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Mildred Loving: R.I.P.
Gossip Girl guy: I'm gay.
A&F's 'naughty' new quarterly.
Rugby studs strip down for cancer.
Towleroad TV: Augusten Burroughs.
Brazilian footballer Ronaldo: I'm not gay.
Boris Johnson wins London mayoral race.
First Look: Sean Penn in Gus van Sant's Milk.
Grey's Anatomy features gay soldier story, kiss.
The best ad for women's razors I've seen all year.
Pennsylvania Senate tables same-sex marriage ban.
Friends of Marc Jacobs worried he's 'pulling a Halston'.
MUSIC: Coldplay, Madonna, Donna Summer, Clay Aiken.
Court: Michigan gay marriage ban affects health benefits.
Madonna knows nothing gets press like a gay French kiss.
Attorney for Lawrence King's killer faults school for shooting.
Myanmar devastation revealed; Laura Bush pleads to Burma.
Austrian National Rugby team does striptease in town square.
VOTE: The Towleroad / NewNowNext Video News Moment Award.
Berlin dedicates riverbank to gay rights activist Magnus Hirschfeld.
Moldova kiss off Pride festivities with fire breather and parade ban.
Cayman Islands police arrest man for gay kiss; tourism apologizes.
THE TUBE: Empire Strikes Barack, #1 Fan, Monica Conyers, Twister!
Parker Posey and Johnny Knoxville to bite into John Waters' Fruitcake.
Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns says gays too predatory for marriage.
Brothers and Sisters ' Kevin and Scotty get engaged, and then get hitched.
Zach Stark, who was sent to 'Love in Action' ex-gay camp, speaks on video.
Openly gay candidate Jim Neal loses senate primary battle in North Carolina.
Gay Frenchman loses citizenship over same-sex marriage in the Netherlands.
John Hagee retracts retraction of Katrina 'gay sin' remarks. Olbermann slams.
Clinton's options dwindle with tiny Indiana win, loss in North Carolina. Is it over?
PLUS: Eight Belles, Joaquin Phoenix, David Gandy, Lance Bass, Chelsea Clinton, Robbie Williams, Pete Wentz.

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Models: geeks and jocks.
Sun halo captured in Key West.
Ricky Martin buys his own island.
LOGO announces big gay awards show.
Clay Aiken cries from the closet on QVC.
John Mayer has Kristy McNichol hair envy.
T.R. Knight and Mark Cornelsen betrothed?
Charlie Crist to sign Florida anti-bullying bill.
WWYD: Gay couple's kiss sparks 911 in Alabama.
Former Mr. Gay UK is a killer, possibly a cannibal.
NYT makes a visit to 20-something gay newlyweds.
Eli Manning digs for deeper meaning at White House.
Barack Obama repudiates Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Anderson Cooper studies bears in their natural habitat.
Carrier: An interview with Quartermaster Brian Downey.
Madonna opens Candy Shop at NYC's Roseland Ballroom.
UK Offers Gay Syrian £46 to accept deportation, go home.
Experts refuse to say racehorse War Emblem might be gay.
Greek islanders from Lesbos sue to get 'Lesbian' name back.
Gay New York couple holds sit-in, demands marriage license.
5 Years: White House rewrites 'Mission Accomplished' banner.
300 protestors disrupt Methodist convention over anti-gay vote.
Clinton takes heat for North Carolina Governor's "pansy" remark.
Tel Aviv mayor announces monument to gay victims of Holocaust.
Pastor John Hagee retracts claim that gay sin caused Hurricane Katrina.
Australia to offer matching rights but not marriage to same-sex couples.
THE TUBE: Coffee, Tricia Walsh-Smith, Paula Abdul, C*nt, O'Reilly-Clinton.
ACLU slams Tennessee principal for outing gay students; school defends...
Comedian Demetri Martin to star in Ang Lee film about gay Woodstock figure.
Gay North Carolina Senate candidate Jim Neal and rival Hagan spar in debate.
Prep: Olympic athletes unveil Ralph Lauren-designed closing ceremony outfits.
MUSIC: Hard Candy, Coldplay, Glastonbury, Amy Winehouse, Robyn, Portishead.
Nepal gets first gay member of Parliament, Czech Republic its first gay candidate.
Gay Bishop Robinson speaks out about threats, purpose, believes 'God disappointed'.
Look: Jim Carrey with Rodrigo Santoro, and Ewan McGregor in I Love You Phillip Morris.
PLUS: Miley Cyrus, Ian Somerhalder, Brady Quinn, Sleestaks, Little Britain, Fuerzabruta.

