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	Beyond the Sassy Sidekicks? Although Noah's Arc has made significant strides in showing black gay life, black gay men still often fall by the wayside in pop culture.
	*Interview with Survivor* Brad Virata** The recently ousted castaway from Survivor talks about breaking stereotypes, the "nancy boy" controversy, and the coming out story that you didn't see.
	Gay Men Aren't the Castaways on Shipwrecked A look at the BBC America reality program where gay men aren't only included, but they steal the show.
	*Will Survivor's Brad Virata Outplay, Outwit, and Outlast?* Brad's brother and best friend chat about his chances of winning and which other survivor is most likely Brad's type.
	*Interview with Top Chef's Carlos Fernandez* The openly gay Cuban chef featured on the new season of Bravo's hit series talks about his experiences in the kitchen and life with his partner of 13 years.
	*Interview with The Office's Oscar Nunez* The actor talks about his recently outed character, playing gay, and his plans for the future.
	The Office's Gay Co-Worker is One of the Gang The season premiere of The Office outed Oscar, the gay accountant, in a fresh, funny episode that had something to say.
	The Wire's Michael K. Williams on Playing Gay The actor talks about playing gay stick-up artist Omar Little on The Wire, facing homophobic reactions, and what's coming up on the fourth season.
	Scrubs' Randall Winston Stands Tall The openly gay Scrubs producer, and the inspiration for Spin City's Carter Heywood, talks about friendship, race and gay rights.
	Gay Love in Japanese Manga Popular Japanese anime series Gravitation gives us love between young men.
	Primetime Reports the HIV Epidemic Among Blacks … A Decade Too Late The Primetime special Out of Control: AIDS in Black America investigates the reasons behind the the epidemic among African Americans, including homophobia.
	*Gay Big Brother* Contestant Betrayed Again** The Big Brother: All-Stars rainbow is a little less bright these days as Marcellas Reynolds, the show's sole gay contestant (and AfterElton contributor) was eliminated from the house.
	Review of Quinceañera The new film explores the lives of gay Latino teen Carlos and his pregnant 15-year-old cousin Magdalena.
	Gay Series Changing Darryl Stephens' Career Arc The star of Noah's Arc talks about his career, why he prefers drama over comedy, and what it feels like to be a rising star.
	Interview with Rodney Chester of Noah's Arc Rodney Chester, who plays HIV educator Alex on Noah's Arc, talks about the shows new season, the African-American gay community, and divas.
	Jai Rodriguez on Queer Eye for the Trans Guy On a recent episode of Queer Eye madeover a transgendered man. Rodriguez talks about the extraordinary episode, the show's uncertain future, how much Bravo owes the Fab Five.
	Rex Lee: More Than Just the "Gay" One On TV's Entourage The openly gay actor talks with AfterElton about his character's future, who is really macho on the set, and why he wants to stay under Jeremy Piven's thumb.
	E. Lynn Harris Takes on Black Homophobia One of the best-selling gay authors of all time talks about his love life, the tensions between black and white gay men, and his upcoming stint at “cheer” camp.
	Marcel McCalla Talks About His Gay Role on Footballers' Wives The actor who stars as footy player Noah discusses playing gay and how Footballers' Wives dropped the ball on their gay storyline.
	Big Brother's Openly Gay All Star Contestant Plans to Go All the Way Marcellas Reynolds discusses homophobia on American Idol, racism in the gay community, and whether viewers will vote for a gay man to win.
	Justin Lo: Renaissance Man of The Conrad Boys The twenty four year-old gay filmmaker/actor Justin Lo is the multi-faceted, creative force behind his remarkable debut film The Conrad Boys.
	Oprah Gets the Gay Thing, Mostly The Oprah Winfrey Show has a history of covering gay topics in a positive light, but some critics have found fault with recent depictions of black gay men on the show.
	*BET's Down Low* Exposed Special: A Gay Black Man's Response** Black Entertainment Television ran a special on the “Down Low” phenomenon. Kenneth Winfrey writes about what the show did right—and wrong.
	Bruce Daniels: Margaret Cho's Right Hand (Gay) Man Margaret Cho's collaborator and opening act has ambitions of his own.
	Footballers' Wives, Bisexual Husbands--and Their Gay Boyfriends Forget Desperate Housewives--all the real gay action takes place on the third season of BBC’s hot primetime soap, Footballers’ Wives.
	Wilson Cruz Fights the Gay Fight The openly gay actor speaks out on gay-for-pay and his new role on the WB’s Related.
	Gay and HIV-Positive in the White House: Commander in Chief The President's Special Assistant comes out and reveals that he is HIV-positive on the most recent episode of the new televison drama.
	Gay Jazz Artists of Distinction Although gays are renowned worldwide for their abilities in musical entertainment, standard traditional jazz has relatively few openly gay practitioners. We profile four of them.
	B.D. Wong: Out Author, Actor and Parent Openly gay Broadway sensation, star of Law & Order: SVU, and author of Following Foo finds success, fatherhood, and himself.
