In what is being hailed as one of the most tremendous upsets of the Beijing Olympics, openly gay Australian diver Matthew Mitcham won a gold medal today after his string of perfect 10’s recorded the highest scoring dive in Olympic history. Mitcham’s pulled off a stunning final dive in the 10 metre platform, scoring an incredible four perfect 10s, to …

John McCain uses Joe Biden’s own words to attack Obama. There’s always some of this when running mates are former candidates.

Confirmed via CNN at 12:45am EST.Earlier tonight: The United States Secret Service has dispatched a protective detail to assume the immediate protection of Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., a source tells ABC News, indicating in all likelihood that Biden has been officially notified that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, has selected him to be his running mate. Sources also tell ABC News …

David France has a fascinating and lengthy piece in the upcoming issue of GQ titled We All Forgot The Condom that touches on condom fatigue, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and serosorting. An excerpt: Gay men are no longer abiding by the one commandment that dominated gay life for decades: “Use a condom every time.” In survey after survey, gay men say they …

Bolt Bus, Maryland state line, 3pm…. Driver: How the weather back there? Too hot? Too cold? (simultaneously) Male Passengers: It’s HOT! Female Passengers: We’re FREEZING! Hipster In Front: Why don’t we be gentlemen and let the ladies have their way? Female In Back: That’s nice, but you still ain’t gettin’ any.

KJMG, broadcasting live from the DC-bound BoltBus. If you embiggen this photo from last fall, you’ll notice that boarding conveniently takes place outside of Peep World on 33rd Street. I’ve mentioned BoltBus here a few times before, but this is the first time I’ve actually used them. Chased here, I was, by my last seven-hour Amtrak-to-DC debacle. It’s not too …

Sorry, PUMAs and other diehard Hillarians. There’s one Democrat who would seem to have little or no chance of being picked by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to be his running mate – his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). But it’s not for the reason you think. Obama has often said, most recently on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on …

Check out LGBT For Obama, a new community blog where LGBT activists, politicians, celebrities and other notables get together to advocate for an Obama presidency. You should recognize most of the names of the contributors.

The Advocate, which has been a biweekly for decades, will trim back to a single monthly issue in January, according to new editor-in chief Jon Barrett. “I don’t think there is a need for a biweekly magazine anymore with the Web,” Barrett said. Barrett added that the magazine will be thicker, with a heavier paper stock. “We will have more …

Democrats in Congress have reworked a plank of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to allow employers to deny benefits to legally married gay couples in California and Massachusetts. ENDA now cites the Defense of Marriage Act in its definition of married couples recognized by the federal government. “It was unanimously agreed by all of us… that we had to put …

A member of the parliament of the European Union is planning to campaign that each member nation recognize civil partnerships from other members. The declaration calls for “Member States with existing same-sex partnership legislation to recognise the arrangements of other Member States that have also made provisions for same-sex partnerships,” and also “Calls upon the Commission to draw up guidelines …

The International Olympic Committee is finally looking into the ages of the Chinese female gymnasts. The IOC did not give details on what new information prompted it to act now, three days after the gymnastics competition ended. “With some questions still remaining, we asked the federation to take a closer look,” Davies said. The Chinese women won six medals, including …

Welcome news. For the first time in a dozen years, a majority of Americans believe that churches and religious institutions should “keep out” of politics, according to the annual Pew Religion and Public Life Survey. It’s the highest level of public concern with faith’s effect on politics since Pew began asking the question in 1996. The rise in Americans’ desire …

Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass is Brooklyn’s DUMBO, a hipsterfied neighborhood that got hot when the East Village got pricey. Galleries, cafes, and more galleries. I’ve always been fascinated with DUMBA, the defunct DUMBO space that was a hotbed of the queercore movement and the host of the Lusty Loft parties. Trivia: Shortbus was based on the Lusty Loft …

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is allowing to a 2004 law that protects LGBT people from job discrimination to lapse, claiming (lying) that state and federal laws already protect people from being fired for being gay. Calling the executive order unnecessary, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday he would not reissue a ban on discriminating against gays and lesbians in the workplace. …

Bilerico, the nation’s largest group LGBT blog, is sending a contingent to cover the Democratic National Convention and they are asking for help in meeting their funding goal. Help Send Marti, Jerame and Bil to the Democratic Convention! Marti Abernathey, Jerame Davis and Bil Browning are heading to Denver for the 2008 Democratic National Committee Convention (DNCC) from August 22 …

Man of the people John McCain doesn’t know how many homes he owns. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. “It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get …

Hallmark has issued a series of rather bland same-sex marriage cards. Most states don’t recognize gay marriage — but now Hallmark does. The nation’s largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards — featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. “Two hearts. One promise,” one says. Hallmark added the cards after California joined …

Purple Drank, every gangsta rapper’s favorite cough syrup-laden grape drink, is now on sale in NYC. Only without the actual cough syrup. Get ready to “slow your roll” New York; the mass-produced version of “Purple Drank” will hit shelves in Manhattan and the Bronx this week. According to Wikipedia, the homemade version of the beverage is “a recreational drug popular …