Headlines and Gossip

Filed Under Gossip, Headlines | August 18th, 2008 

Gay News HeadlinesTime once again to check out some of the headlines and gossip that’s come up during the weekend and that are hitting the wires today:

In Celeb news & gossip:

In America: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Wed at Their Beverly Hills Home (Yay Ellen and Portia!)

In Australia: FORMER boy-band singer Brian McFadden angers gays with ‘men don’t wear pink’ rant. In a recent interview he says: “If you are not gay, a man should not be wearing pink. Saying pink is a form of red is the same as saying homosexual is a form of male.”

In Bollywood: Out of the closet: Bollywood goes bold and gay

And in music notes: Rufus Wainwright has artistic freedom, but not enough cold hard cash

In Workplace Equality News:

In Britain a message from MI5: time to come out of the closet — Britain’s spy service seeking to hire gays

In a related story at The Independent: A revolution in the boardroom: Why it pays to be gay

In the crime section:

In Germany: Protest against vandalism at Berlin gay memorial (led by Berlin’s Mayor)