Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel , Express Gay News , Palm Beach Post The last time interior designer Scott Graham was heard from, it was the evening of April 14 and he was in the company of a Honduran friend named Ricardo, police said Wednesday. That friend turned out to be Ricardo Funes-Valle, who police said has confessed that he stabbed Graham to death in Graham's West Palm Beach home at 113 Ellamar Drive. The body was discovered April 16. Funes-Valle, 20, was arrested in Tampa on April 29 by Hillsborough County detectives and the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Apprehension Team on ...

David Gandy for Dolce & Gabanna Photographer Mariano Vivanco proved in his calendar shots for Dolce & Gabanna that model David Gandy richly deserves his first name. Notice something about Gandy in these shots that we don't see in most model...(read more) ...

Source: Oregonian , Victory Fund A local columnist today described City Commissioner Sam Adams as "the kind of mayor you might imagine Portland to have, if you lived elsewhere and only...(read more) ...

Source: Oregonian , Victory Fund A local columnist today described City Commissioner Sam Adams as "the kind of mayor you might imagine Portland to have, if you lived elsewhere and only read about this city in fawning national publications." Adams is one of the top candidates running to replace Portland's incumbent Mayor Tom Potter. The first step toward election of the out gay commissioner will come two weeks from now when votes in the state's mail-only primary are counted. Adams is today listed at the top of "Races to Watch" by Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund , an advocacy...(read ...

One Degree Events is holding the last BBar at Baltic Room on Saturday May 17, 2008 and they're making it a FREE EVENT!One Degree Events will no longer do the monthly event and is going back to doing just special events such as Seattle PrideFest at Seattle Center, Shameless Party during Pride weekend and The Black Party during Memorial Day Weekend.DJ Joe King returns to the turntables and will keep you dancing until 3 am for what should be a packed house on the 17th. ...

Source: Falls Church News-Press , Washington Blade Falls Church, Va. -- Virginia history was made in the Falls Church city election Tuesday. By being elected to the City Council, Lawrence Webb has become the first openly gay Afro-American elected official in the history of the commonwealth. Webb, 33, an assistant dean of admissions at Mary Washington University, ran on a slate endorsed by what the Falls Church News-Press calls "the City’s venerable civic organization", the Citizens for a Better City (CBC) along with Incumbent Mayor Robin Gardner, Incumbent Vice Mayor Lindy Hockenberry...(read more) ...

The Most Critically-Acclaimed Comedy Troupe of Our Generation Hits the Road for First Major Tour in Six Years."The Kids in the Hall", the watershed comedy troupe of the 1990's, are returning to their live-performance roots for a major North American theater tour in 2008. On Thursday May 15, they perform at the WAMU Theatre in Seattle.Join The Kathies, Headcrusher, the Sales Guys, Buddy Cole, and people you’ve never met before (but somehow recognize from your everyday life) on an adventure into the bizarre and side-splittingly funny.Tickets can be purchased at Ticketmaster. ...

Source: Southern Voice , Associated Press via WTVM Montgomery, Ala. -- LGBT advocates expressed both surprise and delight when the Alabama House on Tuesday passed a bill that would expand the state's existing hate crimes law to cover crimes committed against people because of their sexual orientation. "It is a very happy day to be gay in Alabama," Danny Upton, executive director of Equality Alabama. "I'm just almost speechless," he told Atlanta's Southern Voice . "This is something that people told us could never happen." But, if the House vote was unexpected...(read more) ...

I don't know lots about Edgar Allen Poe.He wrote Annabel LeeI know that...I read it in high school.But not - The Fall of the House of UsherWhich is maybe based on fact.House.Crypts.Murder?Poe was a dark kind of guy.I remember that much.But, like I said...I didn't actually read House of Usher.I was busy.And, you can't read everythingthat you're supposed read.At least I can't.There is a movie though.I might watch...You can read Annabel Lee.It may haunt you.Or it may not.In that - BeautifulCreepyHopefulTragicway that Poe has.But House of Usher looks like it has nearly naked men in it.And, watching hotalmost naked ...

Made it. Minus a piece of luggage, which is allegedly supposed to be delivered “in some time”.1 Beyond that, I have very little say right at the moment. India and I are still very much in conversation, mentally. It’ll be awhile before I can get used to being… home. It feels very weird to write or say that. Still, I’m glad to be here. Technorati Tags: India, home

1. That’s not REALLY how British Airways phrased it, but that’s how it seems- no time frame given, much like an Indian telling you they’re running an errand and will be back later.

