Care of The Sword's tireless editors, we bring you this roundup (by no means complete, or even-handed) of stuff going on for those of the homo persuasion this weekend in the two meccas we currently have bandwidth to cover, San Francisco and New York.  Check back soon to see...read more

Because we love to amuse you, especially on summery holiday weekends when you're going to be lost without any new stories to read until Monday, we threw together this little selection of upbeat, danceable and gay-ass tunes for you to swill cocktails by and wish America a happy bloody birthday,...read more

Our favorite erotic Narnian, Jason Curious, seems to have bitten off more foreskin than he can chew: in a ten-minute long YouTube video asks why his porn star talk show can only sustain one show a week, despite being booked for four. The former host of Cocktails With the Stars...read more

They always say porn and alcohol are recession-proof industries... and Valleywag is reporting today that an independent market-research firm went to work surveying new customers of a straight porn site (LSGModels.com -- Warning! Tits! Also, NSFW!) this past month, and 32% of these customers said they purchased memberships in part...read more

In honor of this very American weekend, we offer up some guy candy from our very own ersatz Royal family, the Kennedys.  In particular, we pay tribute to that hottie to end all hotties, JFK Jr., who tragically died along with wife Caroline in a prop-plane crash on the way...read more

Historically, the 4th of July has meant drunk rednecks, Ford trucks and Chinese firecrackers. For us, however, the 4th has been all about hiding in the bushes masturbating while the older kids skinny dipped and, more recently, passing out after an afternoon of high-fructose pasta salad, imported beer and hash...read more

This is it folks. We're wrapping up this series on all the famous pre-Pride fags who passed as 'perpetual bachelors' back in the days before AIDS and parades. There are of course a few historical homos we skipped over—like Sir John Gielgud (a classically trained British theatre actor who Mom...read more

San Francisco's underground drag phenomenon, filmmaker and cult leader Peaches Christ is back again this summer with a new season of Midnight Mass, and the film series premieres this 4th of July weekend with the "most American movie ever screened," Paul Verhoeven's 1995 masterwork, Showgirls. Some call it a camp...read more

For those of you who have the means and the time, the gay world is your oyster this summer (we prefer oysters to clams, anyway).  From a (winter) leather party in Melbourne, to the sugar daddy of all circuit parties on Fire Island, to a beer bust for BUTT Magazine...read more

In a twist worthy of some fucked up bisexual midget version of Gossip Girl, MySpace tramp Tila Tequila was [Spoiler alert!... whatever, do you actually look forward to this show?] TURNED DOWN by tall drinka lez Kristy, who she chose for her second completely fictional "shot at love" in last...read more

In a scene worthy of a B-side Dolly Parton song, a 21-year-old gay man who had admitted to previously sleeping with a woman woke to a "searing pain and disturbing wetness," then watched as his male lover flushed his severed penis down the toilet. The offending organ has not been...read more

We kind of care about fashion, but not enough to run through all the highlights of the Spring '09 menswear shows in Paris last week. You've got Men.Style.com for that. From us, you'll only get the mostly swimsuit, mostly naked shots from the John Galliano and Kris Van Assche shows....read more

Porn star agency Fabscout Entertainment has agreed to purchase Forest Men "talent management" business from David Forest, taking over his model roster, client list and the "David Forest" brand name. Forest will be retiring to pursue other interests for a few years, though possibly less with good behavior. The details...read more

Oh, the perils of chasing the gay dollar. While it's hard to deny that homosexuals have limited interest for things don't come in a vial, or with a remix, or with a fat burner, we like to at least PRETEND to think we're more than one-dimensional.  Sure, no one's gonna...read more

We're sorry we missed this in all the pre-Pride madness last week, and we're willing to give old Al the benefit of the doubt, but it seems Al Sharpton, appearing on Anderson Cooper 360 last week, made a statement about his own liberal religious beliefs that could be interpreted as...read more

We know. You're tired. Your head hurts and you have some existential malaise to beat the band.  Half the people we know in SF make it an annual tradition to schedule the Monday after Pride as a vacation day from work, but here in the sweet sweet flesh and culture...read more

Can we all agree that Daniel Craig is the hottest James Bond ever? (No? You like 'em hairier/older? Please, regale us in the comments about how you'll never stop loving Pierce Brosnan or Sean Connery or those others.) Anyway, the trailer for the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is...read more

