Led by superstars like the the unstoppable Simon Nessman, the men of  I LOVE Models Management represent the best of the current generation of male models. Their F/W 10 show package is a to the point display of male beauty and features everyone from the ubercool Cole Mohr to industry icon Andres Velencoso Segura, with boys like these gracing Milan’s catwalks it is sure to be an exciting season.

Led by superstars like the the unstoppable Simon Nessman, the men of  I LOVE Models Management represent the best of the current generation of male models. Their F/W 10 show package is a to the point display of male beauty and features everyone from the ubercool Cole Mohr to industry icon Andres Velencoso Segura, with boys [...]

Things we love about summer: Rômulo Arantes Neto walking shirtless in Rio.

Things we love about summer: Rômulo Arantes Neto walking shirtless in Rio.

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s parliament passed a bill Friday that would make the predominantly Catholic nation the sixth in Europe to permit gay marriage.

Conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva is thought unlikely to veto the Socialist government’s bill, which won the support of all left-of-center parties. His ratification would allow the first gay marriage ceremonies to take place in April – a month before Pope Benedict XVI is due on an official visit to Portugal.

Right-of-center parties opposed the change and sought a national referendum on the issue, but their proposal was rejected and the government’s bill was passed by 125 votes to 99.

Gay rights campaigners applauded from the galleries, hugged and kissed outside the building and ate wedding cake.

“This law rights a wrong,” Prime Minister Jose Socrates said in a speech to lawmakers, adding that it “simply ends pointless suffering.”

Socrates said the measure is part of his effort to modernize Portugal where homosexuality was a crime until 1982. Two years ago his government lifted Portugal’s ban on abortion, despite church opposition.

Gay marriage is currently permitted in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Norway. Canada, South Africa and six U.S. states also permit it.

The bill removes a reference in the current law to marriage being between two people of different sexes.

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LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s parliament passed a bill Friday that would make the predominantly Catholic nation the sixth in Europe to permit gay marriage.
Conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva is thought unlikely to veto the Socialist government’s bill, which won the support of all left-of-center parties. His ratification would allow the first gay marriage ceremonies to [...]

Just as my enslaved ancestors could have never imagined an African American family residing in the White House, nor could my African American lesbian, gay bisexual transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) brothers and sisters who fought in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in New York’s Greenwich Village could imagine that one day a special invitation from the White House would openly welcome us in.

This past December the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ people of the African Diaspora by eradicating the twin evils of racism and homophobia, received the White House invitation to its Holiday Open House Tours.

Within less than a week to recover from the “shock and awe” of the news several of us flew from across the country to D.C. Under the leadership of Sharon J. Letterman, NBJC’s new Executive Director, who cleverly had a hand in NBJC receiving the invitation, twenty-five of us on December 17th arrived at the Southeast Gate at Alexander Hamilton Place and East Executive Avenue for our 6:00 p.m. tour.

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Just as my enslaved ancestors could have never imagined an African American family residing in the White House, nor could my African American lesbian, gay bisexual transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) brothers and sisters who fought in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in New York’s Greenwich Village could imagine that one day a special invitation from [...]

OTTAWA – Canadian Blood Services’ ban on donations by men who have had sex with a man even once since 1977 violates gay men’s rights because it deems them all threats to the blood system, a lawyer for a gay man who’s suing to reverse the policy argued Tuesday.

“It doesn’t matter whether you engage in anal sex at all, it doesn’t matter if you use a condom, it doesn’t even matter if you’re in a long-term monogamous relationship or if you’re legally married as a gay man,” Patricia LeFebour said.

“It doesn’t matter. Your blood isn’t wanted.”

Kyle Freeman is asking Superior Court Justice Catherine Aitken to strike down the CBS ban on donations by men who’ve had sex with another man even once since 1977.

He countersued when CBS sued him after tracing anonymous e-mails in which he admitted to lying about his sexual history in order to give blood.

The 10-week trial is now in closing arguments.

LeFebour argued the court should strike down the so-called MSM question and lifetime ban. Instead, stakeholders should agree on a scientifically-justifiable period of deferral — such as the 12 months imposed by Japan, Australia and South Africa.

Instead of one question, a series of questions about sexual practices could judge individual risk.

An estimated 15-20% of men who have sex with men engage in unprotected anal sex, LeFebour said.

But the majority practice safer sex and are at “negligible or no risk” of getting HIV or other infections, she said.

“By setting up the start date of 1977, that question captures all gay men — regardless of activity,” LeFebour said. “Not all gay men engage in high-risk activities.”

