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HOTTIE OF THE DAY!

Well Folks.. I hope you had a great day back after the holiday. I am off.. So hope you enjoy today's Hottie of the Day.

Meet Portuguese Model Danny Lopes.

I must admit, I have a thing for Portuguese Men!

GAY STUDENTS IN NEW ZEALAND FACE DISCRIMINATION AT THEIR PROM

Some schools in New Zealand are being allowed to bring their lover (same-sex or not) to their high school prom, however, there is a catch!! They must sign a waiver stating they are really gay in order to bring their date.. Ummm.. How 'Effed up is that??

Rainbow education officer Serafin Dillon knows of four Auckland colleges that do not allow same-gender ball partners unless pupils sign contracts stating their sexual orientation.

She would not name the schools but said their policies were discriminatory and breached the Bill of Rights.

"If this was in the workplace it would be discrimination and it would be unheard of. But because it's a school they think they can somehow get away with it."

There is some good news out of this. There will be an alternate prom for those who want to bring whoever as their date to the ball. Mum, Dad, Best Friend, Pet??

Rainbow Youth, an education service for non-heterosexual young people, is holding an alternative ball next month "where it doesn't matter who your date is or who wears a dress".

The group declined to reveal the location for fear of attacks. [SOURCE]

CANADA IMPLEMENTS FIRST GAY FRIENDLY HOTLINE TO REPORT HATE CRIMES

Brampton Ontario, has implemented the first hotline for the LGBTQ community in North America. This hotline is for those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people to call in if want to report a hate crime.

This is pretty big stuff here!

Insp. Brian Cryerman of the Peel Regional Police diversity relations unit says the initiative will make it easier for people to come forward with complaints.

Cryerman says people should still dial 911 for crimes in progress.

The recorded hotline will be monitored by diversity relations officers, and callers will be contacted within 24 hours. [SOURCE]

Being from Toronto, which is beside Brampton, I have to say I am impressed. I am actually impressed that Brampton is the one to have come out with this first. I would have thought it would have been Toronto. Oh Well, I am glad this is place and soon all provinces will follow.

MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT GAY WORKERS

In a recent poll, the American workplace is increasingly supportive of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers, finding that a majority support marriage-like benefits. This is great news. Glad to see educated people are supportive of gay's rights..

The 2008 Out & Equal Workplace Survey conducted online by polling group Harris Interactive in conjunction with Out & Equal, a group dedicated to ending gay & lesbian discrimination in the workplace, and Witeck-Combs Communications finds that a majority of workers agree that performance, not sexual orientation or gender identity, should be the basis on which to judge GLBT people and most support marriage-like benefits for gays couples.

“It's encouraging that heterosexuals appear more and more committed to ending these forms of employment discrimination and to extending equal benefits to all employees,” said Out & Equal Executive Director Selisse Berry in a prepared statement.

The survey found that nearly eight out of ten (79%) heterosexual adults strongly or somewhat agree that how an employee does his or her job should be the standard for judging an employee, not their sexual orientation. And, seven out ten (71%) believe that also extends to gender identity.

Even with benefits, the workplace is becoming more lenient:

Three-quarters (75%) of heterosexuals surveyed agreed gay and lesbian employees should receive leave when they lose a spouse/partner or close family member. More than two-thirds (68%) agreed gays and lesbians should receive leave rights for medical and family emergencies. And, a majority (64%) of heterosexuals feel that gay and lesbian employees should receive untaxed health benefits under federal law. [SOURCE]

Although this is good news, the article does state that gays continue to report workplace discrimination. A majority of gay adults (65%) report they faced some sort of discrimination. Nearly half (47%) of gays and lesbians say they have overheard anti-gay comments on the job. And, more than one-third (36%) of gay adults claim they remain closeted at work.

Not Cool..

