[img2=left]http://www.gayspeak.com/forum/images/news/toplessputin.jpg[/img2]Alfonso Signorini, a Canale 5 TV show host, has revealed that his gay lust is stoked by the Russian Prime Minister, hardman and judo enthusiast Vladimir Putin.

"When I saw his naked torso and a slain Siberian tiger lying at his feet, I almost had a stroke. Won-der-ful!" Signorini said.

"He is my erotic dream. I find him absolutely astonishing.

"I'm attracted by his charisma and his icy glance."

Well aren't we all? And his homophobia is just such a turn on too.

[img2=left]http://www.gayspeak.com/forum/images/news/ellen.jpg[/img2]LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has bought $100,000 of television airtime to urge Californians to vote to save the right to gay marriage in a November ballot, campaign organizers said on Friday.

Claiming that opponents of gay marriage are twisting the truth and trying to scare voters, DeGeneres will appeal in a television ad to vote for equality, compassion and fairness.

The chat show host and comic actress wed her long time partner, actress Portia de Rossi, in August in the most high-profile same-sex marriage since such unions were declared legal in California in May.

Her message will be broadcast on television as celebrities step up the fight to defeat Proposition 8 on the November4 state ballot that seeks to define marriage under the California constitution as only between a man and a woman.

"Hi, I'm Ellen DeGeneres. I got to do something this year I never thought I'd ever be able to do: I got married. It was the happiest day of my life. There are people out there raising millions of dollars to try and take that right away from me.

"You've seen their ads on TV. They're twisting the truth, and they're trying to scare you. I believe in fairness. I believe in compassion. I believe in equality for all people. Proposition 8 does not. Please, please, vote no on Prop. 8," the actress says in her appeal.

In recent weeks, opinion polls have shown a swing in the number of Californians who oppose same-sex marriage. Their campaign has raised $25.4 million, compared with $15.8 million for those who wish to maintain the right to gay marriage.

Opponents of same-sex marriage have stepped up their television advertising, warning that children will be taught about gay marriage in elementary schools.

Gay-marriage supporters call that argument misleading.

Singers Melissa Etheridge, who plans to marry partner Tammy Lynn Michaels, and Mary J. Blige will perform at a $25,000-a-plate dinner in Beverly Hills on Tuesday in support of the "No" campaign.

Well,I certainly did not see this coming.Today,Madonna confirmed that they were indeed divorcing after 8 years of marriage.They seemed to be very happy to me.Guy Ritchie was always going to be overshadowed by his wife's success though.Allegations of adultery are rumoured to be the cause of the split but both parties deny this claim.Hopefully now Madonna will drop that accent and move back to Detroit@

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What film makes you cry ????



"Who will love me children" does it for me every time


Who Will Love My Children? (1983)


Synopsis: Lucile Fray (Ann-Margret), is the caring mother of 10 young children. She is the loving wife of Ivan (Frederic Forrest), a man almost crippled by arthritis. She is also dying. Stricken by a terminal illness, she has only a few months left to live. Her husband, tormented by the painful truth, turns to the bottle and, with a broken heart, Lucile is forced to accept that he will never be able to cope as a father alone. And so, for the sake of the children she loves so much, the young mother must make an agonising decision. Inspired by real-life events, 'Who Will Love My Children' is a tribute to one woman's courage and strength - a story of sacrifice and of a dying mother's undying love.

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Connecticut Supreme Court overturns ban on gay marriage - from Pink News - all the latest gay news from the gay community - Pink News

The Supreme Court of Connecticut has overturned a ban on gay marriage saying that by stopping same sex partners from marrying was a violation of their constitutional rights.

The White House has condemned the court's decision and said the federal definition of a marriage as being between a man and a woman.

The state joins California and Massachusetts as the only three allowing full gay marriage.

Although it has allowed civil unions since 2005, unions do not have the full, federal legal protections of marriage.

The ruling can not be appealed and will come into effect on October 28th 2008.

The judgement follows a case that began four years ago when eight same-sex couples sued the state arguing that by not allowing them to marry, the state discriminated against them in volitional of their constitutional rights.

The majority 4-3 opinion said that the "segregation of heterosexual and homosexual couples into separate institutions constitutes a cognisable harm."

Justice Richard Palmer added: "our state scheme discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation… and the state has failed to provide sufficient justification for excluding same sex couples from the institution of marriage.

"In accordance with our conclusion that the statutory scheme impermissibly discriminates against gay persons on account of their sexual orientation, we reverse the trial court’s judgement and remand the case with direction to grant the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgement.

"Interpreting our state constitutional provisions in accordance with firmly established equal protection principles leads inevitably to the conclusion that gay persons are entitled to marry the otherwise qualified same-sex partner of their choice,” Justice Palmer declared.

"To decide otherwise would require us to apply one set of constitutional principles to gay persons and another to all others."

Republican state Governor Jodi Rell said that although she disagreed with the judgement, she would uphold it.

