In a Year of Celebrity OUT-ings... WGAY-TV asks the question: Who is the Queer of the Year?

WGAY-TV the first, free gay TV station, online, anytime at http:wgay.tv, wants to know in a year of celebrity out-ings and queer career comebacks...Who will go down in Gay & Lesbian history as the most remembered of 2006???

In 1997, Ellen Degeneres reigned supreme coming out of the closet on the cover of Time magazine, and coining the phrase "Yup, I'm Gay." Now as 2006 draws to a close, when breakups, babies and betrayals monopolized the headlines, and the phrase being "Lance 'd," might be a better line when a celebrity comes clean on the personal rumors of their private life...

WGAY-TV wants to know who generated the biggest gay headlines this year!

Nominees include:

Neil Patrick Harris

Lance Bass

Rosie O'Donnell

Mary Cheney

and Carmen Electra.

Don't fret if your favorite queer is not listed here. WGAY-TV wants to know your suggestions!

Vote Early and Vote Often...at wgay.tv..

WGAY-TV, America's First Free Gay Station, was established in 2006 by Burt Sherwood and Jason Sherwood, General Manager of WGAY-TV. Currently available online at http://wgay.tv, offering a wide variety of original and acquired programming, dedicated to the world's largest gay and lesbian audience and lovers of the southern most point, Key West.

And thanks once again to Blog Buddy Ellegedly.com for pointing this out to me!

Sorry to start the week off on a sad note, but the gay porn industry recently lost a popular performer late last week and I wanted to make sure you all knew of his passing.

Andy Dill was born in Port Washington, New York, and lived in Iowa and Las Vegas, Nevada before moving to San Francisco, California. He worked in public relations and journalism before beginning his porn career in 2003.

From GayVN.com:

SAN FRANCISCO - Popular gay porn star Andy Dill died Wednesday afternoon in a San Francisco hospital. The cause was meningitis.

The suddenness of the illness' onslaught took everyone aback. "But I just spoke to him the other day," was a phrase that echoed through emails and phone calls as the unhappy news spread yesterday evening.

Dill, highly regarded as a person and performer, got his start in gay XXX in 2003. His individual look and sexual expertise won him immediate recognition.

In 2004 he wrote, directed, and co-filmed Bedrock for his company, Dill Media. (The movie, which he also appeared in, was distributed by Raging Stallion Studios.)

Most recently he was associated with BearFilms.com as Vice President of Production.

Among Andy Dill's movies are There Goes the Neighborhood (All Worlds); GayDreams 2 (Raging Stallion); Bear Boned (Catalina); Construction Zone 1 (Raging Stallion); Men's Room: Bakersfield Station (Titan Media); Packers (Titan Media); Tag! You're It! (Arena); Team Players (Raging Stallion).

Funeral and/or memorial service details will be announced as they become available.

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If you want to see Andy Dill at some of his XXX best, XonDemand.com does have a small number of the films he worked on for Factory Videos. To access any of them, just click on the box art below, or RIGHT HERE to view all of them at once.

Finally, you can enjoy a small sample of Andy Dill in action in this free clip from Furry Fuckers. Check out that passionate kiss with Andy and Billy Wild in the first few seconds of the clip. The gay porn industry has lost a great performer for sure...

Making the headlines today is this just released bit of news in the world of gay celebrity dating.

As mentioned on Howard Stern's radio show this morning on Sirius as well as on Blog Buddy Ellegedly.com, Lance Bass and Reichen Lehmkuhl have called it quits.

Unfortunately, I have to honestly say this news is not TOO shocking. There have been rumors floating around for awhile now about their situation was rocky at best. The general thought about what happened is that Lance was pressured into coming out on the cover of People Magazine, by Reichen, at the same time Reichen's book "Here's What We'll Say" was being released in stores. And from what I know, that is certainly believable as Reichen was on many different radio and TV stations at the time to talk about Lance, but to also plug his book. So the relationship could have been "fake" or at the very least created in part by Reichen to help promote his book, but it seems Lance was not in on this. In addition, they were reported to have been fighting a lot and agreed to the mutual break up.

But not to waste time, Ellegedly.com reports that Lance has already got himself another man. The other day, Bass showed up with a very attractive man as his date to the opening of Sunset Beach in L.A. As far as Reichen goes, I am guessing he remains single, looking for another closeted gay man to leech off of to find success. (Did I just say that?)

Anyway, I'll keep you posted if I hear more about the break-up of Lance and Reichen. I will drop everything I am doing to give you the latest news!

I have never been a HUGE James Bond fan, but I have seen a few of the movies over the decades. I have not seen the latest one now playing in theaters, but I found this and thought it was interesting to share with you.

Daniel Craig has revealed that he is pressurising producers to include a gay scene in the next James Bond film.