JENNIE & SHANNEN DO ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Well Tonight is the Night where 90210 2.0 Premieres. Really Excited here, mostly bc I will be able to see some of the old cast back in action. Here is Jennie and Shannen on the upcoming cover of Entertainment Weekly. They discuss the drama from the past, the new friendship on the new set.. its juicy guys.. I Mean it.. Here is some Q&A from the article:

EW: The other day you had your first scene together in 14 years. When did you last see each other before the scene and what was it like shooting together again?

Doherty: [Laughs] Oh, God. When was it? Ten years ago? I don’t know. A long time. I can only speak for myself, but being with someone I knew made it easier for me my first day on set. At least for me there was an appreciation that we’d been through the first 90210 together and now we’re going through it again, but in such a different way be­cause we’re both adults now. The only weird thing was while we were trying to catch up everyone was watching us. Every single eyeball was on us. I don’t know what they were expecting. I was more interested in talking to her about Dancing With the Stars. I thought she did an amazing job.

Garth: There had been so much buildup. Everyone was asking me before what it was going to be like. I was like, “I don’t know. I haven’t talked to her in 10 or 15 years.” I had that tension and I started to let it get to me. Is she going to be nice? Is it going to be a bad envi­ronment? But when I saw her every­thing was fine. [To Shannen] I was go­ing to call you and tell you this—I got your number from Gabe but I never called. I felt a certain comfort too in having you there and I did not think I would feel that way. It was at some point around 2 a.m., and I felt like it’s so nice to have someone here who is a partner, someone who knew where we’d been and what it was like with the real show.

Doherty: I think when you’re 18, your per­sonalities conflict, and then you meet up 10 or 15 years later and the playing ground is totally different and you’re fine. Like Jennie said, of course there were nerves going in. But half of it was the buildup everyone else put on it. When I was driving to the set I was get­ting phone calls, and I finally turned my phone off because I thought, I have to go in there with a completely fresh attitude and start over and give everybody a chance and everybody has to give me a chance. Once I was able to turn all of that off, the first moment I saw her it was like, Okay, this is going to be good. It was like, “Hey.” Then a hug. It’s like going to a war together. You’ve already been in the trenches together. You learned so much from that first war. That second war, you know what you need to do to make the set the most peaceful environ­ment you can possibly have.

EW: Okay, but back to the fistfight: fact or fiction?

Garth: I don’t think we ever hit each other.

Doherty: We had our moments.

Garth: I just remember being outside and the boys having to try to settle us down.

Doherty: No, we never punched each other.

Garth: Scratching? I’m not going to deny that. [SOURCE]

EEEK... Anyone else Excited??

JOSH HARTNETT MAY HAVE A SEX TAPE - SWEET!!

Happy Tuesday Everyone. To start off the day I have some good news for those who have a little crush on actor Josh Hartnett. Seems like the studly actor was caught engaging in some sexual activitiy in a public library with a lady friend and was caught on a security tape. Woot Woot.

Hotel personnel watched as the 30-year-old actor and the woman hit the library in London's Soho hotel for some "hot and heavy" action.

"Josh and the girl were getting pretty hot and heavy. After stumbling in quite late, they legged it to the library and immediately closed all the curtains so that no one could see in," a spy told the Mirror.

"Unfortunately the hotel has security cameras all over the place — the library included. This means their every spit and cough was recorded, and cringing hotel workers saw all of Josh's X-rated moves.

"No one quite knew where to look and there was a very awkward silence. Josh didn't seem bothered that the library wasn't locked and anyone could just burst in. He just kind of went for it.

"After the event, someone had a quiet word in Josh's ear and he was asked to take his personal business elsewhere in future. Josh took it on the chin and didn't kick up a fuss. He's been as good as gold since." [SOURCE]

I wonder if it will be available on the internet soon... I hope it's better than Colin Farrell's sex tape. I love the dude, but man that was one blah video.

HOTTIE OF THE DAY!

