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Lance Bass in Olympic Kissing Match
Towleroad Aug 14 08Lance Bass hosted a party the night of the Opening Ceremonies called the "Beerjing Olympics" and had a 'Polite in Public' photo booth at the party.
Panama Repeals 1949 Law Criminalizing Gay Sex
Towleroad Aug 14 08Via Inside Costa Rica: "Panamanian President Martín Torrijos Espino signed a decree repealing a 1949 law that criminalized sodomy under penalty of a us$500 fine or jail time.
Manhunt Responds to Account Cancelation Over McCain Donation
Towleroad Aug 14 08I've updated yesterday's Manhunt/McCain post with an email from one of our readers who canceled his Manhunt account received from them.
John McCain Already Forgot What Happened in March 2003
Towleroad Aug 14 08I caught this yesterday afternoon on CNN, and nearly spit out my drink. I'm glad somebody else did too.
Sportrait: Matthew Mitcham
Towleroad Aug 14 08Here's a fantastic shot of gay Australian Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham taking a practice dive at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing last month in preparation for the games.
Neighbor/Bar Regular Stops Perpetrator After Tragic Gay Bar Murder
Towleroad Aug 14 08Yesterday I posted about a killing outside Nasty D's gay bar in Rochester, New York following a reported argument inside the bar.
U.S. Male Gymnasts Strike a Pose
Towleroad Aug 14 08Showing off their bronze medals and muscles. The team talks to the press, AFTER THE JUMP...
Downing Street Refuses to Rebuke Anti-gay MP Iris Robinson
Towleroad Aug 14 08A petition calling for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to reprimand Ulster Democratic Unionist Party MP Iris Robinson, whose remarks that gays should seek therapy to be cured were met by outrage earlier this year (she also compared gays to murderers).
Towleroad at the Democratic National Convention
Towleroad Aug 13 08Towleroad will be at this year's Democratic National Convention in Denver in a week and a half! If you're going to be at the convention, or have a story or event you think we should cover, please contact me using.
Two to be Charged for Murder of Gay Liverpool Teen
Towleroad Aug 13 08Last week I reported on the death of 18-year-old Michael Causer, a hairdresser from Liverpool who died after suffering for eight days in the aftermath of a brutal anti-gay attack by two others.
Edward Hopper and Provincetown
Towleroad Aug 13 08The NYT posted a multi-media piece on Edward Hopper last weekend in conjunction with this article, comparing Hopper paintings with the sites on Cape Cod that inspired them.
Towleroad Guide to the Tube #340
Towleroad Aug 13 08ANNIE LENNOX: At the International AIDS Conference last week in Mexico City. NO ON PROP 8: West Hollywood couple Charlie David and Brandon Rolph for Love Honor Cherish.
News: AIDS, Amy Winehouse, Olympics, Matt Lucas, Liberia
Towleroad Aug 13 08"Elite" HIV wife may hold key to AIDS vaccine: A woman who has never shown symptoms of infection with the AIDS virus may hold the secret to defeating the virus, U.
McCain Takes $2300 Contribution from Owner of Gay Sex Site Manhunt
Towleroad Aug 13 08You may have read about Manhunt.net founders Larry Basile and Jonathan Crutchley (above right) in Michael Joseph Gross' OUT article entitled "Has Manhunt Destroyed Gay Culture?" Crutchley's political leanings are pointed out near the beginning of the piece: "Crutchley, a.
The Obama Smear Book
Towleroad Aug 13 08Some of you may have seen ads for the Obama smear book popping up on our site, and several people have emailed me.
Transgender Woman in the Running to Be America's Next Top Model
Towleroad Aug 13 08The new season of America's Next Top Model begins on September 3, and will for the first time feature a transgender contestant, named Isis.
Woman in Car Kills 1, Injures 4 After Fight in Rochester, NY Gay Bar
Towleroad Aug 13 08A man in his 20's identified only as "Chad" was killed last night outside Nasty D's, a gay and lesbian pub in Rochester, New York, following an argument that witnesses say began in the bar and was continued outside.
Burger King Employee Has Bath His Way
Towleroad Aug 13 08Xenia, Ohio Burger King employee Timothy Tackett, aka 'Mr.UNST@BL3', was fired after filming himself taking a bath on the job and then posting it to YouTube: "'My first thought was oh my God,' Mark McDonnell, the Greene County health commissioner,.
Will Tenn Be the Next Capote?
Towleroad Aug 13 08Director Taylor Hackford (Dolores Claiborne, Against All Odds, An Oficer and a Gentleman) is set to direct the Tennessee Williams bio-drama Tenn from a screenolay by Robin Shushan: "Pic focuses on how Williams' tumultuous upbringing -- complete with a scornful.
