“Then wolves will live in peace with lambs. And leopards will lie down to rest with goats. Calves, lions and young bulls will eat together. And Reverends will profess their love for leather culture.” The above spin on a few verses from the Book of Isaiah pretty much sums up the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival’s stellar opening festivities. As expected, there was a strong sense of community that only increased throughout the......

If you happened to be downtown two weekends ago, you might have found yourself startled, amused, or even aroused (it’s okay, you’ll be totally accepted at some clubs in Japan) by the sight of four human forms wandering the streets in golden, skin-tight zentai suits. There must be something in the way head-to-toe spandex outfits cling to one’s body, because clubbers all over downtown were completely enamored with the mysterious beings - perhaps it......

KXAN reported today on the openly gay Austinite who tried to enlist in the military earlier this week and was promptly shot down by recruiters at the U.S. Army Recruiting Office. And while the situation is newsworthy in and of itself, if not something of an ideological quagmire, it's the responses to KXAN's online poll -- "Should an openly gay person be allowed to serve in the U.S. military?" -- that have us fascinated. Check......

Spy vs Spy, Bush vs Iraq France Gays Sensible People, mano y mano – and now, Actor vs Actor. Let’s admit it, people: the theatre is fueled by a thinly veiled passion for destroying your competition – rising to the top amidst the rubble of your fallen comrades. From the queeny designer, filled with vitriolic disdain for the company across town that “stole my fabulous chiffon idea for the most amazing nu wave adaptation......

San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing. Getting on the wrong train sucks. Getting on the wrong train and becoming the victim of what will later be described as a "stabbing spree" really sucks.......

After much public outrage over the Catholic church's sexual abuse scandals involving teenage boys back in 2002, the Vatican yesterday formally released, in an official document, the church's stance towards gay priests. From Reuters: Confronting an issue that has divided the faithful worldwide, it says practising homosexuals should be barred from entering the priesthood along with men with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies and those who support gay culture. The document, which has been leaked over......

In The News Today: State Legislature Goes To Special Session Governor Rick “Drive Gays Out Of Texas” Perry vetoed the education budget and called a special session giving legislators 30 days to figure out a new plan.[Source] This is not the first time the state lege has tried to resolve the education budget [Source], and with their track record on this one, it probably won't be the last. And In National News CIA Has......

Apparently many gay Roman Catholics this week were dissapointed with the selection of Joseph Ratzinger, aka Pope Benedict XVI. A staunch doctrinal conservative, even for a pope, Ratzinger has made it quite clear that homosexuality is a 'tendency ordered towards an intrinsic moral evil." Ouch. Well even if the Church is against them, at least their is still the state. Oh wait, yeah sorry gay commmunity this isn't your week. Earlier today the House......

It has been a long and difficult week for some. As you may have heard Terry Schiavo passed away as well as Johnnie "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit" Cochrane, while Jerry "Gays caused 9/11" Falwell was hospitalized and Pope "I'm the friggin' Pope" John Paul II struggled on his deathbed. In the midst of all this, you may have missed another great loss. Minnesota-born comedian Mitch Hedberg died early Wednesday morning at......