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AC Milan's David Beckham suffered a potentially career-threatening injury on Sunday as he tore his left Achilles tendon during a match with rival Chievo. He was taken off the field on a stretcher and flown to Finland for emergency surgery: "Beckham pulled up unchallenged in the center circle, hopped on his right leg, then fell to the turf with only minutes remaining in A.C. Milan’s 1-0 victory over Chievo Verona at the San Siro. Reuters reported that Beckham was shouting: 'It’s broken! It’s broken!' as he was carried off in tears on a stretcher.Video of the injury, AFTER THE ...

 The NYT reports that Robert Carter (right), a Roman Catholic priest who came out in the early 70's before helping found the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, died last month in the Bronx at the age of 82: "His death, at a Jesuit health care facility, was confirmed by the Rev. Thomas R. Slon, executive assistant to the provincial of the New York Province of the Society of Jesus. Father Carter’s coming out was a very public one. In October 1973, Dr. Howard J. Brown, a former New York City health services administrator, announced that he was gay ...

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind". ~ Henry JamesThanks to Scott. ...

A Fun Confetti Dress for Spring Just recently the sun decided to pay us a visit in Seattle – the first such visit in many months. Those of you who blessed to lively in sunnier climates may not fully appreciate the joy and anticipation that a few clear, cloudless days can bring. Spring is just around the corner, and is one of my favorite seasons (along with fall) for crossdressing. The weather is warm enough to wear fun skirts, strappy heels and breezy sundresses. The cloying heat of summer has not yet arrived to bring sweat stains and force frequent ...

The first proper video log from down under. Topics covered:

• I have no rhythm, and I’m not lying.
• Commercial television

‘Twould be more, but midday Sydney heat and me don’t agree. ...

Gay Catholic group Dignity USA, in alliance with Catholic group Call to Action and gay Catholic groups New Ways Ministry and Fortunate Families took out a full-page ad in Sunday's Denver Post and Boulder Daily Camera opposing the recent decision by The Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School to expel two children because they have lesbian parents. The ad reads, "It’s hurtful to see the Catholic Church rejecting gay people. But rejecting children because their parents are gay? That hurt can last a lifetime."Adding, "As Catholics, it is deeply hurtful to see the ...

Okay, so we're about to show you a couple of things, and we're not exactly sure what it is that we're showing you. But here are three things that we do know. (1) There's a company called Vemma, which involves the marketing and selling of "health and wellness" drinks: (2) The company, as well as the multi-level marketing plan attached to it, is nothing if not controversial. The internet is filled with sites questioning the legitimacy of the plans, with the words "pyramid scheme" even tossed around by some. Detractors are direct, but so are supporters: Report: Vemma Corporation Is ...

For the final podcast, the original gang is back together: Nick, Joe, Katey and yours truly, Nathaniel. We'll be back soon for a new season but this time we close out the film year with the final discussion of Oscar's 2009/10 hoedown throwdown. You can download the podcast through Mediafire or Rapidshare. We're quite gabby this time (72 minutes) so bear with us as we pick apart the Oscar ceremony in our usual train-of-thought manner. Among the topics:

• Neil Patrick Harris's opening number. Did it really happen?
• George Clooney escape from his famous attractiveness
• Secret love

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The teabagger movement is largely fake. It's mostly orchestrated by wealthy and corporate interests. One of the most powerful set of interests in that area is the Bush Family. I've wondered why the teabaggers are so angry at a rightist nutjob like Crist. This may be the answer. From the St. Petersburg Times 3/14/10:There's been a lot of speculation about when Jeb Bush will finally make his preference official and endorse Marco Rubio for the Senate.But it strikes us that Rubio is better served for now with the popular ex-governor continuing with his current role: ostensibly neutral ...

You might recall that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recently followed the lead of anti-gay Gov. Bob McDonnell — who cut LGBT protections out of his state — and issued a letter to Virginia’s public colleges and universities, saying, “Hey, cut those LGBT protections out of your school statements or else!”There was a big ol’ backlash, of course, and while McDonnell backed his homophobia down just a bit by issuing a legally non-binding “executive directive” calling for the occasional fair treatment of LGBT people, Cuccinelli is not backing down a bit. In fact, following clarifying statements on ...

Boy George and George Michael are on speaking terms again after 25 years of silence, the UK's Daily Star tabloid reports:  "The Culture Club singer slammed the Wham star for failing to come out as a homosexual at the height of their groups’ fame in the 1980s. The attack prompted Michael to label George a 'bitch' – and the pair refused to speak to each other for more than a quarter-of-a-century. But the Karma Chameleon singer revealed yesterday: 'We have exchanged emails and things are pretty good between us. We’ve ‘spoken’ a couple of times and he seems to be doing ...

Bosnia-Herzegovina debuted their entry yesterday. The song could best be described as Balkan Rock, the likes of which we have seen last year from Macedonia, this year from Macedonia, and way way way way back in 1974 when Bosnia was part of Yugoslavia, except that was also witty and progressive (and Serbian). Mind you, in style, it’s pretty much Finland’s 2007 entry or Iceland’s 2007 entry.  (Why oh why didn’t they aim to nick Finland 2008?) At least he’s good looking and can move.   ...

On March 3, Sen. John Kerry wrote a lengthy letter in Bay Windows calling for an end to the ban on donation of blood by gay men, saying, “It’s a cruel reality that I thought warranted a close examination of the justifications. As it turns out, not a single piece of scientific evidence supports the ban.” He then went on to enumerate the many reasons there are, in fact, no good reasons for the ban.On Friday, less than two weeks after Kerry’s letter, the FDA announced that it is reexamining the discriminatory policy, which imposes a ...

Some more photographs that show the uniqueness of modern-day Australia. On the road to Southern NSW: While I’ve posted this before, I still think this is the sign of a decade:   A nice break from the onslaught of Retrovision this year. ...

As much as NZ is the butt of Aussie jokes, one must admit they are much more inclusive when it comes to Queer representation.This performance on TV3 (NZ)'s Sunrise was to promo the Aroha festival, which concluded last week. Fa'afafine duo gear up for Aroha Festival - Sunrise - Video - 3 NewsPosted using ShareThisMeanwhile all Mardi Gras seems to yield is a bunch of giggles from presenters. ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal gets very excited about dancing with Madonna...[strange. i tried to embed a video of Maggie speaking about Madonna. And instead an Avatar video shows up.]This is adorable and I share it here because one should always get excited about dancing with Madonna and because I really need to rekindle my love for Maggie G. I was just really disheartened by that Crazy Heart performance of hers, first Oscar nomination aside. I knew what the risks were with you...an' I took 'em. But the troubles didn't begin there. Immediately before Crazy Heart I felt she was grotesquely judgemental ...

Mr. Mary's Placard Originally uploaded by hikarueastMy local in Sydney is probably one of the most unexpected gay bars in all Sydney. And it's in Redfern. ...