WORLD OUTSIDE MY WINDOW

THE WEEK
ACCORDING TO
GARÇON STUPIDE

• Mark Carter - a former Mr Gay UK - has been arrested for an alleged 'serious sex offence'. Carter (left and right) is a serving police officer.

• Homophobia in football, and the high profile players who won't come out.

• On the other hand... Rugby star Gareth Thomas comes out.

• John Amaechi: Thomas can expect hard time after gay revelation.

• Vile diminishing of Boy George's crime: It is right that the singer lost his Big Brother case. Double standards have led his attack on a male escort to be trivialised.

• Equality legislation a threat to the right to practice religion. Apparently.

• Queerty asks: Eminem just agreed not to perform anti-gay songs, and we're embracing him. Why not Buju Banton?

• Westboro Baptist Church vs Lady Gaga.

• Ban bareback: California's AIDS Healthcare Foundation will petition for an amendment to state law that would require all porn models to use condoms. Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? (Answer: money.)

• Canadian MP inundated with support after gay Christmas card controversy.

• The summer camp for LGBT kids, where your bunkmate won't call you a fag.

• The Opposite of Fabulous: On my one night out in "gay Dubai," I felt nothing but lethargy and fear.

• Australian forced his 14-year-old son into sex with a hooker - because he thought the boy might be gay.

• First government-backed gay bar opens in China.

• But China is shutting down gay websites.

• Mexico City votes overwhelmingly to legalise gay marriage.

• The Hottest Brazilian of 2009 is... WTF? Are they serious? Still, ka-os|theory favourites Carlos Freire (left) and Renato Ferreira (right) came second and third, respectively.

• Children of God - a new film about widespread homophobia in the Bahamas.

• Uganda: Anti-gay picketers demonstrate in capital.

• Uganda: Will the United States welcome gay Ugandan refugees if 'Kill The Gays' becomes law?

• Uganda: an account of a gay wedding in Uganda.

• Uganda: Main opposition party comes out against anti-homosexuality act.

• Uganda: Australia belatedly condemns the bill.

• Rwanda Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama: "The government I serve and speak for on certain issues cannot and will not in any way criminalize homosexuality; sexual orientation is a private matter and each individual has his or her own orientation - this is not a State matter at all."

• Ghana court fines alleged male prostitute, 20-year-old Christian Boateng (left).

• New York the least happy place in America.

• Obama a write-off already? Clinton for 2016?

• And as well as disappointing the gays, he's also letting down African-Americans too.

• Sarah Palin the biggest liar of 2009.

• Shame... Toys R Us manager stole £3.7m to fund drugs and prostitutes lifestyle.

• Here's a problem I frequently had as a boy: LEGO SHORTAGE!

• Unseen, inactive reserves of Lego!

• Borders closes all of its UK stores on Christmas Eve, following its collapse into administration last month.

• Borders bookshop's final day has a forlorn feel.

• Teenage killings in UK drop 30 percent in one year; most of the 51 victims around the country were white males. In London, almost all of them were black males. Right, Salum Kombo, the most recent victim.

• The re-imagining of the Routemaster moves a step closer with the announcement of the manufacturer.

• WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!

• Technology predictions for 2010

• Innéov Fermeté: the one-a-day anti-ageing pill that cuts wrinkles and makes skin look younger. They say.

• The last tiger in China has been eaten.

• They're gonna send a monkey to Mars.

• The biggest dog in the world.

• Thought polar bears were cute? Animals eating each other (29 pictures).

• EMI teetering on the brink.

• Popjustice on the new Chipmunk single.

• "This has been a very good decade of cinema: would that we had the chance to see a fraction of it." Film: review of the decade.

• I am the Master: John Simm talks to the Telegraph.

• Doctor Who: The End of Time, reviews here, here, here and here.

• Russell T Davies (Queer As Folk, Doctor Who) predicts the Conservatives will destroy the BBC.

• Arnold Stang, best known as the voice of Top Cat, died on Sunday. He was 91.

• Alaina Reed Hall, Sesame Street's Olivia, has died. She was 63.

• The 10 Best Butts on the Butt Blog 2009.

• VintageBareback.com: really, really old stuff from magazines that no longer exist and porn stars long gone.

• Choose your own adventure: the next frontier in porn.

• Or how about "a bold experiment in human depravity"? "It took us nearly two years to collect a gallon of human sperm."

• 50 of the best jokes of the noughties.

• Technology predictions for 2010.

• Pictures of the year 2009: disasters - earthquake, flood, fire, tsunami and plane crashes.

• And lastly, a word from Timaya...

Issue 41 of World Outside My Window (The Week According To Garçon Stupide) refers to the week 19th-25th December 2009.

POSTSCRIPT
"You know, we might just as well not have bothered to come. The whole thing's been ridiculous."