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Domestic Partner benefits for federal employees advances through Senate committee in 8-1 vote. "On Wednesday morning, Dec. 16, the Senate Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee favorably reported the Domestic Partner
Benefits and Obligations Act out of committee on an 8-1 vote. The
mark-up, which took less than a half hour, stood in stark contrast to
the several hours of debate that the bill faced before being reported
out of the relevant House committee in November."

Some pretty adorable photos of Belinda Carlisle and her gay son James Duke Mason from the new issue of Attitude.

Jake Gyllenhaal is A Single Man.

Experts weigh in on Ron Livingston's lawsuit against Wikipedia over frequently reappearing claims on his page that he is gay.

Beenie Man: Anatomy of a Facebook protest.

NYDN: DNC Treasurer Andrew Tobias was behind Jon Cooper's endorsement of Kirsten Gillibrand.

Buju Banton being transferred to Tampa.

If you've watched the documentary Food Inc, you've heard of Monsanto,
the evil seed company forcing smaller farmers out of business. The AP has just finished an investigation on them:
"We now believe that Monsanto has control over as much as 90 percent of
(seed genetics). This level of control is almost unbelievable. The
upshot of that is that it's tightening Monsanto's control, and makes it
possible for them to increase their prices long term. And we've seen
this happening the last five years, and the end is not in sight."

WATCH: the much better director's cut of Britney Spears' "3" video.

Dominick Dunne: confirmed bisexual. "His son said on the TV news show that it was just like his dad to 'finally come out and then leave. It was hardly a big deal either way.
He was was closeted about heterosexuality as much as bisexuality as he
was about celibacy. He didn't have boyfriends or lovers, they were
never part of our lives.'"

Ringling Brothers' elephant training method: break 'em young.

WATCH: Ridley Scott's new trailer for Robin Hood.

Gay couple living in lockdown fear in Tasmania: "Tasmania Police also has been advised of the couple's situation
after their clothes were slashed on the clothes line and bricks and
rocks were thrown through their windows on several occasions. But
because their lives are not considered at risk by police, they must
remain locked inside, limit their movements outside their tiny
apartment and wait for another property to become available for them to
move into."

John Mayer tells Ellen he's tired of thinking with his penis.

Astronomers discover massive waterworld orbiting nearby star more "earthlike" than any seen before.

NJ Governor-elect Chris Christie on Bruce Springsteen's announcement endorsing marriage equality and The Boss's decision not to play his inauguration: "Obviously, two bad decisions on his part…Bruce and I don't agree on certain things politically — big shock. But it doesn't diminish at all my enjoyment of him as an artist and a performer."

Andy Murray and his team have a shirtless training session.

Disgusting: Italian student arrested in UK while filming for fun.

Truro, Nova Scotia mayor gets hate crime complaint after remarks he made about a local gay cruising area.

Fantastic new image from the Hubble.

AT&T calls 'Operation Chokehold' "pointless" and "irresponsible".

Meet the designers for Project Runway: Season 7.

The L.A. Times looks at the Autry museum's current exhibition about gays and transgender people in the American West: "So far, the Autry hasn't received any complaints about the series
either from the public or internally, according to museum leaders. One
trustee they wouldn't name voiced concern that the program might
portray conservatives as bigots in the vein of the character played by
Randy Quaid in 'Brokeback Mountain.'"

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Towleroad received the following statement regarding Beenie Man from Dave DeCecco of PepsiCo's Media Bureau following news that the company had sponsored a concert by the singer in Uganda:

"Regarding Beenie Man's performance in Uganda, we just wanted you to know that we are appalled by his lyrics and find them repugnant.  We are not associated with him in any way.  Our bottling partner in Uganda was not aware of his views and never would have sponsored the concert with this knowledge.  Moving forward, we will work closely with our bottling partners to be more vigilant about the events associated with our brands."

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In Uganda, where the "kill gays" bill is pending, Pepsi recently sponsored a concert by murder music singer Beenie Man, Box Turtle Bulletin reports:

"The King of Dancehall stuck a sword of words into gay people through singing and talking. 'In my family, we don’t have any gay person but if you’re gay, my brother that’s not my fault,' he said as he performed his song Mi Nah Wallah, in which he says he would like to cut the throats of all gay men.

George Bush and Bin Laden were also at the receiving end of the Jamaican’s wrath calling on the audience to say 'murderer' as he sang about the pair’s warfare."

The Pepsi-sponsored concert also had a promotional tie-in with Toyota.

In related news, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center has condemned a recent Grammy nomination for murder music singer Buju Banton. Said public affairs officer Jim Key: "We’re shocked that Buju Banton, a singer with a long record of
performing a song that glorifies the murder of gay people, would be
honored with a Grammy nomination, regardless of the artistic merit of
any of his work…Throughout his career, Banton has performed music that promotes a
culture of violence against lesbian and gay people; he sings in ‘Boom,
Bye Bye’ that ‘faggots get up and run’ when he comes, that ‘they have
to die,’ and that he will shoot them in the head or ‘burn them up bad.’
He is completely unrepentant, refuses to stop performing the song.”

Watch Rachel Maddow's recent segment on the Uganda "kill gays" bill, AFTER THE JUMP…

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