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Embarrassing KT Tunstall fans

The Sun, our great paper of record, today reports that lesbian fans of singer KT Tunstall have taken to turning up at her gigs and sitting in the front row urging her to come out of the closet.

Despite the fact she is straight and in a relationship with a man.

What odd behaviour. Unless there is something we do not  know, it appears that KT, like the majority of women, prefers to do sex with men.

How rude of these 'fans' to heckle her and claim she is actually just pretending.

How insulting. Imagine the reaction if a gang of straight women turned up at a George Michael gig and said:

"You know who you are - go on, admit it," meaning he is actually a hetero.

Anyone that cannot accept that some people are, tragically, born straight is just as bad as homophobes who say gay people are exercising a 'lifestyle choice.'

Of course, The Sun could just be making it all up - let us know if you have any further info please, dear PinkNews.co.uk readers.   

Scissor Sister Jake to get hitched?

A source "close to" snake-hipped gay popster Jake Shears has told one of those tabloid newspapers that he plans to do the decent thing and make an honest man of his boyfriend Chris.

They have been a couple for eight years. Aww.

The Sunday Mirror reports that Shears, frontman for Scissor Sisters, is planning a New York wedding. Which is nice, except Massachusetts is the only state in America where gay can actually get married.

But let us not spoil a nice "a source close to" story with trivial details like that. Oh, here is the quote:

"They are both blissfully happy with their apartment and the wedding is the next thing. They're ready to show everyone they're together.

"The apartment was a big commitment for Jake and Chris because it's a large place in Tribeca - Manhattan's coolest district.

"A wedding just takes it all on to another level, but one thing is for sure - it will be fabulous. They have a bit of time until next year to pick the best of everything."

We wish them well.

Will Young sticks up for gays!

That nice young man Will Young had an excellent piece published in The Times over the weekend.

The openly gay pop star argued that just because gays now have legal rights, it does not mean they 'have it all' and that a change in hearts, minds and attitudes is needed.

In contrast to Will's well-reasoned and modest article, the comments are  a sea of gay hatred and sickening bigotry.

It's depressing to hear people, and presumably middle-class people with good jobs who should know better, expressing such hatred for anyone.

Check this one out:

"Was born in an era when homosexuality was outlawed and still should be as far as i am concerned.It is not normal whichever way you throw the dice.I noticed you only came out after you won the contest.Says it all really does'nt it.

david lawrence, wadhurst, england"

Oh well, it goes to show you should never read comments - only unhinged people with nothing better to do think the world at large is interested in what they think. I mean really, they are worse than bloggers.

Jodie Marsh - more insulting nonsense

Oh dear. In a bit of trouble for being caught on camera using sickeningly homophobic language?

I got an idea, Jodie Marsh.

Why not push your boobs into the face of some hack from the Currant Bun and giggle a load of rubbish about how you think you might in fact be a little bit lesbian yourself, so that makes you throwing the word lesbian around as a term of abuse OK then.

"She kisses all her female friends and is unsure whether she is bisexual," reports The Sun.

"It’s just a girlie thing, not to please men," explained Jodie in  a naked attempt at damage limitation.

"There are women I fancy, like Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra, so maybe I am a bisexual - I don’t know."

Now, let's not go too far - remember, Jodie, your only audience is socially-retarded men.

"But men float my boat more than women." THERE we go.

Listen here you awful woman - you aren't getting out of calling a perfectly nice journalist who interviewed you: "lesbian, blatantly! That short hair! And butch, looks like a man" that easily!

Sexuality is not some choice, like deciding to wear pink shoes or have your face scrubbed orange.

This latest guff is embarrassing for everyone concerned, not to mention mortifying and insulting for actual bisexual people.

photo:james l@flickr.com

Rupert Everett please be quiet

He really is the most monumental arse.

The Shrek star's latest gaffe finds him telling the Daily Express that he does not approve of gay adoption.

His reasons? Well, as you would expect, the 48-year-old put forward a considered and erudite case for why gay male couples make bad parents.

"I could never do that to a child. Can you imagine what it would be like, having your two dads coming to school speech days? And hearing those awful queeny rows while you are trying to get to sleep?"

Ok Rupert, a few points to raise with you.

First, don't talk to the Express. Just don't.

Second, where do you get off portraying gay men as having "queeny" rows? Stop projecting your hysterical existence onto everyone else.

Third, given that you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth in a comfortable two-parent family and packed off to a very expensive public school, you wouldn't really have a clue just how much a child living in a local authority home might actually not mind too much if they got two dads, who cared enough to come to their "school speech days."

What is a "school speech day" anyway? Button it, posh boy.

Lesbian actress to play US President

Hit TV thriller 24 has already brought us a black American President - now they are going two better.

While in real life the closest a lesbian has got to the Oval Office is Vice President Cheney's daughter Mary, the kids at 24 have decided that America is ready for a woman in the highest office in the land, and turned to top lesbian actor Cherry Jones to play her.

Ms Jones, 50, whose partner is also an actor (Sarah Paulson, currently starring in Studio 60, the latest show from The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin) is one of the few performers in Hollywood who stays out of the closet.

Way back in the day,  in 1995 to be exact, she was thanking her partner while accepting a lovely Tony award.