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It's Mother's Day - Go Celebrate!Join Gay City and Three Dollar Bill Cinema TODAY for the annual showing of Mommie Dearest.Bring your friends and enjoy this classic movie, complete with brunch refreshments and a few surprises along the way!Today - Sunday, May 11th at Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave)Doors open at 11am / Film begins at 12pmRegular "I'm mad at the dirt" tickets are $15 which includes the film on the big screen and bottomless coffee.Special "This isn't my first time at the rodeo" tickets are $20 which includes the film, continental breakfast, and a mimosa!No more online ticketing, tickets ...

What would you do onstage for $1,000?? Well, its official!!!! Season one was so successful, they just had to pull out another one while it is still fresh in people's minds. What fun last season was. Ryan "Seacrest" Hazy is a fun host and is very please to be able to do season two! There is a twist.. THIS TIME, there is a bigger cash prize! $1,000 CASH!!! its going to be an amazing season. We will begin this season a little bit differently. Unlike last season, there will be 4 weeks of preliminaries where the judges will ...

Saturday and Sunday May 10-11 at 7pm & 10pm at the Central Cinema, at 21st & Union Street."Eat, Drink and Watch."Admission is just $5!Thanks to The Stranger for the tip. ...

Source: UK Gay News CHISINAU, Moldova -- Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca has, once again, banned the Gay Pride parade in the Moldovan capital. The parade, part of a week-long "Rainbow over the Dniester" observance is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 10, UK Gay News reports. But Pride organisers, GenderDoc-M, say that the mayor has no power to ban the planned march. According to the new Moldovan law on public demonstrations, local authorities have no right to prohibit such an event, GenderDoc-M says. If the authorities have proof that there could be serious trouble at an event like Gay Pride...( ...

Thursday Night*Flyer GuyCome on, check us out.NickyNah, I better get home.Flyer GuyWhat? 'Cause you're wearing a ring?Don't let her pussy whip you man.*Friday Afternoon*SeanWhy do you have a flyer for a tittie bar?NickySome guy gave it to me.SeanSome guy?NickyI told him I couldn't go, but he just told me not to be pussy whipped.SeanYou're so not pussy whipped.Dick slapped maybe...Has Matt got you dick slapped, huh?Daddy got you dick slapped, baby?NickyMaybe.SeanNah, you're too much like Lady Marmalade for that.Note: Lady Marmalade is what Sean calls my sister Felicia. SeanOr did you just need to get home to slap daddy with ...

Source: Arizona Republic Scottsdale, Ariz. -- A dance club here that was once the subject of a high-profile discrimination complaint by a trans woman who was kicked out has now become what Arizona Republic calls "the Valley's premier club for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community." It's become one of only two gay clubs in the college town that borders Phoenix. With its new name and outreach to the LGBT community, Forbidden has attracted overflow crowds each weekend. Long lines are a regular feature of the club. On a Saturday night a Republic reporter founds a line...(read more) ...

The Original HOTMESS: "Queer Parties For Queer Peeps!"Along with pioneering the "Live Performance/Queer Dance Party" genre here in Seattle one of HotMess's strengths has always been it's tongue n' cheek, sometimes genius marketing. This time they declare: "Second to some but third to NONE!" a reference to a quote from the Stranger's Eric Grandy (aka DJ F.I.T.S.) who wrote "HotMess, Seattle's second best queer club night!"Maybe the number two spot ain't so bad considering their return to The War Room also marks the return of legend, local hero and HotMess resident DJ Julie Herrera. They have also tapped Jer Ber ...

Tonight! Saturday May 10, 2008 TRANNYSHACK invades Seattle with a return performance of the legendary San Francisco club night at Neumos, (925 East Pike St.). Doors at 9:30 pm and show at 11 pm - $10 cover.Fabulous co-hostess Ursula Android and DJ Baby J., performances by Jackie Hell, Renttecca, Raya Light, Paula The Swedish Housewife, Kiddie, Ultra, Sylvia O'Stayformore, and more! ...

Special guests at the Emerald City Comicon is WilWheaton, Julie Benz, Jamie Bamber and many others.The giant Emerald City Comicon is this weekend at Washington State's Convention Center and several celebrity guests are expected at the Convention Center. Prism Comics will once again return to the convention this year. Prism Comics is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) creators in the comics industry, as well as LGBT themes in comics in general.On Saturday May 10, Prism Comics will be hosting a party at Seattle ...

Source: Los Angeles Times , Ventura County Star King shooting The arraignment of Brandon McInerney, accused of the fatal shooting an Oxnard schoolmate, was postponed again Thursday and rescheduled for June. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Kevin McGee granted the delay requested by McInerney's lawyer, William Quest, Ventura County senior deputy public defender. The 14-year-old from Oxnard is set to be tried as an adult in the classroom killing of Larry King, a 15-year-old who sometimes wore lipstick and told friends he was gay. Earlier, Quest said in an interview that he is working on a...(read more) ...