The "Casino Royale" star is riding a wave of popularity following the success of his first turn as the legendary superspy and is intent on revolutionising the franchise by making its lead character more unpredictable.

In addition to pushing for a gay scene in "Bond 22", the British thesp has assured bosses that he is more than prepared to do a full frontal nude scene to please his male and female admirers.

He said: "Why not? I think in this day and age, fans would have accepted it.

"I mean, look at (British TV series) 'Doctor Who' - that has had gay scenes in it and no one blinks an eye."

Casino Royale, Craig's first flick as Bond has grossed over $115 million at the US box office in its first three weeks of release. It was #2 at the box office this pase weekend, followed by the animated comedy "Happy Feet."

Source: World Sex News Daily.

I'm back from my Thankgiving break. I ate too much food, shopped for some awesome bargains on Black Friday, and started decorating for the holidays yesterday. Plus watched lots of great gay porn all weekend long. In addition, while I was gone, I saw this posted on Yahoo News and thought it would make a good topic for today's post!

In a story unusual even for a soap opera and believed to be a television first, ABC's "All My Children" this week will introduce a transgender character who is beginning to make the transition from a man into a woman.

The character, a flamboyant rock star known as Zarf, kisses the lesbian character Bianca and much drama ensues. The storyline begins with Thursday's episode of the daytime drama.

There have been a handful of post-surgical transgender characters in television shows, including a college professor in the 2001 prime-time CBS series "The Education of Max Bickford" and a model in the short-lived ABC soap opera "The City" in 1996, according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Showtime's "The L Word" currently features a character changing from a woman into a man.

"All My Children" was looking for something new, and knows its audience is always interested in anything to do with sexuality, said Julie Hanan Carruthers, the show's executive producer.

"After 36 years, you start rehashing," she said. "It's inevitable. We didn't want to fall back on the baby-switch story again."

The show wasn't interested in doing something just to be sensational, she said. GLAAD and some transgenders were brought in as consultants in shaping the character, teaching the producers when it is appropriate to call a character "she" even before surgery, she said.

Damon Romine, a spokesman for GLAAD, said he hasn't seen the show yet but feels people involved were genuinely interested in telling the story with dignity. Emotions are so close to the surface in soap operas, and this story can serve a purpose by showing what transgenders go through, he said.

"I think it's groundbreaking and breakthrough television for daytime to put a spotlight on transgender people and tell their story," he said.

"All My Children" could use some attention. Mirroring the decline of daytime dramas in general, its average audience has slipped from 8.2 million in 1991-92 to 3.1 million last year, according to Nielsen Media Research. Particularly last summer, "All My Children" has tried several new characters, said Carolyn Hinsey, editor of Soap Opera Weekly.

"They're trying really hard and they're throwing a whole lot of desperate stuff against the wall to see what sticks," she said.

Actor Jeffrey Carlson portrays Zarf, an American who nonetheless speaks in an exaggerated British accent. He was on the show for one day last summer and was surprised to get a call pitching him the new story.

Carlson said it can be intimidating feeling that he is representing the entire transgender community.

"I worry about missing something, but I guess that would be the same with any character," he said. "I want the `All My Children' audience to go along. It's not for shock value. It's just another person who's story is being told in Pine Valley."

After Zarf establishes a bond with Bianca that leads to the kiss, an angry Bianca tells him she's a lesbian. It triggers something within Zarf about why it made such sense to be falling in love with a lesbian.

It's not clear, Carruthers said, whether "All My Children" will stick with the Zarf character through any surgery; one suspects the reaction of the soap's audience to the story will have a lot to do with it.

"She talks about peace so much," Carlson said of his character. "I hope that she finds some peace."

Now I do not watch All My Children, so I can't say how this will impact the show. But I am glad to see ABC "going there" and taking a risk and adding a character like this to a well established soap opera. I just worry that the audience will have a problem accepting it. I picture the typical soap opera fan as a middle aged or older woman in her bathrobe and curlers watching her "stories." Now I know this is not at all 100% true of everyone who watches soap operas, partly because I used to watch one a few years ago. And soap operas have a large gay following in part to the goregous male eye candy on the shows. So they should have no problem with a transgender character. Time will tell if the rest of the fans will be as understanding!

And speaking of goregous male eye candy, here are a few of the current hotties on All My Children, in case you are thinking of watching the show now!

Hi everyone. Since I am now partnered with XonDemand, I thought you might be interested to read about this Press Release, especially since the lucky movie in question is a gay flick!

XonDemand, the pay-per-minute adult video-on-demand website located at www.xondemand.com, is excited to announce the recent addition of the 30,000th video to their site. The lucky title to hold this honor is actually located in the gay screening room of XonDemand's pay per view site. "Foreskin Follies" from Video 10 Productions is the official 30,000th movie added to the ever growing video on demand site!

