by senior officers and to turn over their
earnings to their superiors.
Wednesday, 02.14.2007 Pop Sensation Mika Won't Tell
23 year-old British pop sensation Mika, who went straight to No 1 on the
UK album charts this week, is keeping quiet about his sexual
orientation.
Wednesday, 02.14.2007 Pete Wentz: I've Kissed Boys
Fall Out Boys' Pete Wentz told in an interview with Blender magazine that
he's a make-out king and that he doesn't have any problems kissing boys
and that he have done so at several occasions.
Wednesday, 02.14.2007 Cynthia Nixon Keeps an Eye on 'The Babysitters'
'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon has focused her attention on the
stage in recent years - most notably an acclaimed turn in Broadway's
'Rabbit Hole' - but she keeps a hand in both film and TV as well.
Tuesday, 02.13.2007 Carrie-Anne Moss Grows on 'Garden'
Not every woman who looks great in black leather and can proficiently kick
bad-guy butt becomes a lesbian icon, but Carrie-Anne Moss certainly did.
Her sleek bod and stunning wire-work set sapphic hearts a-flutter in the
'Matrix' series, and now Moss will return to the big screen.
Tuesday, 02.13.2007 Lee Pace Has the Touch for 'Pushing Daisies'
Lee Pace won acclaim for his heart-wrenching portrayal of transgendered
woman Calpernia Addams in Showtime's ripped-from-the-headlines drama
'Soldier's Girl'. Since then, he's made several other very interesting
choices.
Tuesday, 02.13.2007 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Ugly Betty' Clones This Fall
'Sex and the City', 'Desperate Housewives', and 'Ugly Betty' proved that
glamorous, woman-centric shows could score big ratings numbers (and
massive gay followings). So don't be surprised to see more of their ilk
on TV this fall.
Tuesday, 02.13.2007 NHL in Groundbreaking Gay Sports Movie
The National Hockey League is breaking new ground by being the first
sports association to approve the use of action footage, its uniforms,
names, and logos in a gay-themed film.
Tuesday, 02.13.2007 Amaechi Becomes Coming Out Spokesperson
Former NBA player John Amaechi, who came out publicly last week, has been
named a national spokesperson for a project aimed at helping LGBT people
come out and live openly gay.
Monday, 02.12.2007 Rosie O'Donnell Goes for Gay Laughs
With a cruise line, a feud with Donald Trump, and 'The View', you'd think
Rosie O'Donnell wouldn't be able to fit anything else into her schedule.
But she's found room to executive produce 'The Big Gay Sketch Show', a
self-described comedy series set to debut on Logo.
Friday, 02.09.2007 Angela Robinson 'Pledged' to Sorority
Perhaps the most angst-free lesbian filmmaker in history, Angela Robinson
has already developed a following from her movies 'D.E.B.S.' and 'Herbie:
Fully Loaded.' Now she's casting her eye on the exclusive and
well-guarded secrets of sorority life.
Friday, 02.09.2007 Parker Posey Heads for 'Asphalt Beach'
Gay fans of indie film queen Parker Posey will follow her anywhere, from
Hal Hartley's quirky dramedies to the larger-than-life 'Superman
Returns'. Now Posey is headed for 'Asphalt Beach', a new musical about a
clash between two boarding-school girls from opposite sides of the
tracks.
Friday, 02.09.2007 Bryan Singer Makes Merry with Russell Crowe?
We know that gay director Bryan Singer has really arrived in Hollywood,
because every time a big-budget project gets announced, his name almost
always seems to be attached. Take the recent news about 'Nottingham',
with Australian superstar Russell Crowe in the leading role.
Friday, 02.09.2007 Anna Nicole Smith Dies
Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday after collapsing at the Hard Rock Cafe and
Casino in Hollywood, Florida, and being being rushed to the hospital,
one of her lawyers said.
Thursday, 02.08.2007 Reactions To Amaechi Coming Out Mainly Positive
The announcement by former NBA player John Amaechi that he is gay
polarized opinion Thursday but reactions were in general positive from
both players, trainers and others in the media.
