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Boston's gay FLAG flag football team puts together an annual end-of-the-year video. Part of this year's video had the team dancing to "Jai Ho". Knowing Ellen DeGeneres' love for dancing, the team thought they might get her attention. And how could she not take notice?

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP…

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This weekend was a big one for Santas in Speedos, with runs taking place in San Francisco (below), Boston (above – many more photos HERE), Albany, Atlanta and probably a few other places as well.

Watch videos, AFTER THE JUMP…

San Francisco:

Boston:

Albany:

Atlanta:

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SUBWAY DRIVER: AC360 talks to the Boston subway driver who stopped her train before hitting a drunk woman.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: The first promo featuring James Franco.

DAN SAVAGE: On the institution of marriage.

SUPERYACHT: Welcome to Fantasy Island.

For recent Guides to the Tube, click HERE.

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SUBWAY DRIVER: AC360 talks to the Boston subway driver who stopped her train before hitting a drunk woman.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: The first promo featuring James Franco.

DAN SAVAGE: On the institution of marriage.

SUPERYACHT: Welcome to Fantasy Island.

For recent Guides to the Tube, click HERE.

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Rex Wockner: 8,000 volunteers working in Maine, and more needed…

Mario tries to find the right shade.

Joe Jackson on the King of Pop: "He's worth more dead than he was alive."

Schwarzenegger says "fuck you" letter was a complete (8 billion to one) coincidence.

Damn: Elton John is spry.

Gay City News interviews Kirsten Gillibrand: "a new advocate emerges…"

32 LGBT organizations issue joint statement on hate crimes passage: "This week, we call upon lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, families and allies to take this opportunity of increased media and public attention on hate crimes to educate co-workers, classmates, neighbors, family members and friends about our lives, and about why we need not only their friendship and love, but their vocal support for a more just and equal America for LGBT people."

WATCH: clip of Britney Spears' "3" music video.

First openly gay U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan begins work…

GLAAD board member dies on Atlantis vacation: "According to sources on board, Spencer Yu, a Los Angeles attorney,
suffered cardiac arrest October 21 while on the Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas, which
was chartered by Atlantis for a seven-day trip along the Mexican
Riviera. A medical team attempted to resuscitate Yu for 45 minutes
before he was taken to a Puerto Vallarta hospital, where he showed no
brain activity. Yu was later taken off of life support. "

How often do you hear of anyone being hunted down and killed by coyotes? This is terribly sad.

Inside Candis Cayne's closet.

The Keith Haring documentary Drawing the Line is broadcast on Ovation this weekend.

Perhaps the most profitable and overrated flick of all time.

Introducing, the Barbie Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken Doll.

Argentina considers same-sex marriage: "'We can't expect social equality if the state is legitimizing
inequality,' said Maria Rachid, president of Argentina's Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender Federation. 'We now have the social and
political context necessary to change the law.' … Rachid said more than 20 lawmakers have signed on as supporters of
same-sex marriage, and they believe they have enough votes in committee
for a full vote in the lower house. It would then go to the Senate."

Arjan chats with Blake Lewis.

Boston gay bashing case to go to trial: "Darren Morgan, 46, and Howard Rice, 50, are charged with assault and battery, disorderly conduct and civil rights violations, said Conley. Both men will appear in Boston Municipal Court on Dec. 10.

The charges are the result of an incident on June 15, according to Boston police. Morgan and Rice were on Washington Street when the victims walked towards them from a bus stop, police said. The pair allegedly began to verbally abuse the two men, targeting them on the assumption they were gay, said police."

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Website devoted to raid on Atlanta Eagle bar launches.

Health care: Pelosi publicly whipping on robust public option?

SPACE: A giant hole found in the Moon, the youngest and most distant galaxy cluster ever recorded, and a stunning map of exploration of our solar system.

News anchor finds himself in a remake of The Birds.

Boston gays to protest Obama this weekend.

PFOX urges libraries to carry books about the "ex-gay" movement.

Jack Mackenroth slams Oprah over HIV show.

Utah Catholic high school defends production of Rent: "Sister Catherine
Kamphaus, superintendent of schools in the Salt Lake City diocese, said
she read the script at the request of Bishop John Wester, and she
watched a dress rehearsal Tuesday. 'There is absolutely nothing that would be offensive,' Kamphaus
said Thursday. 'It wasn't condoning the gay and lesbian lifestyle.' Rather, she said, the play shows friends forming a loving and caring community while facing AIDS and other challenges."

Homophobic Daily Mail writer Jan Moir was thrilled to be in spotlight over Gately death.

San Diego gay man says attack in Hillcrest area was hate crime.

Producers shaft the hot dude on Melrose Place.

Time capsule: Chicago's Belmont Rocks.

Tom Cruise: American Psycho.

