Playgirl wants Michiel Huisman, Edgar Wright exists Ant Man, Justin Vivian Bond weighs in on "tranny"

Mark Ruffalo almost didn’t take the part in The Normal Heart, but not for the reasons that one might think of a Hollywood actor.  He asked Ryan Murphy "Aren't we at the place in our culture, in our development, where a gay man should be playing this part?" And Ryan Murphy told him "That's the antithesis of what this movie is about. It doesn't matter what your sexual preference is. It matters what actor I think should play this part." Julia Roberts actually did the interview with Mark, and the whole thing is a great read.

Spartacus’ Steven S. DeKnight has taken over the showrunner duties for the Netflix Daredevil series. So my question is if there are any obvious gay characters in the Daredevil canon, because we know DeKnight isn’t afraid to use gay characters. DeKnight also stresses that his SyFy series isn’t dead, just on hold.

Justin Vivian Bond has weighed in on the controversial use of the word “tranny” and sees nothing wrong with it, and mostly sees it as a distraction from the important things. "That is my opinion on this ridicuous subject. As you can tell I'm angered by this trifling bullshit. We should be working on unifying our community and getting ourselves basic protections under the law. If everyone who is expending so much time and energy harassing their sisters about this word would harass their elected officials with the same amount of verve and fervor we'd be on the way to a much more trans-inclusive society. These words were written in love and anger."

Speaking of, in light of this week’s provocative remarks by RuPaul, LogoTV, our parent company, told Buzzfeed “These comments did not come from Logo. We are committed to supporting the entire LGBT community and will not feature any anti-trans rhetoric on our shows.”

In case you wondered what that chill that ran up your spine earlier Saturday was, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are officially married. Hopefully soon we can stop seeing them everywhere we turn.

X-Men: Days of Future Past is headed towards a record opening for the year, with four-day estimates near $115 million, while Godzilla will take second place with $41 million, followed by Blended with $16 million.

Davey Wavey made a video about two straight guys hugging and why they don’t do it more often. Except he used two Randy Blue models, so the definition of “straight” is a little questionable.

Senator Ted Cruz told a conservative crowd that Senate Democrats were preparing a vote to repeal the First Amendment, which is red meat to a crowd terrified of losing their power. But what’s actually happening is a vote on an amendment that would overturn Citizens United, which claimed that money was speech.

Boy Scouts of America President Robert Gates says that had he been in charge during the repeal of the ban on youth gay members, he would have allowed gay adults as well, but has no intention to reopen the subject because it’s too disruptive. "Given the strong feelings — the passion — involved on both sides of this matter, I believe strongly that to re-open the membership issue or try to take last year's decision to the next step would irreparably fracture and perhaps even provoke a formal, permanent split in this movement — with the high likelihood neither side would subsequently survive on its own.”

Pride, the British film about the true story of the gay community deciding to raise funds for striking miners in 1984 has won the Queer Palm award in Cannes.

Playgirl doesn’t think that we got to see enough of Michiel Huisman in Game of Thrones, and is trying to get the hottie actor to do a spread for the magazine.

According to a German court, at the end of a relationship, you can’t keep your homemade porn with someone, because the end of the relationship indicates the withdrawal of consent.

Ten Things HIV-Positive Guys Want Negative Guys To Know. All of these are good and relevant, but #8 is a personal favorite. On the rare occasions I log onto a hookup site, this always happens to me, and it is such a boner killer. I take time to answer the questions, but then give up the whole exercise.

In shocking news, Disney and Edgar Wright have parted ways on Ant Man, and nobody is happy about it. Creative differences about the movie have been cited as the reason.

Reports say that Donald Sterling has backed down on plans to fight a forced sale of the Clippers after his racist rant and has signed over his interest to his wife Shelly, who will negotiate the sale.

Morgan Freeman has one of the most recognizable, elegant voices on the planet, which is why he's always asked to narrate things. But what happens when he decides to narrate something while sucking helium from a balloon?

Franklin Graham, the son of Billy Graham, says that pastors must be willing to have their heads chopped off in order to spread the truth about the evils of homosexuality. Hey, it wasn't my idea, but if it will shut him up...

I hadn't been paying too much attention to Red Band Society. The dramedy takes place in a children's wing of a hospital for very sick kids, and the bonds they form during during their long term stays. It stars Octavia Spencer as the sassy, no nonsense nurse. Which I figured covered the quota for sassy nurses on a network show. But I was wrong, because we also have Wilson Cruz as a sassy (presumably) gay nurse. How much sass can one hospital stand?

On the Graham Norton Show they combine odd sets of guests at once on the couch, and Julie Andrews joined Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill for this week's show, and the discussion turned to being naked on screen, which both Julie and Channing have some experience. They do argue whether a cold set is worse for a man or a woman.

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