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Must watch: Carrier.
Gay Panic Strip: American Idol.
Michael Phelps flashes his hot wet tail.
Sean Avery: Hockey pro, Vogue intern.
Polish Tinky Winky investigator resigns.
Israel grants first adoption to gay couple.
Ellen DeGeneres beheads Neil Patrick Harris.
THE TUBE: Ugly Betty, Fab McCain, blog slaves.
Harrison Ford experiences deforestation first-hand.
Luke and Noah kiss: long national nightmare is over.
Hillary Clinton wins Pennsylvania primary, soldiers on.
Clinton, McCain, Obama take their fight to the WWE ring.
Obama's Abercrombie boys spawn fashion, investigation.
Former Juventus head Moggi: football is no place for gays.
Anti-gay Vatican Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo: Dead at 72.
George W. Bush, desperate for ratings, does Deal or No Deal.
Ang Lee to make film about gay Woodstock figure Elliot Tiber.
Chelsea Clinton has ass grabbed in Philadelphia gay bar crawl.
James Franco rates Sean Penn his 'top' onscreen love interest.
Missouri high school student fights homophobia with art project.
Son of former Bush aide cleared in anti-gay Georgetown assault.
Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov warns against gay gatherings in May.
Enrique Iglesias gets love from his male fans and his former mole.
Viva Hollywood's Vinci has crybaby meltdown when told to play gay.
Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey do research at South Beach gay bar.
Bids to ban same-sex marriage move forward in California and Arizona.
Kinky details emerge in Richard Quest arrest; CNN anchor enters rehab.
John Hagee stands by anti-gay remarks, McCain calls controversy "nonsense".
MUSIC: Coachella! Plus Midnight Juggernauts, Chris Brown, Yaz, Madonna, STP.
Day of Silence: Larry King PSA, Ken Hutcherson protest, Nebraska school scuffle.
Mayor Ken Livingstone pledges to make London most gay-friendly city in the world.
PLUS: Madonna, Jason Beghe, Cannes, UFO, John Waters, Mariah Carey.

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Towleroad TV: Mario Lopez!
HELL: 41 hours in an elevator.
New trend for summer: head in a net.
The Priesthood: Real men and lots of 'em.
Must watch: Bullied boy's beautiful revenge.
Nature video of the week: death from above.
James Franco the new face of Gucci by Gucci.
Grey's Anatomy to feature hot gay soldier kiss.
Christian TV hose Azariah Southworth: I'm gay.
Madonna's not mad at you, she's mad at the dirt.
Henry Rollins would kick your arse if he was gay.
Brothers & Sisters actor Luke MacFarlane: I'm gay.
Hanes issues apology for ads using gay and racial slurs.
What caused Jason Beghe's car accident? His gay friend.
Gay civil partnership in Uruguay a first for Latin America.
ABC slammed for lack of substance at Democratic debate.
Michelle Rodriguez is very angry you think she's a lesbian.
Idaho battles giant phallus on lawn of governor's mansion.
Lance Bass on 'Day of Silence': I'm going to use my voice.
California high court preparing pro-gay ruling on gay marriage?
Drag race: Chelsea Clinton parties with 2,000 men in red dresses.
Former NFL wide receiver Michael Westbrook: gay tag haunts me.
A gay Tennessee college football star is recognized, posthumously.
THE TUBE: Tricia Walsh-Smith, Bill O'Reilly, Bearapalooza, Cockatoo.
Gay coalition calls for Lawrence King's killer to be tried as a juvenile.
North Carolina officials assure the state can discriminate against gays.
Arnold Schwarzenegger calls gay marriage ban "a total waste of time."
Nearly 10 years after Matthew's death, Judy Shepard soldiers on. Speech.
Just Cavalli underwear campaign features genuine Italian rugby beefcake.
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband does not read gay magazines at the gay Starbucks.
Gay student at Australian private school protests 'straights-only' formal dance.
Catholics demonstrate in NYC ahead of Pope visit; get wave from Pontiff in DC.
Asst. Defense Secretary under Reagan: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' hurting the military.
New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden promise to quell hockey homophobia.
PLUS: Chris Carmack, McCain Girls, Alan Carr, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Desperate Housewives.

