We didn’t think it would happen either.

Um, what is going on here, Akon??

Who wants to see Tara Reid naked?

Woman arrested for Facebook poking.

Lady Gaga fights for gay rights.

No Glee at Thanksgiving this year.

T.R. Knight is officially dunzo with Grey’s Anatomy.

Obama thinks some gay couples should have rights…

Ooo! A Gossip Girl movie?

Simon Cowell is off the market.

OMG. Ryan Reynolds makes us drool. Droooooool.

A classic and perfect summer ‘do.

Next week is pretty huge. Not only is Barack Obama being inaugurated as the first black president of the United States, but it is all happening the day after Martin Luther King Day.

MLK Day is often thought of as just another day off of school and a glorious long weekend, but this year – more than any other year – should be different.

MLK died in his efforts to get equal rights for African American men and women. And now, 40 years later, a black man will finally be president. The thought is chilling, and has inspired all of us to dream again. Our dreams and goals really can become reality.

So this week, in honor of MLK, Obama, and history in the making, the CC writers share their dreams for the United States and our futures.

Elisabeth – UA Huntsville: It would be nice to see deserving students be able to get the financial help they need for school without having to jump through ridiculously tiny hoops.

Brithny – Duke University: My dream is to get more sleep so I can actually have dreams. The REM-induced ones. Read More »

Ever since California agreeed to pass Proposition 8, many gay right activists groups have been rallying in an effort to overturn the decision.

But today, instead of protesting, activists are asking that gays call out of work. The reason: they’re gay.

Much like the immigrant rights demonstration a couple years ago (ex. Day without Mexicans), gays are trying to prove a point: they are valuable members of society, despite their sexual preferences.

But can you imagine a world without gays?!

Who will I go to to get my hair done just the way I like it?

Who’s blog will I read to stay abreast of all the celebrity gossip essential to keep my day moving?

What will Jessica Simpson do without that guy to put those really awful extensions in her hair?!

Who will dress the world?!

What will I watch at 11 a.m. on NBC everyday?

Who’s FIERCE catch phrases will I steal?

And most importantly…

What the hell will I do without Tim Gunn’s inspiration to “make it work” everyday?

…a world without gays? I’d rather not.

Today is Friday. Tomorrow is Saturday. That means the stock exchange is closed, which also means that the economy can’t crash for 2 whole days! Wahoo! Grab you’re your favorite snacks (fat is in!) and celebrate!

That is the best news we’ve heard all week, but that isn’t saying much after the week we’ve had:

Gay rights activists get locked out of a campus, a**holes continued to break girls’ hearts, celebs got all cocky on us, Joe Six Pack made an appearance, the presidential candidates “debated,” we had to watch Rachael Ray porn, Bubba had some transgender issues, our boyfriend posted that (PRIVATE) sex tape online, and I missed out on a fantastic opportunity to get with my campus’s most notorious man-whore.

But don’t worry; Barack Obama can make it all better! (No, that was not a political statement…that was a sexual one.)

Happy Friday, peeps.

So it’s official. Brad Pitt can do no wrong. In fact, all he does is good (at least in the publc eye).

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Brad recently donated $100,000 to oppose a referendum seeking a ban on gay marraige in California. Even though gay marriage has been legal in the state since June, angry reformers have gotten enough signatures to possibly “force a referendum” banning it come the November election.

When asked about the referendum, called “Proposition 8,” Pitt is quoted as saying:

“Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn’t harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8.”

There’s just no way to hate this guy. Unless you can’t stand chiseled good looks, loving fathers, and the right for all types of people to get hitched.

Just think of him as an angel. A really hot angel.

When Raul Castro replaced his brother Fidel as leader of Cuba last month, President Bush took a predictably cynical perspective. In a March 7th press conference he stated that,

“So far, all Cuba has done is replace one dictator with another. And its former ruler is still influencing events from behind the scenes. This is the same system, the same faces, and the same policies that led Cuba to its miseries in the first place.”

Well Mr. Bush, here’s a newsflash for you — if Mariela Castro, Raul’s daughter, has her way, Cuban transsexuals and gays will have more documented rights than any other Latin American country. Moreover, despite the overall human rights abusing nature of the regime, the bill will allow transsexuals and gays more equality and options than what is offered in the US.

According to the BBC, under the bill, same-sex unions and inheritance rights would be recognized. Transsexuals would have the right to free sex-change operations and switch the gender on their ID cards, with or without surgery.

Let’s compare this proposal to current US policies shall we? Read More »

He may have tried to keep sexual orientation out of the definition of hate crimes and voted against same sex marriage, but an Idaho Republican senator really does love the gays—for discrete bathroom romps.

Larry Craig, who until Monday was a key player in Massachusetts’s governor Mitt Romney’s 2008 presidential bid, recently separated himself from the campaign for being a possible “distraction”.

Why would old Mr. Craig be a distraction?

Well, it seems that in June, he was apprehended by a plainclothes officer “investigating complaints of lewd behavior in an airport men’s room”.

The officer reported that the 62-year-old Republican “lingered outside a restroom stall where the officer was sitting, then entered the stall next door and blocked the door with his luggage.” The officer went on to explain that Craig then “tapped his right foot”, which is apparently a signal “used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct.”

To make sure he got his point across, Craig “touched the officer’ foot with his foot” and “proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times” after which the plainclothes officer put his police identification on the ground, no doubt causing Craig to lose any sort of pocket party he may have been fostering. Read More »