Report: International transgender community at higher risk in counterterrorism operations. "The report, by noted International Law Professor Martin Sheinin, concludes that because security personnel regularly seek out men 'dressed as women' as potential terrorists, soldiers often target all men in female clothing — including those who do so as part of their gender identity. This is particularly the case in Middle Eastern/Islamic nations — or against Middle Eastern/Islamic people.' Enhanced immigration controls that focus attention on male bombers who may be dressing as females to avoid scrutiny make transgender persons susceptible to increased harassment and suspicion,' the report says."

Coalition releases statement condemning anti-gay bill in Uganda.

UK's first gay tourism office opens in London's Soho district.

Obama administration sets aside 200,000 acres in Alaska for Polar Bears.

Model Paul Sculfor shoots gay scene in Madrid.

The Dot Gay Alliance has competition from a straight German man in Riga, Latvia:
"While both groups have left open the possibility of cooperating, they
haven’t yet joined forces. Both groups say they plan on starting the
application process with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers, or Icann, to create top-level domains, akin to .com, .edu,
.org and .net."

German high court backs pensions for gay married couples: "A failure to give gay partners the same benefits infringes the basic
right to equal treatment, the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe said. The decision nullified an earlier ruling from the Federal Court of
Justice (BGH) regarding a Hamburg man who has been a public servant
since 1991 with a supplementary pension. The public-sector pension
company VBL – the largest such company in the nation – refused to give
the man married status, despite the fact that he’d been living in a
registered civil union for eight years. This meant that his retirement
benefits would be €74 less each month, and his partner would receive no
surviving dependants’ pension in the event of his death."

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Gambino mob hitman didn't mean to tell everyone he was gay: “'He didn’t want to make an announcement to the world,' said one person
with knowledge of the case who spoke on the condition of anonymity
because of the dangers facing Mr. Mormando. 'He wanted the judge to
know what risks he took — why he wasn’t just your average cooperator,
someone who had simply broken the code.'"

Sam Taylor-Wood's sleeping Beckham image to appear on condoms in Spain.

Why Hello There: 'Welcome to My Home' star Brenda Dickson wrongly imprisoned for four months!

Rep. Alan Grayson launches website to document those who have died because they had no health care.

James Franco makes silent appearance on SNL.

Boston DJ Barry Scott denied new trial against Provincetown police.

Nepal to seek status as LGBT tourist destination: "Nepal government has held a series of meetings with well-known
international tour operators and non-profit organisations to promote
Nepal as a potential destination for LGBTs, the Kantipur online said on
Thursday. Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) officials hope that LGBT arrivals
will give a boost to the number of visitors to the country as the
government mulls new way to bring in a million foreign tourists in the
Nepal Tourism Year 2011."

WATCH: John Mayer's music video for "Heartbreak Warfare".

McCain supporters' testosterone dropped on election night.

Ethiopia pleas with international community for food aid.

Pee Wee Herman plans comeback: "I don't want anyone for one second to think that I am titillated by images of children."

Philadelphia Gay News serves as test run for U.S. Census ad.

LAPD cuts ties with the Boy Scouts.

Uganda bill that would penalizes gays with death put off until 2010: "Parliament was too busy, just now, to handle the important matter of
the Anti- Homosexuality bill. Apparently it is very, very far ahead in
the future, but that gives you time to check in with your MP and tell
them how much you support the Bahati Bill." American Evangelicals are playing role in efforts there to exterminate gays…

Fatal men's bathhouse fire now a homicide investigation in Winnipeg: "The bathhouse's owner, Somchai Pengpharsuks, told the Free Press last week he believed the blaze was set by two men on the building's second floor. He said the incident was potentially hate-motivated, according to
information he received, because the bathhouse is frequented
predominantly by gay men. Both men died of smoke inhalation in a fire that police believe was "deliberately set," said a police spokesman.

Glee planning "all Madonna" episode.

Former Oregon senator to lead new recall effort against Portland Mayor Sam Adams: "The PAC's
treasurer, Teresa McGuire said this time around opponents will use paid
signature collectors, much the same as other nonprofit campaigns."

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper hires homophobe speechwriter: "Referring to former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's 1969 decision to
decriminalize homosexuality, Hannaford wrote in 2005, 'Fine, said lots
of people. Leave gays alone? Fair enough. But, let 'em be Boy Scout
leaders? Have each other's benefits? Adopt kids? Marry each other?
Ridiculous. Anybody seeking political office who suggested it would
have been laughed off the hustings. Yet, the Liberals are ready to
legalize gay marriage. How did we get to this point?'"

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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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Bid documents for each city can be found HERE.

View a few videos in support of the bids from the three cities, AFTER THE JUMP…

Washington D.C.

Testimonials from Cleveland:

Sorry, Boston. All I could find on YouTube was this fairly useless video on its side:

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