Alright Everyone.. I am off for the day!! Going to see The House Bunny with my Boyfriend and enjoy the rest of the evening. Love Anna Faris. She should be hilarious in this movie.. Woot Woot

Here is model Kyle Ledeboer.

Definitely has a nice set of WashBoard Abs. Hate Him!!

Later!!

THE EVOLUTION OF RICKY MARTIN'S GAYNESS

The Evolution of Ricky's Gayness continues...

For a long time, the latin singer has always been plagued with gay rumours. I dunno why, to me he seems straight but I guess to others he looks gay?? Go Fig!

After becoming the father of twins who were conceived by artificial insemination, the rumours are now even more rampant. Here is a story that looks at his love life through out the years:

Enrique Martin Morales, better known by his stage name Ricky Martin, has long been rumoured to be gay. Martin, however, told Plus 7 Days magazine in in 2000 that he was "a normal man. I love women and sex. I am a real hot-blooded Puerto Rican, but have never been attracted by sex with a man."

Martin said in 2003 that he been dating Mexican TV host Rebeca de Alba on and off for over 14 years and was thinking about starting a family.

However, the two later parted ways. He has also been linked romantically to Daisy Fuentes, actress Lilly Melger and tennis star Gabriela Sabatini, among others.

Though Martin has blown off rumours about his sexual orientation and been consistently linked to romantic relationships with women, rumours he is gay or bisexual continue to follow him regardless.

When asked by Barbara Walters in 2005 about his sexual orientation, the Puerto Rico-born singer replied that "sexuality is something that each individual should deal with in their own way. And that’s all I have to say about that."

In addition to his career as a multi-platinum selling artist, Martin is also known for his charitable activism, including his contributions to the fight against the sexual exploitation of children.
After a sabbatical to get acquainted with his new children, Martin will reportedly return to the studio sometime next year. [SOURCE]

Well what do you guys think? It's hard to say in today's world. It seems like the media makes everyone gay and really its making it too hard to find out who is and who isn't. I guess we can leave that one still to Fame Blogger Perez Hilton!

94% TOP US COMPANIES PROTECT GAY EMPLOYEES

Good News for the working Gays in the U.S.!! Looks like the majority of the Fortune 500 companies include sexual orientation in their employment nondiscrimination policies. From a survery that was done, 471 (94.2%) of the 500 American corporations voluntarily include sexual orientation. Not bad eh? I mean it should be 100% but hey at least it's close!

"In 2003, when Equality Forum began contacting the Fortune 500 companies, 323 (64.6%) companies explicitly provided sexual orientation protection in their workplace policies," the group said in a statement.

"Equality Forum reached out to the CEOs, Human Resource Directors and all members of the Boards of Directors of the 177 (35.4%) companies without this protection."

By 2004, 405 (81%) Fortune 500 companies had extended protections.

"The Fortune 500 have overwhelmingly decided that including sexual orientation is in the best corporate interest and helps communicate corporate values to the estimated $660 billion annual domestic GLBT consumer market," stated Malcolm Lazin, Executive Director, Equality Forum. [SOURCE]

Damn Straight! We Gays Rock!

LANCE IS EXCITED TO HAVE FEMALE LACEY AS A PARTNER ON "...STARS"

Dancing With Stars Producers have come forward to talk about their first gay competitor and to tell the truth about the partnership of Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer. It seems like there was never the intention to have a male-male partnership on the show, however the pairing of couples is not random according to the producers:

Think the producers behind "Dancing with the Stars" find it easy to match up the show's celebrities with their professional partners? Think again.

"It's not random at all," Deena Katz, senior producer for the award-winning ABC reality show, told the Daily News of the pairings.

Height, personality, looks and even age were considered for this season's cast match-ups, which Katz says took about a week to hash out.

Further on in the article we see a deeper discussion about having Lance on the show. They talk about his involvement and how some people think viewers would react to having two males dancing with each other on Prime Time TV:

Which begs the question: Should openly gay contestant Lance Bass have been paired with a man?