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Oliver Stone's Bush flick: the first 3 pages.
Britney Spears in Streetcar Named Desire???
Zac Efron wanted for gay Warhol twins movie.
POLO: U.S. goes preppy for Olympic wardrobe.
Dolly Parton releases bald eagle back to nature.
PlanetOut sells Out, Advocate, and book business.
Tearoom: Film looks at Larry Craigs of the 1960's.
Must watch: Karl Rove hammered by Harvard hottie.
Man who faked his way into Yale outed by gay lover.
THE STAGE: Gypsy, The Four of Us, The Drunken City.
Hanes utilizes offensive tags to sell tagless underwear.
Elton John gives Hillary big love at Radio City Music Hall.
Emile Hirsch strips for David LaChapelle in Hawaii. More...
Out names 50 most powerful gays and lesbians in America.
Ten-year Australian news veteran Peter Hitchener: I'm gay.
Sir Ian McKellen to battle for openly gay bishop Gene Robinson.
Massive naked angel heralds L.A. arrival of Alexander McQueen.
John Barrowman on Botox: How to avoid that Nicole Kidman look.
McCain Girls: It's 3am and there's a Republican staring in the window.
Gay activist Peter Tatchell detained amid London Olympic torch protests.
Egypt sends five to prison for being gay; effort to out-moralize Islamists.
Judge places lien and bond order on Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church.
Karl Lagerfeld will appear in Grand Theft Auto, but will his Diet Coke butler?
Poll shows gay candidate Jim Neal strong in North Carolina U.S. Senate race.
Nick Lachey fantasy: Arizona QB Matt Leinart demonstrates his oral technique.
Accused killer of gay man uses 'gay panic' defense; gets off with manslaughter.
THE TUBE: Anderson Cooper, Model swallowed, Al Gore, Daft Punk boys, intolerance.
New York Governor Paterson vows to bring full marriage equality to the Empire State.
The full 40 minute recording of bigoted OK State Rep. Sally Kern's meeting with PFLAG.
Hillary Clinton talks gay rights to Ellen; Barack Obama talks gay rights to The Advocate.
George Michael and Kenny Goss display Damien Hirst objects in Dallas; wait for Banksy.
PLUS: Tom Cruise, Madonna globe, Chace Crawford, In The Moment, Lance Bass.

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Justin Timberlake wields a big bat.
1,000 rally for OK Rep. Sally Kern.
Real World: Seattle's Stephen: I'm gay.
Senator Ted Kennedy steps into ENDA battle.
Harvey Milk finds permanent home in City Hall.
TOWLEROAD TV: Christopher Rice talks Blind Fall.
Morrissey wins apology in court for damaging article.
Hollywood brat Brandon Davis is a racist homophobe.
New creatures from the deep cold waters of Antarctica.
Gay rapper QBoy battles homophobic bullying in Wales.
Michael Stipe has had enough of the fear and the arrogance.
Former Italian NATO commander says gays unfit for the Army.
Jay Leno apologizes for requesting Ryan Phillippe's gayest look.
Barack Obama addresses gay crowd at New York City fundraiser.
Jai Rodriguez to share reality show duties with bitches once again.
Bill O'Reilly: "I would never poke fun at any minority group, ever."
Steve Guttenberg and Jonathan Roberts have a man-on-man tango.
Sacha Baron Cohen as Bruno screws Kansas airport and Ben Affleck.
MUSIC: Kylie Minogue, Jesse McCartney, Fall Out Boy, George Michael.
Gay wedding couple broadcast on Polish TV takes complaint to Warsaw.
State College, PA Mayor presides at same-sex commitment ceremonies.
Showgirl: Jerry Mitchell on Elizabeth Berkley and the Nomi Malone 'flick'.
Play ball: George W. Bush booed at Washington Nationals season opener.
Million Fag March targets Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka.
THE TUBE: Cougar Camp, Blood Tennis, JohnnyBoy, Walnuts, 3am, Elephant.
Pregnant man Thomas Beatie called "Freak Show", mocked by MSNBC hosts.
Hillary Clinton gives wide-ranging interview to Philly Gay News; Obama scolded.
Tits begone: Orlando orders male wrestler nipples airbrushed from city billboard.
Pentagon and House at odds over Tammy Baldwin spouse travel; Pelosi intervenes.
Department of Justice looking into possible firing of attorney over sexual orientation.
PLUS: Jake Gyllenhaal, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jimmy Kimmel, Miscommunications, Djimon Hounsou.

