Best. Gay. Week. Ever! Gays Gone Bad! Plus the Men of the Black Sea!

GEE, NOW THAT'S REALLY A SHAME
This week's news seemed to have an extra helping of gay guys doing dumb and/or self-serving things that, frankly, got on my nerves.

Leading off the idiot parade, it looks like Perez Hilton may have finally gone too far by tweeting out a picture of an apparently pantyless Miley Cyrus exiting a car ala what Britney Spears did some time ago. This could potentially qualify as child porn and, if convicted, Perez (AKA Mario Lavandeira) could actually do some jail time.

Gee. How terrible.

I don't want to revel in the misfortune of someone else, but I'm a firm believer in you reap what you sow and when someone fouls the pop culture waters the way Perez has, well, let's just say I'm not surprised.

I always thought Perez would come to a bad end of some kind thanks to his endless gossipmongering and hateful posts, but I figured he would end up a tragic gay Norma Desmond figure locked in his mansion, swanning around saying "I am someone! I matter! Paris Hilton and I used to be besties!" long after he's long forgotten and no one cares. But maybe I got the locked away part right.

Next up we have Sir Elton John who, rather than addressing his having performed at Rush Limbaugh's wedding, instead had partner David Furnish talk with People Magazine. Furnish explained how surprised they were to get the invitation and that Elton said "Life is about building bridges, not walls."

I'm guessing you can build some pretty nice walls with a million bucks which is what he charged Rush.

Furnish also says Elton apparently saw an opportunity to go "where people wouldn't expect me to go." Yeah, well, there is a reason for that, Elton. You know, like how I wouldn't have expected Lena Horne to go sing "Happy Birthday" to the Grand Wizard of the KKK.

As for Rush and wifey number one two three four, Furnish says Elton reported back that they "were incredibly gracious and very welcoming and very sweet and very appreciative."

John recently performing in Prague

Well, thank heavens for that! I don't know about you, but I've been laying awake at night fretting over whether or not Elton was forced to eat cold canapes while waiting with the help in the kitchen.

What Furnish made no mention of is what was done with the $1 million fee Elton charged his friend, which I find very troubling as Elton's having donated it to his charity was the one thing that made this whole thing at least somewhat palatable for some folks including myself. 

Last week I asked readers what they thought about the issue and here are the results: 

Another troubling aspect emerged this week about Rush's wedding; it was officiated by notorious homophobe Ken Hutcherson who has attacked pretty much every pro-gay measure out there including Washington state's domestic partner laws, the Matthew Shepherd Act and, of course, he's supported the ex-gay movement. Oh, and the cherry on top of the homophobe sundae is that he also compared gays and lesbians to adulterers and murderers. 

Build a bridge to that, Elton. 

I'm kind of stunned that any gay man would take money from someone who calls Hutcherson 'friend' and has him officiate at something as sacred as a marriage. Well, as sacred as a fourth trip to the altar can be. Honestly, at this point isn't it the equivalent to going to all "all you can" buffet?

But what Elton did I find to be simply inexcusable and demonstrating a disconnect that tells me Elton has lost touch with the the real world the rest of us gays live in. 

I realize Elton has done a ton of good with his foundation and by being an out gay man, but this pretty much wipes the slate clean and leaves his gay legacy at zero IMHO.

And that's a shame.

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