She did it again in 2005, except that time her gf wasn't, as they say, out. Oops.

So, seventh series of 24, look out for President Allison Taylor. It airs in the US of A in January.

.gay and .lesbian now available!

New '.GAY' and '.LESBIAN' domain names & email addresses have been launched on the internet.

It's not just the new ".GAY" domain names that are being snapped up, suddenly, domains like ".HUNKY" and ".LESBIAN" are proving popular, as are others like ".MUSIC", ".GORGEOUS", ".MILLIONAIRE" and ".COOL".

People have discovered that you can now create almost anything you want.

Now you opt for fun "www.bigger.brother", for business "www.help.line", for personal "www.my.place" or just be creative "www.punk.rocker".

Already, tens of thousands of new websites are springing up across the world. A new dimension has been added to the Internet that anyone can use virtually without restriction.

These new domain names offer almost unlimited possibilities for all those wanting personalisation and easy-to-remember options. dotWORLDS (www.dotworlds.net), who are currently giving away these domains, have been inundated as Internet users continue to register more and more of the most memorable and distinctive names.

Imagination unlimited has arrived.

Of course there’s email too. It's revolutionary, free and amazingly you can even integrate it with your Outlook Express or other mail client. This is the Internet's first global spam-free email system.

Create almost any address your heart desires. Yes it's true. Now "johnny@tall.blond" can email "michael@bit.short" to tell him about the new growth hormones.



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Jodie Marsh - nasty piece of work

For those of you who do not know, Jodie Marsh is one of the reasons we are so glad to be gay.

We will never wake up and find ourselves lying next to an orange, common, inflatable doll with a mouth like a sewer and the brain of a five-year-old. A low-rent version of Jordan - does it get any lower?

The Guardian reports this morning that the cerebral Ms Marsh, in the course of filming her vile new "documentary" about her "quest" to find a "husband," took time out from shoving her over-sized breasts out and pouting like an aged trout to slag off a freelance journalist who actually asked her some proper questions.

"I actually wanted to punch her in the face. Lesbian, blatantly! That short hair! And butch, looks like a man," she said, on camera.

No-one could ever accuse you of looking like a man, or indeed like a woman, Jodie.

Anyway - MTV left this little bit of footage in the reality show, which we applaud them for. It was insulting, homophobic, and shows just what an ugly person Jodie is.

Niki Shisler, author or therealjodiemarsh.com, an expose of the star, told The Guardian:

"It's an absolute typical response towards anyone she sees as criticising her. She's a bully and she's spiteful."

Boo!! We hate bullies.

photo: James L at flickr.com and the only one we could find that did not make us feel queasy ...

Yaris is a gay car, gay car, gay car

Those nice people at US website gaywheels.com have produced a list of the cars their readers are most interested in.

They searched their sever logs and found out that gay motorists can't get enough of the Toyota Yaris. Make of that what you will. 

The full top 10:

1. Toyota Yaris
2. Saab 9-3 (sedan and convertible)
3. Mazda MX-5
4. Volkswagen Jetta
5. VW EOS
6. Dodge Caliber
7. Toyota Camry
8. Audi A3
9. VW Rabbit
10. Infiniti FX

Here at PinkNews.co.uk, our favourite car is a taxi.

Gaywheels.com made the following sober assessment of the Yaris:

"The 2007 Yaris continues Toyota's tradition of offering affordable, reliable cars over a wide range of the automotive market, and it represents a big leap forward in styling over its ancestor, the Echo.

"A four-door sedan is available in base and S trims, with the S adding a 60/40 split rear seat, a rear defroster, and a stereo system with a CD player.

"A three-door hatchback is equipped similarly to the S, except with daytime running lights, different instrumentation, and a shorter wheelbase.

"It also lays claim to being the least expensive Toyota sold in America. Both the three- and four-door models use a 1.5L four-cylinder engine that is tuned more for economy than power. The car's 106 horsepower do an adequate job of acceleration."

S trims? 6o/40 split? What?

LEAST expensive? Economic? "Adequate" acceleration? What is going on?

"Power conveniences, remote keyless entry, anti-lock brakes, air bags all around, an alarm system, and a rear spoiler are available, as are a number of post production options."

Aaah accessories. That's more like it!

Pop star not scared of gays

After yesterday's mystifying comments from Enrique Iglesias, a another pop singer has been sharing his views on Britain's favourite sexuality.

Shayne Ward, who won the votes of millions of the sort of people who watch ITV1 to become a national star, has been speaking to gay magazine AXM.

We don't know if it was a formal interview or if he has just been ringing round magazines in an attempt to boost his public profile, but no matter.

He appears to be suffering from reality TV-itis, whereby artists spawned from shows like X-Factor and all the rest have a brief period of intense success, then flop.

Shayne had a number one, then a number two, then a number 14.

Damn - time to tell the gays you love them.

"As a straight guy, it's flattering, it gives you great self-confidence. I'm not ashamed that it's a guy fancying me, I think it's a good thing," he said of the attention he gets from a certain section of the gay community.

Now, do you think he might have a single coming out?

Hmm, I think so actually. But hey -  anyone who can come up with such a delightful spelling variation for the name Shane is OK in our book.

The single (pictured above) is called "If That's OK With You." and it will be available in da shops from 19th August.