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An opus for size queens.
This man is 22 weeks pregnant.
A stroke of insight on the human brain.
Cuba to consider draft gay rights bill in June?
Ricky Martin gives naked thrill in hotel sauna.
Idol stripper David Hernandez to be Rent boy?
Christian Siriano: 'Fierce' is out, 'Expired' is in.
Gay Virginia couple celebrates 50th anniversary.
Sacha Baron Cohen terrorizes Kansas airport in hotpants.
Bill Clinton and students have heated exchange on DOMA.
Report: Character to come out of the closet on Gossip Girl.
Avenue Q scribe Jeff Whitty offers Jay Leno his gayest look.
Ian McKellen to join gay bishop Robinson at Anglican confab.
Josh Beech and Hedi Slimane do Vogue Hommes International.
THE TUBE: Barney Frank, Bullied Billy, Bea Arthur, Sordid Lives.
Madonna doesn't need an excuse to see Justin Timberlake's butt.
THE STAGE:Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Adding Machine, Parlour Song.
Beloved West Palm Beach gay bar owner murdered by boyfriend.
Government begins "mid-course correction" on AIDS vaccine plans.
Hillary Clinton's recall of Bosnia trip scrutinized. Footage uncovered.
Sir Ian McKellen witnessed no evidence of gay hobbits on Lord of the Rings.
Barack Obama criticizes use of gay marriage as a wedge issue, hits The View.
Genealogy: Barack Obama related to Pitt, Clinton to Jolie. Plus, meet Hillarack.
London supporters of Gay Iranian teen Mehdi Kazemi stage Downing St protest.
MUSIC: Sam Sparro, Fleetwood Mac, Sheryl Crow, Danity Kane, Marilyn Manson.
Amazing Race's goth couple Kynt & Vyxsin support slain gay teen Lawrence King.
Anderson Cooper and David Beckham face off about tattoos, football, and bending it.
Sally Kern: Message from Judy Shepard, face off with gay pastor, meets with PFLAG.
It's Raining McCain: They're the GOP's Weather Girls, and have they got news for you.
JC Chasez and Chace Crawford hold cabana boys party; JC denies they're together, twice.
PLUS: Ult. fighter Shad Smith, George Michael, John Waters, Moby.

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Is Dale Earnhardt Jr. a Big Mo?
Obama's major speech on race.
Big Dog: The better to maul you with.
The dream ticket and the scream ticket.
San Francisco recreates history with Milk.
"Gay" now the #1 abusive word in schools.
Lambda Literary Award finalists announced.
Jonah Hill and Andy Samberg's dad get it on.
Neil Patrick Harris on Britney Spears; Preview.
Henry Cavill fluants his chest rug for The Tudors.
Does Madonna now want to be known as M-Dolla?
Ryan Seacrest could potentially be a heterosexual.
Mario Testino tests Ashton Kutcher for authenticity.
Rosie and Danny Noriega: One big happy R Family.
Florida lawmaker hopes to end ban on gay adoption.
European mayors asked to attend Moscow Gay Pride.
Anderson Cooper and David Beckham: together at last.
Peter Tatchell on Iran and gays: It's like Nazi Germany.
Playgirl reaches out to former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer.
Johnny Weir: My sexuality is sacred, as is my hand lotion.
John Krasinski glad you can find him jerking off on Google.
Model Tony Ward beards up for photographer Jack Pierson.
Aide: I had sex with the McGreeveys; The couple responds.
AIDS patients evicted from Nepal hospice over anti-gay bias.
NY Governor Paterson admits to affair hours after swearing in.
Oregon lawmaker calls gays perverts, seeks repeal of bias law.
Family Research Council's Sprigg: I'd prefer to export homosexuals.
Shake my hand: Brutal hate crime at bar near Rochester, New York.
MUSIC: Leona Lewis, The Raconteurs, The Feeling, Amy Winehouse, Groove Armada.
THE TUBE: Tornado, Iraq anniversary, drag queens attack, pink flight, US Dollar, Wii.
Polish President broadcasts U.S. couple's wedding video to warn against gay marriage.
PLUS: Pete Wentz, Tropic Thunder, Arthur C. Clarke, Christian Siriano, Hedi Slimane.

