2010, in 40 pictures

2010, in pictures, as seen by ka-os|theory.

Brazil's first gay school.

L'Officiel Hommes puts Arthur Sales in blackface.

Anti-gay Northern Ireland politician Iris Robinson's barely legal boy toy. She's 60.

Deepak Paswaan, who was born with a parasitic twin protruding from his chest.

Buy a black Barbie - they're cheaper than white ones!

Dan Choi is arrested after chaining himself to the White House railings.

The Taliban and its boy sex slaves.

ITV cancels The Bill after nearly thirty years on air.

Ricky Martin comes out.

So does Sean Hayes, from homophobic "comedy" Will & Grace.

Dalek fail: The BBC f**ks up a design icon. Doctor Who's new series was a pig's breakfast - writer John R. Gordon investigated what went wrong.

The fall of MGM.

Britain gets a new Prime Minister. He sucks. And let's not forget his Gay Times interview...

The extraordinary story of Milo and Elijah Peters, Bel Ami's infamous twincestuous moneyspinner.

In Malawi, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga are jailed - and ultimately pardoned - for daring to marry.

What happens to Gladiators-cum-models when they get bored of showbiz? Why, they become mercenaries, of course!

The kitten with two faces.

Bruce LaBruce's L.A. Zombie: Porn meets art meets controversy.

Good Nights Out for Gay Priests: More scandal for the Catholic church.

Boys at Manchester Pride 2010...

...And Madrid...

...São Paulo...

...Manhattan...

...London...

...and Cape Town.

Rev Colin Coward, 64, and his boyfriend Bobby Egbele, 25, sparked controversy over their plans for a civil partnership.

Khagendra Thapa Magar became the world's smallest man when he turned 18 this year.

Boy pussy!

Matty Daley and Bobby Canciello broke the Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Kiss. They locked lips for 32 hours.

People we never thought we'd see in the same picture: Ann Coulter and Michael Lucas. Really.

Bishop Eddie Long delivers us a familiar tale of sex and hypocrisy in the black church.

Not that Britain's press is much better...

Sexy priests in gay ice-cream controversy! Or something...

Singapore's water polo team swimsuit fail.

The Pellegrini Brothers acrobats perform for Pope Benedict XVI.

Uganda's anti-gay witchhunt sinks to new lows with the launch of sleazy tabloid Rolling Stone.

Forbidden Light writes about the gay fetish slave auctions in America's deep south.

Students in London and Paris riot as government cuts take hold.

At the height of the media storm surrounding gay youth suicide, Arkansas school board member Clint McCance decides to share his poisonous thoughts with the world.

Gay and homeless: Boyfriends AJ and Alex live on the streets of LA.