Freeman became a blood donor before he was even sexually active because he was moved by the call for donations and wanted to help.

He claims he was always tested for HIV before his 18 donations between 1990 and 2002 and didn’t donate during a three-year period when he was having casual sex.

Yet CBS is trying to “make an example” of her client after he’d sent them e-mails trying to start a “meaningful dialogue” about the ban was justified, LeFebour argued.

“Mr. Freeman requests simply that the court follow the path of previous decisions on sexual orientation and move to break down the insidious stereotype that all gay men are promiscuous carriers of disease,” he told the judge.

Source: cnews.canoe.ca

OTTAWA – Canadian Blood Services’ ban on donations by men who have had sex with a man even once since 1977 violates gay men’s rights because it deems them all threats to the blood system, a lawyer for a gay man who’s suing to reverse the policy argued Tuesday.
“It doesn’t matter whether you engage in [...]

LOS ANGELES — Casey Johnson, the socialite daughter of New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and heiress to the Johnson & Johnson business empire has died, a spokesman for the family and police said Monday. She was 30.

TMZ.com reported that Johnson was found dead Monday. Police officers responded to her Los Angeles home around 11:51 a.m. where paramedics had already pronounced Johnson dead, officer Sara Faden said.

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LOS ANGELES — Casey Johnson, the socialite daughter of New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and heiress to the Johnson & Johnson business empire has died, a spokesman for the family and police said Monday. She was 30.
TMZ.com reported that Johnson was found dead Monday. Police officers responded to her Los Angeles home around 11:51 [...]

One of Canada’s largest gay sex shops is questioning Canada Post’s requirement that any admail with even a hint of sexuality be placed in an opaque envelope marked “adult material” — even if the mail is addressed and solicited.

One of Canada’s largest gay sex shops is questioning Canada Post’s requirement that any admail with even a hint of sexuality be placed in an opaque envelope marked “adult material” — even if the mail is addressed and solicited.
Priape’s director of marketing and planning says the postal agency’s new policy requiring warning labels on already [...]

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Big Brother’s Kris Donnelly

Waterloo Road star Chris Geere

The X Factor’s Brian Friedman

We catch all the action behind-the-scenes.
For all the sexy pics check out http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk
Big Brother’s Kris Donnelly

Waterloo Road star Chris Geere

The X Factor’s Brian Friedman

The first in an exciting video series – backstage at Dolce&Gabbanas Spring/Summer 2010 menswear campaign shoot. Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana hit New York at the beginning of November to photograph the campaign with Steven Klein. See models Noah Mills, David Gandy at work and discover what really happens behind the scenes of a campaign shoot.

Inspired by raw masculinity and Sicilian beauty the forthcoming collection is one for the boys. Watch how the designers bring the collection to life in this exclusive preview.
Stay posted on Dolce&Gabbana’s Youtube channel and www.swide.com as we reveal more on the upcoming campaigns and collections. Swide, always backstage.

The first in an exciting video series – backstage at Dolce&Gabbanas Spring/Summer 2010 menswear campaign shoot. Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana hit New York at the beginning of November to photograph the campaign with Steven Klein. See models Noah Mills, David Gandy at work and discover what really happens behind the scenes of a [...]

Twitpic of Andrew Grande smoking marijuana, according to his own caption.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (CBS/AP) In a disturbance call that went terribly wrong, gay porn star Andrew Grande lost his life for a bag of marijuana. And it was all caught on tape.

A camera crew from Zoo Productions, working for truTV, was on a ride-along with Panama Beach police when they responded to a physical disturbance call at the Executive Inn on Front Beach Road Friday Dec. 11.

When investigators arrived, 22-year-old Crystal Amber Cronnon told them that Grande, who used the stage name Dustin Michaels, had attacked her, according to the News Herald.

Andrew Grande from his Twitpic account.

Police say they tried to arrest Grande but he resisted and during the struggle he put something in his mouth and attempted to swallow it. Officers yelled at him to spit it out. One of them shouted, “He’s choking,” according to the paper.

In the chaos, Grande briefly broke free of the officers and was tasered. He pulled the Taser prongs out of his body, fell to the ground, and put his hand in his mouth trying to vomit, the paper reported.

Officers attempted to do the Heimlich but couldn’t dislodge the object.

Responding paramedics were able to pull the bag of marijuana from his throat and transport him to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (CBS/AP) In a disturbance call that went terribly wrong, gay porn star Andrew Grande lost his life for a bag of marijuana. And it was all caught on tape.
A camera crew from Zoo Productions, working for truTV, was on a ride-along with Panama Beach police when they responded to a physical [...]