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POLL: Annise Parker holds slight edge in Houston mayoral race.

Jesus Luz sells some more underwear.

Madonna cozies up to Tom Ford.

Spain apologizes to man jailed for being gay in the 70's: "Antoni Ruiz spent three months in prison under a law introduced during Gen Francisco Franco's dictatorship.

In addition to the letter, he has received 4,000 euros ($5,900; £3,600) in compensation.

Mr Ruiz estimates around 5,000 homosexuals suffered a similar fate to him during Gen Franco's dictatorship."

Kylie Minogue to release Kylie Live in New York.

Southern Utah University expands anti-discrimination policy: " The school's board of trustees unanimously voted Friday to amend its anti-discrimination policy to include protection for those with an alternative sexual orientation.

SUU and Brigham Young University were the only two institutions of higher education in the state without such a policy.

SUU Student Body President Cody Alderson praised the board's action, saying it will help ensure a safe and friendly campus atmosphere for everyone regardless of their sexual orientation.

The Student Senate on Nov. 4 passed a resolution that endorsed the policy change."

Taylor Lautner cast as superhero Max Steel.

Facebook group opposing anti-gay NY state senator George Onorato.

Youth counselor killed in gay attack at Tel Aviv LGBT youth center receives honor: "The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has awarded Nir Katz, a youth counselor who was killed in an attack on a gay community center in Tel Aviv, a medal of commendation awarded each year to defenders of human rights. 'Nir Katz won the commendation because with his activities at the community center and other activities in which he took part he promoted the understanding of the other,' said Nirit Moskowitz of the ACRI."

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon logs a record-extending 742nd week on the Billboard charts.

Cook County, Illinois has one of the highest concentrations of openly gay judges in the country: "Last summer, the 15 jurists formally organized as the Alliance of
Illinois Judges to, among other things, lobby other circuit judges for
the appointment of more gays and lesbians as associate judges, mentor
law students and encourage the state to extend judges' pensions
benefits to domestic partners. They also plan to serve as a sounding
board for other judges looking for information and resources."

Towering "urban forest" planned for China.

Male model fix: Vladimir Ivanov.

UN leaders: the clock has ticked to zero on global warming.

Wockner: The latest on Prop 8. The Courage Campaign exited the 2010 effort to repeal Prop 8 and  refuses to release new research to media,
EQCA's Geoff Kors disses 'experts,' and details new tactics. And the 
Olson/Boies case heads to trial in January.

The Mercury News profiles openly gay Campbell, California mayor Evan Low: "One day his dad asked him a question: On a scale of 1 to 10 — 1 being completely gay and 10 being completely straight — what number was he? 'I'm a 10,' his dad said. 'I'm a 2 or a 3,' his son replied.

And suddenly his dad knew for sure.

Evan Low says his father, whom he considers one of his heroes, accepted his sexuality from that day forward. 'He told me, 'I raised you. You're my son, with my blood and my DNA. So it came from me.''"

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LOOK-OUT: The view from the top of the Burj Dubai.

FLASH MOB: Janet Jackson gets a fan tribute at L.A.'s The Grove.

PYRAMIDS AT GIZA: From the local Pizza Hut.

MO ROCCA: International capital cities vs Venice Beach pull-ups.

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Signorile on Congress and Obama's LGBT agenda: Why is the "low-hanging fruit" still hanging? And here's the checklist.

Architectural "cloud" proposed in London.

America's Next Top Model's Miss J is the father of a 7-year-old boy: "A French lesbian had asked if we would be sperm donors. "So we thought, 'OK, you want me to do you?' And she was like, 'Ooooh, I'm not that talented.' So I said, 'Okay fine.' So we did a little test tube."

D.C. Council committee advances marriage equality bill:
"A DC Council Committee voted 4 to 1 this afternoon to send a bill
legalizing same-sex marriage to the full council for debate.
Council member Phil Mendelson, chairman of the Committee on Public
Safety and Judiciary, said the legislation was 'both simple and
monumental.'
With the committee vote, the full council will take up the bill in
early December. It is expected to easily pass."

