Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (February 06, 2009)

In 2001, former Sacramento and Miami point guard Jason Williams took out his frustrations on some Asian fans sitting in the front rows with a homophobic and racist rant:

"Are you a fag? Are you gay? Do you remember the Vietnam War? I'll kill y'all just like that."

The next day he was forced to apologize, which he did in his own priceless way:

"I apologize to the Asian community or any other community I offended".

Where he is now: Retired, and hoping to jumpstart a new career with the title role in the new film Gummo 2: The Next Generation.

Jason Williams, stating the obvious

And finally, there's Ken Hutcherson. The former Seattle Seahawks linebacker has turned his post-football career into one long vendetta against gays and anyone supporting them. Since becoming a minister, the list of his insane anti-gay machinations is so long it has its own Wikipedia page, but here are some greatest hits:

"I kick 'em out," he said if he discovers a parishioner is gay. "I do it three or four times a year. You bring up their names during the church service, and if they won't repent, won't turn away from sin, you have to kick 'em out."

"Christ talks about marriage between a man and a woman, and Christ would have expelled homosexuals."

Then there was his dealings with Microsoft, in which he pressured the company to drop its support for a gay-rights measure. Microsoft eventually re-instated their support, but Hutcherson had already used the debacle to ride a wave of publicity.

Ken Hutcherson is a "special envoy" to Latvia. Just ask him!

We need something to get the sour taste of those jock saps out of our mouths, so how about the luminous presence of gold-medal Olympian Matthew Mitcham!

Matt (I call him Matt, or sometimes just "M') is The Advocate cover boy this month, and he talks about winning the gold in diving, and about the controversy over NBC's coverage of his upset. Below you can see a clip of Matthew chatting about how much encouragement he's received from the gay community all over the world, and visit Advocate.com for more vids.

Next page! Shooting arrows at this week's TV.