Controversial news from Swiss AIDS researchers: GENEVA (AP) — Swiss AIDS experts said Thursday that some people with HIV who meet strict conditions and are under treatment can safely have unprotected sex with non-infected partners. The proposal astonished AIDS researchers in Europe and North America who have long argued that safe sex with a condom is the single most effective …

Nancy Cartwright, who voices Simpsons characters Bart Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, and Nelson Muntz, has made a $10M donation to the Church Of Scientology. The amount is twice her estimated annual salary from the show. In return, the cult named Cartwright their Patron Laureate. For comparison, records show that Tom Cruise has donated $5M over the last four years. In 2007, …

Everybody’s favorite idiots, the Log Cabin Republicans, are defending John McCain’s homophobic robo-calls to Florida’s voters. The attacks on Sen. John McCain by the gay Left are completely out-of-bounds and don’t reflect the facts. Let’s look at those facts: Had anyone bothered to reach out to the McCain Campaign, they would have realized Sen. McCain immediately stopped the calls. The …

Tune into Michelangelo Signorile’s show on Sirius OutQ today at 3pm EST: Hilary Rosen, the President of OurChart.com and former Chairman and chief executive officer of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), will support Senator Hillary Clinton and Stampp Corbin, the National LGBT Liaison for the Obama campaign, and Co-Chair of the National LGBT Leadership Team, Obama for America …

“One right-wing newspaper is, I think, delving away hoping he is going to turn out to be a 19-year-old rent boy. If they do identify him and catch up with him they are going to be greatly disappointed in terms of news worthiness. I have, by running for political office, decided to some extent give up some of my privacy. …

Last night’s Reading For Filth show at Rapture was extra fun. Chadwick Moore opened with a strangely compelling story about a disabled boy having gay sex for the first time, Sam J. Miller followed with his tale (NSFW) about a runaway and his much older lover crashing a fancy party, then Eric Leven (pictured below) read his affecting tale of …

Rumors have been flying on the various NYC foodie blogs about the impending closure of Meatpacking District landmark 24-hour diner and beloved gay hangout, Florent. Owner Florent Morellet, the iconic “Queen of MePa” confirmed to the NY Observer this week that his lease is ending March 31st, quelling, a tiny bit, the panic of foodies who feared the closure may …

NYC’s conservative tabloid, the NY Post, has endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic primary. But much like the NY Times’ endorsement of John McCain focused more on why they were not backing Giuliani, the Post endorsement is more an evisceration of the Clintons than an enthusiastic support for Barack Obama. His opponent, and her husband, stand for déjà vu all …

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will endorse John McCain today. The governator withheld his endorsement until the Republican debates were over because “he didn’t want to be seen taking sides in advance of the event.” His endorsement is seen a huge boon to McCain in “delegate rich” California. Unrelated: I’m so sick of reading “delegate rich”.

Whom are you voting for on Tuesday?

“Not very long ago, Oslo was an icy Shangri-la of Scandinavian self-discipline, governability, and respect for the law. But in recent years, there have been grim changes, including a rise in gay-bashings. The summer of 2006 saw an unprecedented wave of them. The culprits, very disproportionately, are young Muslim men. “It’s not just Oslo, of course. The problem afflicts most …

OK, the TV ads for U.S. Window Factory have got to stop. The manic hairpieced Australian pitchman vowing to move to America just so he can save on windows was bad enough. But their female shillster with her Queens accent, ratty hair extensions, eyebrows like McDonald’s arches, and lips blown up so fat they’d embarrass Amanda Lepore? Make. It. Stop.

And since so many of you have asked, here’s the MySpace page of Nima Daivari, the model in the ad.

On the ballot in Brattleboro, Vermont: “Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictments for consideration by other authorities and shall it be the law of the Town of Brattleboro that the Brattleboro Police, pursuant to the above-mentioned indictments, arrest and detain …

Interesting news from Pfizer today: A new Pfizer Inc. HIV drug will soon be reformulated in an effort to prevent the transmission of the virus, offering a faint ray of hope in an arena littered with disappointments. The New York drug maker is expected to announce today that it will license its new medicine, Selzentry, to a nonprofit that investigates …

…in a CAN? Meh, I’ve probably had worse. White Castle frozen burgers come to mind. (Via – Gizmodo.)

After his State Of Union Address on Tuesday, Dubya waded into the crowd of legislators for some glad-handing. Passing Barney Frank, who was on the phone, Dubya told Frank to tell the person on the phone that the president said “Hello.” The rest of the story: What Bush didn’t know was that the congressman was talking to his boyfriend. “Tell …

After her win in Florida, last night Hillary Clinton appeared on CNN to apologize for her husband’s recent clumsy and offensive campaigning. Good for her. (Via – Talking Points Memo.)

This is a bit of a shocker, especially with less than a week before Super Tuesday: DENVER (AP) – Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voter’s sympathies but never diverted his campaign, The Associated Press has …

I’m not very much of a Kylie fan and this new video isn’t changing my mind, but some of my friends are more than a little bit obsessive about her. So for them, this. UPDATE: I had embedded the clip, but EMI has pulled it already.