ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST Baghdad, Bashar – Iraqi LGBT coordinator assassinated by religious militia. [SOURCE] China – Eye on Gay Shanghai: Gay Studies courses at Fudan Uni. [SOURCE] Iraq – Islamist deaths squads are hunting down gay Iraqis and summarily executing them. [SOURCE] Turkey -Transexual pop singer faces 2 years’ jail for criticizing military. [SOURCE 1][SOURCE 2] EUROPE Britain – London professor condemns fundamentalists for misinterpreting his research. [SOURCE] Britain – Army apologizes to harassed lesbian soldier. [SOURCE] Czech Republic – Vote on discrimination bill delayed until after elections. [SOURCE] England – Ed Balls tells conference of fight against homophobic bullying. [SOURCE] England – Public bodies told to embrace equality ahead of new legislation. [SOURCE] London, England – London to host Muslim LGBT conference. [SOURCE] London, England – Awards celebrate contributions to black gay community. [SOURCE] Manchester, England – Labour party votes overwhelmingly for trans inclusion. [SOURCE] Sarajevo, Bosnia – Bosnia gay festival closes after attacks at opening event injure nine. [SOURCE 1][SOURCE 2][SOURCE 3] Sarajevo, Bosnia – After attacks on gay pride parade, European Union says Bosnia must respect gay rights to become a member. [SOURCE] United Kingdom – Website for gay men newly diagnosed with HIV launched. [SOURCE] NORTH AMERICA Boston, Massachusetts – HX’s Boston Paper Going Down? [SOURCE] California – Anti-gay groups to attend Folsom Street Fair. [SOURCE] California – Bolthouse Farms responds to boycott over founder’s contribution to gay marriage ban. [SOURCE] Canada – Gay Conservative candidate resigns after saying queers promote promote drugs and promiscuity. [SOURCE] Chicago, Illinois – Study supports gay adoptions. [SOURCE] Chicago, Illinois – AIDS Run & Walk tops records. [SOURCE] Chicago, Illinois – BEHIV receives Wachovia Foundation Grant to provide HIV/AIDS housing. [SOURCE] Clovis, New Mexico – Principals to review gays in yearbook publication. [SOURCE] Dallas, Texas – Lesbian sues over pulled scholarship. [SOURCE] Halifax, Canada – Queer activists seek Halifax seat. [SOURCE] Indianapolis, Indiana – Study of 30 “down low” black New York men reveals fear of disclosing bisexuals. [SOURCE] New York City, New York – Son of architect Richard Meier claims his father is gay. [SOURCE] Ottawa, Canada – Sex workers rally for decriminalization. [SOURCE] Sacramento, California – Body of transgender man pulled from river. [SOURCE] United States – Group urges more inclusive commercials after “critical mass of intolerant ads.” [SOURCE] United States – PepsiCo Foundation grants $500,000 to PFLAG. [SOURCE] Washington, D.C., U.S.A. – Senate to consider same-sex benefits for US federal employees. [SOURCE] Washington, D.C., U.S.A. – Feds oppose domestic partner benefits bill. [SOURCE] Westchester County, New York – County, adoption agencies recruit gay couples considering kids. [SOURCE] SOUTH AMERICA Paraíba, Brazil – First gay wedding in the northeastern state took place this past weekend. [SOURCE] Brazil – Gay rights group Arco-Íris launches online petition to criminalize homophobia. [SOURCE]
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Three cheers for the ad execs at Dolce & Gabbana. They’ve enlisted five rugby players from the Italian National Team for a new D&G underwear ad campaign that was shot in Paris. They will be pitching several D&G styles, including Skin Sensation, 24 Fit, Sport Camp, Olympia, Fresh and Highlight. It’s in this “temple of Sport” that Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana created the new D&G Underwear advertising campaign, with five Italian champions and photographer Randall Mesdon. Sergio Parisse, Denis Dallan, Ezio Galon, Andrea Masi e Gonzalo Canale are the athletes. According to D&G, the company looked for athletes to represent “perfect models for a new ideal of beauty that is healthy, clean and masculine. Their dedication to their sport enhanced their bodies’ definition and stature.” You gotta check out the campaign for yourself, or rather, the incredibly hot video. It’s got boys on parade and even a little pouch grabbing… hot, Hot, HOT!!!