You can't slap a ball sack in the gay porn world without hitting Sister Roma—the host of NakedSword's porn-centered Tim and Roma Show—who's well known as a notorious and lovable cock-slut who's blown more porn stars than Dawson. But when not sampling the merchandise, Roma's making porn look pretty for...read more

We've had our fill of swell and swilling Pride, but for some global gays it's still about fighting for, like, civil rights! This weekend not only marked the anniversary of Stonewall in the U.S., it marked Queer Pride in India, with a parade in Calcutta and the first celebrations of...read more

They're hot and they're buff but they'll never have sex with you because they're too busy rubbing their monogamy in your face. The Jarics, gay porn's most maddening couple (or "Gay Porn's First Exclusive Couple" as Falcon prefers them to be called) have started posting the details of their blissfully...read more

We don't know if the computer that runs Dictionary.com just chose this at random, or if someone over there's just being cheeky. But since we all acknowledge that gays love their drugs, we were pretty amused to see this come up as the Word of the Day during this particularly...read more

For the second year in a row, gay rag Genre has published their "Best Bars in America" article and left San Francisco off the list.*  While we are humble enough to admit that our hometown may not have a host of trendy fag hotspots quite on par with New York...read more

The Hills is like porno without the good parts: all flash and no cash. Who better then to inaugurate our Separated at Girth feature than creepy, cliché-for-pay OC fratboy Spencer Pratt!  Doesn't he remind you of a certain gay-for-pay model who's recently started his own web venture?...read more

The tagline of this cheesy, heartfelt drama was "Every girl's summer dream," and when you consider that the movie revolves around Sam Elliott as a furry-chested, shirtless lifeguard who struggles with the decision to get a better job while training new, younger shirtless lifeguards, it's safe to say the...read more

In anticipation of this week, we've been collecting footage of Gay Prides past, and wouldn't you know, it wasn't always so tacky and sponsored by beer and vodka makers!  The first "pride" wasn't a parade, but the Christopher Street Gay Liberation March up 6th Avenue in New York in June...read more

Sorry to ruin your Thursday weekend kickoff buzz, but the CDC (via Queerty) reports that across 33 states, new HIV diagnoses rose as high as 15 percent per year between 2001 and 2006 among gay and bi men aged 13 to 24. Despite the lack of clarity surrounding some figures...read more

So yeah yeah, Chace Crawford's agents still have him convinced that his career will be in the toilet if he admits to liking guys. He can now only pose with footballs, only shag J.C. Chasez when there are no paparazzi around, and only go to the Chelsea Equinox on off...read more

Gordon Scott was discovered while lifeguarding at the Las Vegas Sahara Hotel in 1953, and was quickly cast as Hollywood's next Tarzan (usurping the role from predecessor Lex Barker). A statuesque 6'3" with a godlike muscularity, Scott swept up his Jane, Vera Miles, both on and off-screen, and left...read more

Thirty-nine years ago this weekend, the NYPD fucked with the wrong bunch of fags and trannies, giving way to four decades of civil rights fights, the invention of circuit parties, a boon for balloon artists and flag dancers, a bonafide industry dedicated to the manufacture of tacky beads and rainbow-patterned...read more

We're not sure if it's the rise of a new fetish or a particularly targeted shipment of horse testosterone, but in the past few years shoulders seem to be overtaking pecs as the body part that separates the (super) men from the boys. Sure, it gives you a wide stance...read more

The first round casting call for Rupaul's competitive tranny reality show is just about over. Voting ends on Friday, kids, so hurry up and vote so the country isn't stuck with the decidedly low-rent likes of Jessica Dimon and Empress Fontaine doing speed-eyeliner challenges and pulling off each others' wigs...read more

Organizers of a Cuban Gay Pride March that was scheduled to happen today in Havana were allegedly arrested and beaten by Cuban police before the march could begin, according to Ambiente Magazine. The march, the first of its kind in Cuba, was planned to begin this morning at 10 AM...read more

We'd be bigger liars than Clay Aiken if we pretended that we haven't had a raging boner for Chad White since this site was erected. He's one of the models you get almost embarrassed to have the hots for because he's so generically good-looking, with his perfect tan, pearly...read more

Boy George has licked it. Debbie Harry's posed with it. Michael Lucas may have proposed to it. The pert, glowing buttocks of a certain cocktail waiter at NYC dance den Mr. Black known only as The Ass has returned along with the reopening of the club, and thank fucking god....read more