Virginia lawmaker to introduce legislation extending protections to state workers who are gay or lesbian.

Celine Dion "no longer pregnant".

Opposition party in Australia drafts bill to keep single mothers and gay couples from accessing surrogacy: "Under the laws…introduced, only married and defacto heterosexual
couples who have been together for at least two years would legally be
able to have a child by surrogate."

First look at The Addams Family Musical.

American researchers "rebuild" sexual organs on rabbits, believe procedure could work on men: "Male rabbits given the implants attempted to mate within one minute of
being introduced to a female partner, and 83 per cent succeeded."

REPORT: Rock Hudson's lover Marc Christian has died.

Goran Visnjic to star as Christopher Plummer's boyfriend in the Mike Mills film Beginners: "It’s a Gay-December romance for the ages!"

Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker gets endorsement from opponent: “One candidate stands out with a 12-year proven track record of public
service, particularly in terms of efficient, transparent government,
the quality of life in our neighborhoods, and fiscal responsibility,
especially important in these difficult economic times."

Ashleigh and Jakob were definitely the best part of So You Think You Can Dance last night.

Lady Gaga gossips about Gossip Girl.

Some photos by Dav.d Daniels from the Mormon testimony at the Salt Lake City LGBT ordinance hearings.

United Airlines pilot arrested for intoxication before boarding a flight full of passengers at Heathrow.

FireDogLake blogger Jane Hamsher talks about the DNC donor boycott: "If you're suppressing your base, and the other side is revving up
theirs, and midterm elections are all about turning out the base, I
sort of question what their strategy is here."

Ontario gym owner in transgender bathroom legal battle: "A fitness club owner in southwestern Ontario said Tuesday he has wasted
tens of thousands of dollars fighting a legal battle with a transgender
woman over which washrooms she should use, only to have the case thrown
out by the Ontario Human Rights Commission."

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Maine feels isolated in marriage equality battle. Help them out here.

Bio-fuel algae high-rise ascends in Boston.

Bitch-slapped over wood: bring this gay interior design duo to America!

Tom Ford's A Single Man to open in limited release on December 11.

The NYT profiles AIDS activist Sean Strub.

Gay divorce case: Right-wing Texans valiantly try to preserve a same-sex marriage. "As Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry says, 'the irony is that the
antigay forces are so opposed to gay relationships they won’t even let
us out of them.’'"

T.R. Knight talks about Parade and life after Grey's Anatomy: "I just want to be lucky enough to work, and to work with people I
admire. I love acting. I love doing work that is challenging — and
slightly terrifying."

Zac Efron twinks out on Nylon Guys magazine.

Carmen Rupe, New Zealand's top drag queen, turns 74: "She opened a string of businesses throughout Wellington – coffee
lounges, nightclubs and brothels. But for the first time, they were
places that were openly gay and indiscriminating. 'Treated everyone the same, no one was better than the other, whether
you were socialite society or down the gutter you know you're all the
same to me,' says Carmen."

U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry talks to Out & Equal Workplace Advocates in Florida.

Viggo Mortensen steps out with his murse.

Taylor Lautner gets wet and shirtless for Rolling Stone.

Lady Gaga gets an eye job.

More on Cheyenne Jackson and 30 Rock.

New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita is not only a friend to the gays, he's also a shirtless stud.

How gay PR man Howard Bragman helps actors say, "I'm gay."

Poison plot in the UK: "A gay man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat.

Gary Stewart, 37, had been at loggerheads with Marie Walton and Beverley Sales for months.

But things looked brighter when he made a peace offering of some curry, claiming he had ordered too much from the Indian takeaway. When the women started to eat, they found the curry studded with slug pellets. They called the police and Stewart was arrested."

Maine education commissioner asks Attorney General to settle whether the state's marriage equality law will affect schools: “The commissioner felt it would be helpful to put this issue to rest."

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