world outside my window...

THE WEEK
ACCORDING TO
GARÇON STUPIDE

• Black, gay and indisputably African.

• Jon Mack and Michael Garrett (left), a couple in Washington D.C., walked out of an anti-gay sermon at Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church.

• Gay teen worried he might be Christian. Poor baby.

• Notre Dame University student newspaper runs a comic promoting gay bashing.

• And this is what they're teaching: New York City man Jack Price beaten into a coma by anti-gay thugs. Towleroad has video.

• Murdered: 47-year-old Gordon Rivers, a gay Washington D.C. man.

• Two indictments in murder of Marland Woods.

• LGBT advocates hold secret emergency meeting on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' as Defense Dept. considers 'Separate But Equal' soldier status.

• Federal Proposition 8 Trial coverage: Day 1.

• Federal Proposition 8 Trial coverage: Day 2.

• Federal Proposition 8 Trial coverage: Day 3.

• Gays leave unfriendly South Beach for Fort Lauderdale.

• Meet America's first legal male prostitute.

• Ray J not Gay J.

• Outrage endures the final insult with a GLAAD Awards snub.

• And the GLAAD nominees are...

• A gay prison romance starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor? Hmm... Why am I suspicious? I Love You Phillip Morris opens in the US in Spring...

• This looks more like it... Blue Mountain State. Yummy.

• Bruce Weber's All-American.

• Write about coming out.

• Invisible Death of Michael, a film about the under-reporting and lack of national media coverage of the murder of Michael Causer in 2008.

• The BBC show that "bans" gays from its audience.

• Iris Robinson: Pervert grandma (and paedophile?) expelled by her party following affair with barely legal lover.

• Iris Robinson: the golden couple who fell to earth.

• Iris Robinson: The politician, his wife, her lover and the money.

• Iris Robinson: Barely legal lover faked testicular cancer in desperate bid to free the pervert granny's clutches.

• Stephen Gately: Model Georgi Dochev (left) claims he had two-year relationship with singer.

• Voices of gay Irishmen, set to song.

• Parliament to host its first gay wedding.

• Manchester police appeal for information over male gang rape.

• A charity which helps gay homeless youth says it's seeing an increase in the numbers of gay Muslims fleeing from forced marriages and family violence.

• Trial of Malawi gay couple adjourned after accused collapses; "Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who has spent more than a week in one of the country's most congested prisons, vomited and stumbled onto the dusty court floor. As he lay on the ground he was jeered by members of the public who had crowded in to watch what has become a cause célèbre and a test case for gay rights in the African nation. With no one to assist him, Mr Chimbalanga, 20, finally managed to stand and was allowed to leave to clean himself up. A few minutes later he re-emerged with a mop and a pail to clean the vomit from the court floor — a chore that women in Africa typically have to perform even when they are sick."

• Scottish MPs have condemned their arrest.

• Uganda: Preacher plans million man march to support anti-gay draft law.

• Uganda: UK MPs suggest Uganda aid be severed over anti-gay bill.

• Dubai police arrest two on charges of prostitution, consensual homosexual sex, producing pornographic material, cross-dressing and insulting religion.

• Police shut down first Mr Gay China pageant one hour before it was due to start.

• Gay couple tie the knot in China.

• So, what's it like being gay in Rio.

• Juan José Martínez Matos, the man accused of murdering Jorge Steven López Mercado, is declared fit to stand trial.

• Sixteen-year-old becomes Spain's youngest transsexual.

• Italy to open first prison for transgender inmates.

• Hold the front page! The Pope's against gay marriage.

• The Big Picture: Earthquake in Haiti (48 pictures).

• The Big Picture: Haiti 48 hours later (34 photos).

• What Australia's really like: Four "true blue Aussies" set an Indian man alight in Melbourne.

• 24 million Chinese men won't be able to find a woman by 2010. I can think of a solution or two...

• Slaves didn't build the pyramids.

• Pothole? What pothole? It's art! (13 pictures)

• WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! Human civilisation 'will collapse'.

• Plastic boy slut Cristiano Ronaldo's got his kit off for Emporio Armani. Shame all that orange has gone to waste. Maybe that's why I barely recognise him.

• Britons are suspicious towards Muslims; concerned at the rise of Islam in the UK and fear that the country is deeply divided along religious lines. Moreover, there's considerable suspicion towards those of any faith who hold deeply religious views.

• Why Britain is no place for the white, working-class male.

• It's class, not race, that determines Britain's have-nots.

• ...or is that a dangerous populist spin on race.

• This woman thinks so.

• Are you dying? Why not donate your body to TV. Channel 4 is launching a reality show that will see the volunteer "mummified and possibly placed on display in a museum".

• McDonald's studies its flatulent cows.

• 10 trolls every blogger will encounter.

• Dark secrets from inside Facebook, by Facebook. Or is it?

• Google: We didn't censor anti-Islam search suggestions.

• Drug-resistant HIV set for rapid upsurge.

• The girl who grew a new face.

• Boffins think having a big ass could be good for your health.

• The tyranny of positive thinking.

• Watching TV increases risk of heart disease.

• Animal pictures of the week (left) (29 pictures).

• Dog inbreeding: new regulations for UK.

• The lone black wolf.

• A waving polar bear!

• So Solid are back. Nearly 10 years on from 21 Seconds, the remaining members speak out.

• Dappy's death threat text: Why shouldn't a celebrity stand up to the public?

• Popjustice share their thoughts on the new JLS video.

• Here's the artwork for the Pet Shop Boy's Pandemonium live DVD/CD, recorded at the O2 Arena, London.

• Madonna's secret son. He's a material boy.

• Rag Tag - the black gay film set in London and Lagos we first heard about two years ago - is available on DVD. And here's 20 more black SGL films.

• Why 3D films - like Avatar - cause headaches.

• And after it gives you a headache, Avatar will make you want to kill yourself too.

• Will they really bulldoze Coronation Street?

• This is what Big Brother Brazil looks like...

• This week's Gays of Our Lives: the latest clips, news and spoilers in the world of soaps and dramas featuring your favorite (and not so favorite) gay characters. Left, Dutch soap Good Times, Bad Times.

• Another consquence of the falling dollar, there are less Brazilian cocks to go around.

• Never mind - the Athletic Model Guild is now hiring!

• So how do you top the Peters twins infamous Christmas gift to porn fans? Pierre Fitch thinks he knows how: TWO sets of twins.

• Channel 1 Releasing's BlackBalled 7: Jail Slammed hits the streets. The movie stars (amongst others) Race Cooper, Osian and Eddie Diaz. MOC Blog has the trailer.

• Now, this is my kinda clock... Westminster Chiming Grandfather Clock (left), by London designer Ryan McElhinney. Make sure you click the picture for detail!

• Noodles one metre long!

• Wrinkly old men dolls!

• And little wood houses...

• Lastly, some transfriendly advertising that'll make you smile...

Issue 44 of World Outside My Window (The Week According To Garçon Stupide) covers the period 09-15 January 2010.

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