"I do not believe their voice reflects the majority of the people of Connecticut," the Governor said.

"However, I am also firmly convinced that attempts to reverse this decision, either legislatively or by amending the state Constitution, will not meet with success."

Karl Zinsmeister, President George W Bush's Director of Domestic Policy said: "President Bush has always believed that marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman.

"It's unfortunate that activist judges continue to seek to redefine marriage by court order without regard for the will of the people.

"Today's decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court illustrates that a federal constitutional amendment may be needed if the people are to decide what marriage means."

In November, Proposition 8 – calling for a ban on gay marriage goes before voters in California.

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The worst film I ever saw!!!!!! What a waste of time and money.

Opinions?

I just bought the Sweeney Todd special edition DVD from HMV in their sale for £7!!!!!

Have watched it (I did see and enjoy it in the cinema) and it is fab - Johnny Depp and Helena Bohnam Carter do a fab job of both acting and singing. I was warned by the saleswoman at HMV that it was a musical!! I didnt know when going to the cinema actually, but apparently they've had a few returns from people who just wanted a gory film!!

*************WARNING MOVIE SPOILER AHEAD - DO NOT READ IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE MOVIE AND NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS************

I know its gory but I didn't find it terribly scary - all the gore was easy to predict - the nastiest bit IMO was at the end where he dances her into the open oven, but it was predictable from the onset of that scene.

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I thought Batman (dark knight) was scarier/nastier and am therefore surprised that DK was a 12a certificate and ST was an 18!!!

Anyone else seen the film and enjoyed it? Or otherwise.

Saw this, brilliant film. Really quite hilarious. who else saw it? what did you think?

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[img2=left]http://www.gayspeak.com/forum/images/news/matthewmitcham.jpg[/img2]Australian diver Matthew Mitcham has said he was "very surprised" that he was the only gay male athlete at the Beijing Olympics in August.

The 20 year old won a gold medal in the 10-metre platform event, beating the Chinese favourites.

"I was actually very surprised that I was the only 'out' male at the Olympic Games," he told The Age newspaper.

"It's a little bit sad because, statistically, there should be a lot more.

"But, you know what, it's each to one's own and I'm not going to pressure anybody to come out of the closet because it's their own choice.

"But I'm proud to be there and proud to be that one that lots of other people can look up to."

Mr Mitcham came out before the Games, but said that the subsequent publicity did not affect his performance in Beijing.

"It's always just me, I'm comfortable with myself," he said.

"At least it wasn't a surprise to everybody else.

"And I am glad that I did it before I went away, than afterwards because there have been a few coming out after the Olympic Games and I just wanted to be a bit different."

Despite intensive coverage of other gold medallist’s personal lives during the Games, US broadcaster NBC failed to mention Mitcham was gay, or show footage of the diver’s partner cheering him on and congratulating him after the win.

The network's head of Olympics later conceded that NBC had been at fault.

"We regret that we missed the opportunity to tell Matthew Mitcham's story," said Gary Zenkel.

"We apologise for this unintentional omission."

Of the 11,000 athletes from 204 nations, just 11 out LGB people, Mr Mithcam and ten lesbian or bisexual athletes, competed.

[img2=left]http://www.gayspeak.com/forum/images/news/baracksigned.gif[/img2]A Hollywood actress has said she is backing the Democratic nominee for President of the United States after she heard him talk about equality for gay and lesbian people.

In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Drew Barrymore said that Barack Obama's "sensitivity" on the issue had won her over.

"When I heard him speak about a gay person never having to sit outside the hospital room with their loved one sick inside, I burst into tears because so many people I care about are homosexual and it was profound to have someone be sensitive to that," she said.

"That's the kind of world I want to live in, where we're not holding our own principles in judgement above someone or against someone."

While supportive of most gay rights, Senator Obama does not support gay marriage.

"I support the notion that all people — gay or straight — deserve the same rights and responsibilities to assist their loved ones in times of emergency, deserve equal health insurance and other employment benefits currently extended to heterosexual married couples, and deserve the same property rights as anyone else," he wrote in a response to questions put to him by the gay press.

"If elected, I would call on Congress to enact legislation that would repeal DOMA and ensure that the over 1,100 federal legal rights and benefits currently provided on the basis of marital status are extended to same-sex couples in civil unions and other legally recognised unions."

The Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) bars the federal government from recognising same-sex marriages.

The Republican nominee for President, Senator John McCain, opposes gay adoption and has said of marriage:

"Union - a union between a man and a woman, between one man and one woman. That's my definition of marriage."

He does not back a constitutional amendment on the matter.

However, during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May he told the host, who was about to marry her girlfriend Portia De Rossi:

"I think that people should be able to enter into legal arrangements.

"I think that is something we should encourage, particularly in the case of insurance and other areas, decisions that have to be made.

"I just believe in the unique status between man and woman, and I know that we have a respectful disagreement on that issue."

Americans will elected the next President of the United States on November 4th.