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• Not "gay enough" for this year's Sydney Mardi Gras parade !! Feb 9 2010 A BEASTLY row has broken out in Sydney's gay community with Mardi Gras organisers being accused of &quot; hypocritical&quot; and &quot;discriminating&quot; behaviour against their own while welcoming big corporate sponsors.<br /> <br />
• Schools consider costly gay support program Feb 9 2010 The decision could cost the school district, which is facing a $113 million budget shortfall over the next two years, at least $120,000 a year - enough cash to cover the salaries of two classroom teachers.
• COMMENTARY: Lord Browne secret gay life Feb 8 2010 Lord Browne of Madingley, the former chief executive of BP, has revealed for the first time how he panicked and blundered when his secret gay life was about to be exposed.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The man widely regarded as the greatest businessman of his generation has admitted that he was horrified in early 2007 when his former lover, Canadian-born Jeff Chevalier, went to a tabloid newspaper to sell his story about their four-year relationship.<br />
• Anti-gay bill is unjust, says Obama Feb 7 2010 President Barack Obama has, for the first time, publicly come out against the draconian anti-homosexuality bill that is before Uganda's parliament.
• Pope attacks british equality !! Feb 6 2010 Pope Benedict XVI has criticised Britain's equality laws which prohibit anti-gay discrimination by adoption agencies, including those run by religious organisations.

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Book Review..."Desiring Arabs" by Joseph Massad

Feb 9 2010
In the Middle East, homosexuals don't exist because there is a discernible lack of rainbow flag waving, show tune loving and Mimosa-sipping gays. There is also an absence of out politicians, ala Barney Frank, GLBT political organizations or trendy gay nightclubs. This, of course, is because homosexuality is a Western invention and Arab men - without the moral corruption of foreigners - have no capacity to fall in love with others of the same sex These are the incoherent ramblings of Joseph Massad, a Columbia University professor and the author of, Desiring Arabs, published this year by University of Chicago Press.

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• Book Review..."Desiring Arabs" by Joseph Massad Feb 9 2010 In the Middle East, homosexuals don't exist because there is a discernible lack of rainbow flag waving, show tune loving and Mimosa-sipping gays. There is also an absence of out politicians, ala Barney Frank, GLBT political organizations or trendy gay nightclubs. This, of course, is because homosexuality is a Western invention and Arab men - without the moral corruption of foreigners - have no capacity to fall in love with others of the same sex These are the incoherent ramblings of Joseph Massad, a Columbia University professor and the author of, Desiring Arabs, published this year by University of Chicago Press.
• REVIEW : An Englishman In New York DVD - dir: Richard Laxton Feb 7 2010 In 1975, John Hurt starred in a BBC television adaptation of Quentin Crisp's autobiography THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT, playing the flamboyantly gay author and actor, and in 2009 Hurt revisits the role in this comedy-drama based on the latter years of Crisp's life Crisp rose to fame in the UK following the publication of his memoirs and the success of a one-man show, but when a series of typically frank but witty quips during an interview lead to a public scandal, Crisp is approached by an American talent agent, Connie Clausen (Swoosie Kurtz), who says she can get him work in the United States.
• QUEER RANT: Gay actors face obstacles !! Feb 2 2010 Colin Firth has claimed that gay actors risk missing out on work if they come out.<br /> <br /> The actor, who stars as gay college professor George Falconer in A Single Man, said at the movie's UK premiere in central London that there are still &quot;invisible boundaries&quot; that gay actors struggle to cross.<br /> <br /> He said: &quot;There might be risks for a gay actor coming out. The politics of that are quite complex, it seems to me.<br /> <br /> &quot;If you're known as a straight guy, playing a gay role, you get rewarded for that. If you're a gay man and you want to play a straight role, you don't get cast - and if a gay man wants to play a gay role now, you don't get cast.
• The Little Box Of Big Gay love DVD Jan 24 2010 A collection of twenty-five short films concerning love in all it's many forms. This release features many familiar faces of the gay cinema scene, including Brent Corrigan (SCHOOLBOY CRUSH), Aaron Michael Davies (ANOTHER GAY SEQUEL), Brendan Bradley (REDWOODS), and Ashley Ryder (OUT IN THE OPEN)Twenty five gay short films, over seven hours of acclaimed and award winning entertainment, all wrapped up in a little box! Whether your tastes lean towards romance, comedy or horror !there is sure to be something in this compilation that either tugs on your heart strings or has you hiding behind the sofa<br /> <br /> <br />
• Love in the Time of HIV: The Gay Man's Guide to Sex, Dating, and Relationships Jan 21 2010 Michael Mancilla and Lisa Troshinsky have written a well thought-out text on how to love with HIV/AIDS. Dating with HIV can be an emotional minefield. Issues of how and when to disclose are thick with anxiety; forming and sustaining relationships can be especially hard. Gay men have developed a number of approaches to intimate relationships, and the authors have provided a practical analysis that should allow readers to appreciate the pros and cons of each as they contemplate their own options. The book should be very helpful by itself to readers who want to explore these issues on their own; it should also be an excellent adjunct to therapy.--David J. Martin, PhD, Director, HIV Mental Health Services, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine<br /> <br />
• GAY MOVIE REVIEW : Before Stonewall DVD Jan 20 2010 On June 27, 1969, police raided The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village. In a spontaneous show of support and frustration, the city's gay community rioted for three nights in the streets, an event that is considered the birth of the modern Gay Rights Movement This award winning documentary pries open the closet door, setting free the dramatic story of the sometimes horrifying public and private existences experienced by the gay community since the 1920s. Revealing and often humorous, Before Stonewall exposes the fascinating and unforgettable decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America..