Thursday, 02.08.2007 I'm Gay, NBA Star John Amaechi Says
John Amaechi, a former NBA player and England basketball international, is
publishing a book next week in which he will reveal he is gay, becoming
the first male basketball player to come out in US.
Wednesday, 02.07.2007 Snickers Pulls Man-Kiss Commercial
A Snickers candy bar commercial launched during this year's Super Bowl
broadcast has been pulled after the commercial received complaints that
it was homophobic.
Tuesday, 02.06.2007 Paris Hilton Uses The F-Word
GLAAD calls on Paris Hilton to explain and apologize to the gay community
for her use of anti-gay slurs in a video that began circulating on the
Web earlier this week.
Tuesday, 02.06.2007 Are Gay Audiences Abandoning Broadway?
In what must be the ultimate nightmare for producers and everyone else in
the theater business, some commentators are now wondering if gay
audiences are abandoning Broadway.
Tuesday, 02.06.2007 Ted Haggard Now "Completely Heterosexual"
Amazingly, after a short stint with psychological counseling, disgraced
evangelist Ted Haggard has surprised his peers with now being completely
heterosexual, proving wrong those that thought it could take a whole "4
or 5 years" to turn the former minister straight.
Tuesday, 02.06.2007 Jesus Works on Ted Haggard
Disgraced evangelist Ted Haggard sent out an email to his old congregation
at the New Life Church this weekend, telling members that he is leaving
Colorado Springs, and that Jesus is starting to "put him back together."
Monday, 02.05.2007 Americans Don't Like "Don't Ask"
For the first time a majority of Americans say they support allowing gays
to serve openly in the U.S. military, a new poll shows.
Monday, 02.05.2007 No Domestic Partner Benefits in Michigan
Public universities and governments can't provide health insurance to the
partners of gay employees without violating the state constitution, the
Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
Friday, 02.02.2007 Israel's First Gay Marriage
The first gay couple has registered their marriage in Israel following a
Nov. 29 ruling by the High Court of Justice requiring the Israeli
government to register same-sex marriages of gay Israelis legally wed
abroad.
Friday, 02.02.2007 Aniston Gets Down and 'Dirt'-y with Cox
Courtney Cox's new FX series, 'Dirt', will reunite her with 'Friends'
costar Jennifer Aniston on the March 27 episode, because if there's
anything TV loves more than stunt-casting, it's girl-on-girl action.
Thursday, 02.01.2007 'Noah's Arc' Lands on the Big Screen
Logo announced that a big-screen version of the gay African-American
dramedy 'Noah's Arc' has gone into production, with series creator
Patrik-Ian Polk attached as co-executive producer.
Thursday, 02.01.2007 Hal Sparks Gets His 'Juju' Working on Nickelodeon
Building on his cameo in 'Spider-Man 2', 'Queer as Folk' star Hal Sparks
will further beef up his fanboy credentials by lending his voice to 'Tak
and the Power of Juju', a new Nickelodeon animated series based on a
series of Sony Playstation games.
Thursday, 02.01.2007 Here! TV Draws Horror Fans into Its 'Lair'
After spicing up its selection of movie offerings with the over-the-top
and much-talked-about original series 'Dante's Cove', Here! TV dips
another toe into the waters of original programming with its latest
offering, 'The Lair'.
Thursday, 02.01.2007 "Harry Potter" in Racy Photos
"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe, who gets naked for his new role in
the London West End revival of the play "Equus," is being attacked by
some Harry Potter fans and parents after appearing in nude publicity
shots for the play.
Thursday, 02.01.2007 Isaiah Washington Out of Rehab
Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has been released from a
rehabilitation facility where he over the last week has been receiving
anger management counseling for his repeated use of a homophobic slur.
Thursday, 02.01.2007 'The View' Ratings Soar with Rosie
After adding Rosie O'Donnell last fall, 'The View' has drawn the biggest
audience in its nearly 10-year history, according to the latest daytime
ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
Thursday, 02.01.2007
The Hunk