	Fusion Festival Offers Third Year of Gay Men of Color This weekend, the L.A.film festival showcases documentary, narrative, and short films like Margaret Cho's Bam Bam and Celeste.
	Review of Mahu This new novel about a handsome, young mixed-race Honolulu police detective dealing with murder and his sexuality offers readers a unique and refreshingly retro gay action hero.
	The DL Chronicles Features Black Gay Men on the Down Low A new indie series looking for distribution on one of the gay TV channels explores the romantic entanglements of a black investment banker living on the down low.
	George Takei Comes Out The actor best known as Mr. Sulu from Star Trek has publicly come out in a new interview, adding to the short list of openly gay Asian American actors.
	Noah's Arc Creator Patrik-Ian Polk The man behind Logo's new black gay series talks about what inspired the show, how he chose the cast, and what he has in store for the characters.
	*Noah's Arc* In addition to good writing, characters, and chemistry, this new TV series provides a rare focus on black gay men.
	Half & Half's Alec Mapa Goes All Out The out Filipino actor who turned a three-episode "funny ethnic character" on the UPN sitcom into TV's only recurring gay Asian character talks to us about the show and his career.
	Review of My Brother Nikhil A powerful new movie about an HIV+ gay man in India who is unexpectedly outed, with disastrous consequences.
	*Gay Men Confined to Comic Relief on Big Brother?* Big Brother 6's openly gay contestant Beau is like all of the previous gay contestants on this popular CBS reality series: witty, flamboyant, and unlikely to succeed.
	Herndon Davis Reports on Black Gay America On the heels of his controversial book Black, Gay, & Christian, Herndon Davis launches a television show about and for black gay Americans.
	Wolfgang Busch's How Do I Look The long-awaited documentary celebrating the 35-year-old Harlem Ball culture is finally available on DVD.
	Review of Strange Fruit This new moody Southern thriller with a gay African American hero doesn’t quite have all the blockbuster trappings of a movie like The Firm, but it comes close.
	Review of Be Cool The Rock is hilarious as a gay bodyguard in this sequel to Get Shorty, which comes out on DVD today. But that's not enough to save this film from itself.
	*A Bittersweet Return for Six Feet Under's* Gay Couple** The bitter, brutally honest series takes on the subject of gay parenting this season, with mixed results.
	Review of Formula 17 This entertaining gay romantic comedy, which plays at NewFest next week and Frameline later this month, creates a queer Taiwanese wonderland that has never before been seen on the big screen.
	Review of Tori Fixx's Marry Me This timely release from gay hip hop artist Tori Fixx is thick with words, rhymes and thoughtful social observations.
	Black Comedians Perpetuate, Challenge Gay Stereotypes The treatment of homosexuality in black comedy has been amazingly progressive, and incredibly backwards, depending on the comedian.
	Bad Boy Gregg Araki Grows Up The bad boy of queer cinema demonstrates an artistic maturing with his new film Mysterious Skin, the story of two teen boys dealing with sexual abuse.
	*No More Mr. Nice Gay: Eyes's Chris Didion Hits Back* The black private detective on the new ABC drama is an unusual TV character: a gay man who is not only fully capable of defending himself, but who is also a potential threat.
	*Gays With Attitudes: Coby, Karamo Booted from Survivor: Palau* and Inferno 2** Coby and Karamo were eliminated from Survivor Palau and MTV's The Inferno 2 last week after annoying and angering their fellow contestants.
	Anwar Robinson's Gay Personal Ad The American Idol finalist does not appear to be going out of his way to stay closeted, as this gay personal ad we unnearthed attests.
	Gaytino! Born Gay, Born-Again Hispanic Dubbed “one of the 25 most powerful Latinos in Hollywood” by Hispanic Magazine, Dan Guerrero is taking the West Coast theater scene by storm with his one-man play.
	Review of Icons: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World (Vol 1) A look at Jade Estaban Estrada's charming, ambitious and funny one-man show, currently touring the U.S.
	Interview with Q. Allan Brocka The creator of the popular Rick & Steve series talks about his new gay college comedy, Eating Out, and his goal of putting more images of gay Filipino Americans on the big screen.
	Interview with Guillermo Diaz The openly gay actor talks about his drag queen turn in Stonewall, working with Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg in The Terminal, and getting used to the pace of TV.
	Interview with Maurice Jamal The writer, director and actor talks about his black, Latino, and gay hit festival movie Ski Trip, which was recently purchased by MTV's LOGO.
	Gay Hip-Hop Takes Off A look at four queer rappers who are taking the once exclusively hetero art form of hip-hop and making it their own.
	Interview with Paul Oakley Stovall The singer, songwriter, actor and playwright talks about As Much as You Can, his play about family, coming out, and interracial relationships.
	Boxing Beautiful in Thailand The award-winning Thai biopic about a male-to-female transgender boxer in Thailand debuts in the U.S.
	*Touch of Pink* A conversation with the cast and openly gay director of the new romantic gay comedy Touch of Pink.
	Interview with Rodney Evans An interview with the director of Brother to Brother, a new movie about the Harlem renaissance as seen through the memories of a black out writer.