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Joe Oppedisano: Dangerous Boys!
Dennis Quaid: Grade A Beefcake at 53.
Three cheers for spontaneous musicals!
Sportrait: Danny Cipriani, rugby reality reject.
Tom Ford says he's going to be a daddy in 2008.
Anger and apologies in Geraldine Ferraro's wake.
Truth in advertising: Bush is the American Psycho.
Big Brother 9's Matt: America doesn't like gay people.
Former Baywatch lifeguard Jaason Simmons: I'm gay.
Gus van Sant's Milk wraps in San Fran; Sean Penn's kiss.
George Clooney's not gay, but did have Botox on his nuts.
Will new NY Gov David Paterson be a boon for LGBT rights?
Norway likely to approve same-sex marriage and adoption.
LOGO airs celebrity PSA response to Lawrence King murder.
Joker's entrance: Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stranger.
Ted Haggard escort Mike Jones stars in new play: Naked B4 God.
Hideous attack on black reporter by white mob in South Carolina.
Super Bowl champ Eli Manning the next 2(x)ist underwear model?
Rare white killer whale sighted off Alaska, plus white stag, moose!
Excerpt from gay ex-London police chief Brian Paddick's memoirs.
Porn actor Gus Mattox still working with wood in upstate New York.
J.K. Rowling on Dumbledore: Homophobia is a fear of people loving.
THE TUBE: McCain BBQ, Gerry Ferraro, Scream TV, Jeremiah Wright.
Massive anti-meth campaign targeting gay men launched in California.
NY Gov Eliot Spitzer resigns after being linked to prostitution ring: Kristen.
AFA ends two-year boycott of Ford Motors and Ford doesn't cave to their demands.
Gay Iranian Mehdi Kazemi seeks asylum in the UK, gets reprieve, thanks supporters.
MUSIC: Madonna and The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Plus Duffy, David Archuleta, Ferras.
PLUS: John Barrowman, Neil Patrick Harris, Ian Watkins, Chad White, Madonna.

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Australian crocodile prefers its meat shirtless.
James McAvoy is a Wanted man. Really wanted.
Brandon Herman: My vacation with a kidnapper.
Gene discovered that blocks construction of HIV.
JC Chasez and Chace Crawford: attached at the hip.
McBush: We see the future and it's certainly not pretty.
Notes from rural North Carolina: Queers Ain't Welcome.
Robert Downey Jr. plays a black man in Tropic Thunder.
Luke and Noah kiss, or lack thereof, getting loads of attention.
Brett Favre retires, will miss the grinding and slapping of butts.
Australian cricket fan leveled: Oh yeah, they call him the streak.
THE TUBE: Scary Airbus A380, London freeze, BB9 anal sex, Janet.
Iowa gay marriage: the state has its bigots, as does the legislature.
DNC Chair Howard Dean urges re-do of Michigan and Florida primaries.
Sarah Jessica Parker 'bitten' by Christian Siriano: "gifted, intimidating".
The last last sitting: Michael Musto as Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe.
Royal flesh: Prince Harry pulled from Afghanistan after Drudge outs him.
30th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras draws crowd of 300,000.
Nature: Hexapus discovered, Mars avalanche, Wolverine returns, Manahatta!
John McCain's bigoted bedfellows: Pastor John Hagee and Pastor Rod Parsley.
British troops sent home from Norway after watersports and naked bar antics.
Fort Lauderdale gay shooting victim Simmie Williams, Jr. buried in South Florida.
American Idol David Hernandez has a gay stripper past but can stay on the show.
Hillary Clinton makes appearance on SNL before claiming Ohio and Texas primaries.
California Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage arguments, has 90 days to rule.
MUSIC: Sally Shapiro, Annie, True Colors, Janet Jackson, Lou Pearlman, Pet Shop Boys.
AD attack: Hillary 3 am ad inspires controversy, parody, Nicholson's Joker endorsement.
PLUS: Pete Wentz, Noel Gallagher, Liev Schreiber, Mario Lopez, Andy Roddick, Josh Brolin.