Derrick, 25, is from the San Francisco bay area in sunny California. This tall, thick hottie is everything you’d want in a hot jock: muscular, defined, chiseled features, into sports and a snow boarder as well. He loves soccer and hangs out at the beach in his free time. He’s a horny guy and has to beat his meat at least 2 times a day to keep his demons at bay. His extra thick 8½” monster cock does have a mind of its own. His thick cock has often given him problems with girls who can’t take it, but it never stopped him from finding places where he could fuck all through High School.
Sexy innocent schoolboys Scott and Brad are tricked into washing cars naked at cfnm.net! Forced to go door to door to earn some extra money the boys come upon an older lady whose car needs washing. The lady and her daughter remove their clothing a piece at a time until the boys are washing the car out in public completely naked! Just as they are left alone to finish the job along come a couple of Scott and Brad’s friends from school. The delighted girls take great pleasure in exploring the nervous naked boys’ bodies for the first time! See more women taking advantage of exposed boys at cfnm.net!
Alex Eden has been part of the Randy Blue family for years. He took a little break for a while but he’s back now and looking incredible. He’s toned down a lot of the bodybuilder’s bulk he used to sport but kept all of the muscle. So he’s now got a killer bod and with his buzz cut and facial scruff he’s like a new man. All the things you loved about Alex Eden but enhanced with an all new look.
Republican Presidential nominee John McCain recently mocked Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s recent fundraiser (in which gay icon and chanteuse, Barbra Streisand, performed) as “another example of Obama’s out of touch celebrity.” Tsk, tsk, Mr. McCain. Have you already forgotten your love affair with Babs? Above is a Saturday Night Live sketch in which McCain sings some of Streisand’s hit. Says McCain: “I’ve been in politics for over 20 years, and for over 20 years I’ve had Barbra Streisand trying to do my job. So I’ve decided to try my hand at her job… A portion of all sales will be used to damage Alaskan Wildlife Preserves.”
Steven Spielberg and his spouse, Kate Capshaw, followed in the footsteps of Brad Pitt and chipped in a $100,000 donation to fight Proposition 8, the constitutional marriage amendment that would take away the rights of gays and lesbians to marry in California. “By writing discrimination into our state constitution, Proposition 8 seeks to eliminate the right of each and every citizen in our state to marry regardless of sexual orientation,” the couple said in a written statement released Monday. “Such discrimination has NO place in California’s constitution, or any other.”
FROM: The Advocate, After Elton, Joe. My. God., Gay.com, Gay Wired, Pam’s House Blend, Pink News, Queerty, SLOG, and Towleroad. Three more stories and the poll, after the jump!
AFRICA Rwanda – Canadian anti-HIV drug heading to Africa. [SOURCE] ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST Iran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to insist there are no gays in Iran. [SOURCE 1][SOURCE 2] EUROPE Britain – Sir Ian McKellen tours schools to tell children being gay is OK. [SOURCE] NORTH AMERICA Atlanta, Georgia – Center for Disease Control calls for increased Hep B testing. [SOURCE] Baltimore, Maryland – Police probe shooting as possible hate crime. [SOURCE] Boston, Massachusetts – Catholic lector removed after gay memoir, Since My Last Confession. [SOURCE] California – Singer/songwriter pens gay marriage anthem “Love Won Out.” [SOURCE] California – California slashes HIV/AIDS prevention funding in new budget. [SOURCE] Fresno, California – Valley Presbyterian churches divided over gays. [SOURCE] Hastings, Nebraska – Mormon Church threatens excommunication for supporting gay marriage. [SOURCE] Louisiana – Male-on-male rapist/killer gets eight life terms. [SOURCE] Miami, Florida – For gay father, adoption ruling is `a defining moment.’ [SOURCE 1][SOURCE 2] New York City – Out classical music critic among winners of MacArthur “genius” awards. [SOURCE] Orlando, Florida – Black leaders to announce support for gay-marriage ban. [SOURCE] Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Oklahoma skinhead faces trial in death of gay man. [SOURCE] Salt Lake City, Utah – Number of gay, lesbian households rising. [SOURCE] San Diego, California – Firefighter describes gay pride parade ordeal. [SOURCE] San Francisco, California – Advocating for “Out of Home” youth. [SOURCE] San Francisco, California – Conservative groups confront SF mayor for “orgiastic” Folsom Street Fair. [SOURCE] United States – Christian “news site” distorts study about gays. Exactly no one surprised. [SOURCE] OCEANIA Australia – Gay rights bill passes first stage in Australian parliament. [SOURCE]
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