USA Dance doesn't have explicit rules against same-sex competitive couples, Prince says - even though the pairing is not a common practice in the U.S.

"He happens to be gay, but that's not why he's on our show," Katz explained. "We're not a dating show - although sometimes it ends up that way."

Bass' manager, Cindy Owen, said the network "never had the intention" of partnering her client with a man, adding "he's very excited to have Lacey [Schwimmer] as a partner."

According to GLAAD president Neil G. Giuliano, Bass' participation in the show "presents a great opportunity for audiences to see gay people included in pop culture in a matter-of-fact kind of way."

"Could it be great to see two gay dancers paired on a show like this? Absolutely! We know that there are many competitive gay and lesbian dance pairs out there, and that might be something ABC and other networks' dance shows would want to consider including in the future."

Chuck Stewart, founder of Out Dancing Ballroom, a same-sex dancing troupe from Los Angeles, says that the show's producers can do whatever they want, but may be limited by more conservative expectations.

"Who do I think is afraid? The advertisers," he said. "I personally think if you got two hot guys together dancing, people will watch." [SOURCE]

NBC "SORTA" APOLOGIZES

AfterElton.com received an email from Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics about his report about Matthew Mitcham's win and not mention anything about his partner. Here is what he had to say:

"We regret that we missed the opportunity to tell Matthew Mitcham's story. We apologize for this unintentional omission." [SOURCE]

What do you guys think? Was this a very sincere Apology? Do you think people are making more out of it than they should be??

HOTTIE OF THE DAY!

Hi Everyone. Man, Today has been a slow day for stories. I do apologize. I guess Tuesday is not a happening day.

I hope you all have a great night though. I am leaving you with

Håkon Kvæken. Nice Body!! OUCH!

AFTERELTON.COM'S FALL TV PREVIEW - GAY EDITION

I Love AfterElton.com!! It has the best Gay Entertainment info out there. Always info about gay movies, TV, Books etc. Its Insane.

Today they poster their Fall TV Preview with their votes on which show will produce the best gay material. The shows range from Desperate Housewives to The Office. Check It Out Here

LESBIAN THROWN OUT OF FED BUILDING FOR WEARING A LESBIAN SHIRT

Get this. A woman was thrown out of a Federal Building in Southern California for wearing a shirt with the word "Lesbian" on it. I love their reasoning.. "Its Offensive".. Bah Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Lapriss Gilbert says she went to the building in Van Nuys on Monday to pick up a Social Security card for her son. But before she could make it to the queue she was stopped by a security guard.
Gilbert said she was told that the t-shirt, which bore the words “Lesbian.com,” was offensive. The web site is a popular educational resource for lesbians.

Gilbert told The Contra Costa Times that the guard demanded that she leave the building or face arrest.

“As an African-American and a lesbian, I haven’t been through one day without facing some sort of discrimination…but this is just shocking,” Gilbert, 31, told the newspaper.

The guard was not a government employee but works for Paragon, a private company hired by the Department of Homeland Security.

A spokesperson for the department said the guard’s actions were “inappropriate and unacceptable” and that Paragon had been contacted.

Gilbert and her mother Tanya, who is also a lesbian and a longtime LGBT activist, say they are contacting an attorney. Gilbert told the Times that she may file a federal civil rights lawsuit.

The younger Gilbert called her mother after being escorted out of the building. The mother called police but before officers arrived another Paragon guard told Gilbert she could enter the building and escorted her to the Social Security line.

A witness contacted by The Times backs up Gilbert’s account.

“For her to be told to leave was completely unnecessary, especially considering how peaceful and quiet she was responding the the security officers,” Paul Dumont told the paper. “Nobody in that office felt her t-shirt was offensive by any means.”

In a statement to police, Dumont said the guard’s “loud, unreasonable, aggressive and angry approach to the situation almost caused chaos.” [SOURCE]

Wow, I hope this so-called gaurd gets canned.. Thats so unacceptable. Geesh!!