Weekend Meme: Mark Indelicato Speaks Out, "Wonder Woman" Returns To Television, and Gareth Thomas Likes Mickey Rourke

A group of mothers has taken out an ad in South Korea to protest a gay storyline on Life Is Beautiful. The newspaper ad reads “If my son becomes gay and dies from AIDs [sic] after watching Life Is Beautiful, SBS must take responsibility!”

Beyond the ridiculous misinformation and hatred in the ad, there’s the gross irresponsibility of a paper that would print it. Hong Seok Cheon, one of the first out stars in Korea, is speaking out about all the friends and the costars of his who are obviously not gay by association.

Ugly Betty’s Mark Indelicato has made a video that’s not quite It Gets Better, but the young man wants to try and explain what it’s like to be different in school.

If you’re in New York City Sunday night at 9:00PM in Washington Square there will be a glow stick vigil held for the teens we’ve lost.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan broke the deafening silence from the federal government on the rash of teen suicides with a forceful press release.  Please contain your excitement.

No one can say no to Ben Cohen (well, I couldn’t). Manchester has won the bid he endorsed for the Bingham Cup.

Some are counting nine dead teens from suicide in September, not five. At least eight of the nine were due to anti-gay bullying.

Eric Balfour looked great in his teal briefs on Haven last week, but now people are complaining that the actor had said in a 2006 interview with Conan O’Brienthat he doesn’t even own underwear as a result of his hippie upbringing. And if you’re wondering how I found all this, Eric tweeted amusement that people cared.

ABC’s My Generation couldn’t manage to fit a gay character into the ten friends it followed  for twenty years, and audiences couldn’t manage to watch the show. It becomes the second series canceled this season after only two episodes.

Ryan Reynolds says that if he wasn’t an actor, he’d probably be a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Office4 like his father. I’ll give you a moment to picture the sexy Reynolds in a Mountie uniform. Well, half in/half out of a Mountie uniform.

In nature news, the bells have tolled for the bar-tailed godwits.The birds have the longest migration of any bird, from Alaska to New Zealand, and the bells of Christchurch cathedral always ring to celebrate the arrival of the first birds.

How many NOM’s does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Dan Savage is sick of dead gay kids, and has no patience for a Christian offended by his comments that many religions contribute to the feelings of shame that drives these kids to suicide. “I'm sorry your feelings were hurt by my comments. No, wait. I'm not. Gay kids are dying. So let's try to keep things in perspective: f**k your feelings.” That makes him sound like a bully, but he supports his point pretty well.

Gilles Marini will be live tweeting the Brothers &Sisters episode at 10 PM EDT Sunday, October 3.

Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell will be facing a disciplinary hearing if he chooses to come back from his voluntary leave. Shirvell is accused of harassing openly gay University of Michiigan student body president Chris Armstrong. I’m always scared of things that encroach on free speech, but I also believe the rules change for people in positions of power like law enforcement and the military.

While there are reports that MGM and Warner are close to a deal to get started filming The Hobbit with Peter Jackson at the helm, a fire struck the miniatures sound stage in New Zealand that would have been used for filming the project, requiring fifty firefighters hours to control it. Maybe this movie is truly cursed?

CNN fired Rick Sanchez for saying the networks were all run by Jews like Jon Stewart. Some people think the most interesting question is what happens to his Twitter account.

Fox is so intent on landing the movie rights for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter that they decorated the entire lot with bloody footsteps, banners, and even a Confederate bugle player as the rights holders arrived on the lot. Does anyone really want to see another vampire movie?

The YES network was interviewing Yankees team manager Joe Girardi in the locker room when suddenly, a player only partially off screen dropped trou on live television.The very cute hiney is believed to belong to goodie-two-shoes pitcher Phil Hughes. Obviously NSFW, and not just for the butt shot.

On the good news side, Connecticut civil unions were automatically upgraded to full, equal marriage Friday.

David E. Kelley, the man behind Ally McBeal, is developing a new Wonder Woman television show. I’m guessing the truth telling properties of the magic lasso will help this new Wonder Woman with all the relationship angst Kelley will be sure to write for her.