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Launched in the fall of 2003, XonDemand.com has undergone a few design changes to remain fresh and exciting, yet remains committed to offering the best variety in adult entertainment across as many genres as possible to all its customers. Per minute viewing prices have not increased since the site debuted and XonDemand recently started offering 15 free minutes to all new users to try the site with no cost or obligation.

A leader in the industry, XonDemand features over 30,000 new and classic movies. Available in four separate screening rooms, the videos have been organized into over 130 niches catering to virtually every taste and preference. XonDemand offers a wide range of content from studios including Hustler, Adam & Eve, Red Light District Video, Evil Angel, Digital Sin, New Sensations, Legend, Metro Interactive, Totally Tasteless Video, Bacchus, Filmco, Jake Cruise, Treasure Island Media, and Private, with new releases continually being added.

So congrats to XonDemand for such a huge milestone. While fooling around on their webmaster site, I found a shit load of colorful and sexy banners they have for use to promote their site. I have picked out a few here to show off that I especially enjoy! Just click on your favorite if you want to see more movies of that particular genre, including two free XXX preview clips from specially selected movies!

Happy Monday everyone. Get ready for a short week, for most of you at least. A friend of mine found this article over the weekend from MSNBC.com and I thought you all might find interesting as well. With all the recent attention to Penguins, it seemed fitting to share this!

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SHILOH, Ill. - A picture book about two male penguins raising a baby penguin is getting a chilly reception among some parents who worry about the book's availability to children - and the reluctance of school administrators to restrict access to it.

The concerns are the latest involving "And Tango Makes Three," the illustrated children's book based on a true story of two male penguins in New York City's Central Park Zoo that adopted a fertilized egg and raised the chick as their own.

(Click image to buy from Amazon.com)

Complaining about the book's homosexual undertones, some parents of Shiloh Elementary School students believe the book - available to be checked out of the school's library in this 11,000-resident town 20 miles east of St. Louis - tackles topics their children aren't ready to handle.

Their request: Move the book to the library's regular shelves and restrict it to a section for mature issues, perhaps even requiring parental permission before a child can check it out.

For now, "And Tango Makes Three" will stay put, said school district Superintendent Jennifer Filyaw, though a panel she appointed suggested the book be moved and require parental permission to be checked out. The district's attorney said moving it might be construed as censorship.

Filyaw considers the book "adorable" and age appropriate, written for children ages 4 to 8. "My feeling is that a library is to serve an entire population," she said. "It means you represent different families in a society - different religions, different beliefs."

Lilly Del Pinto thought the book looked charming when her 5-year-old daughter brought it home in September. Del Pinto said she was halfway through reading it to her daughter "when the zookeeper said the two penguins must be in love."

"That's when I ended the story," she said. Del Pinto said her daughter's teacher told her she was unfamiliar with the book, and the school's librarian directed the mother to Filyaw.

"I wasn't armed with pitchforks or anything. I innocently was seeking answers," Del Pinto said, agreeing with Filyaw's belief that pulling the book from the shelves could constitute censorship.

The book has created similar flaps elsewhere. Earlier this year, two parents voiced concerns about the book with librarians at the Rolling Hills' Consolidated Library's branch in the northwest Missouri town of Savannah.

Barbara Read, Rolling Hills' director, has said she consulted with staff members at the Omaha, Neb., and Kansas City zoos and the University of Oklahoma's zoology department, who told her adoptions aren't unusual in the world of penguins. She said the book was then moved to the nonfiction section because it was based on actual events. In that section, she said, there was less of a chance that the book would "blindside" someone.

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If you want to read the book for yourself or perhaps to give as a gift this holiday season to hopefully open up some eyes that can't accept things that are different than themselves, Amazon.com has it in stock and is 40% off the cover price. So you can buy it for around $9.00 if you go RIGHT HERE.

I personally am glad the library is continuing to carry this book because if someone doesn't want to read it, they don't have to. But if you restrict the rights of those who do want to enjoy it because others' don't want you to, then you are going against the very principles our great nation was founded on: freedom of speech and independence. The funny part is, this book is based on a true story that actually happened. So in trying to say that homosexuals don't live by hiding this book shows the true ignorance of some people! It's like if you don't agree with something, just pretend it doesn't exist, instead of trying to understand and accept that not everything in life will be the exact way YOU want it to be... and that's OK! Embrace our differences, don't try to supress them.

And you march on you little gay penguins! You have my full support to be who you want to be!

I tend to stay away from religious issues on this blog as to not offend anyone's personal beliefs. But this story was making headlines recently, so if you missed it, I wanted to make sure you got to read it for yourself.

As reported on 365Gay.com: Organized religion fuels anti-gay discrimination and other forms of bias, pop star Elton John said in an interview published Saturday. "I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people," John said in the Observer newspaper's Music Monthly Magazine. "Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. But there are so many people I know who are gay and love their religion," he said. "From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. Organized religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate."

Religious leaders have also failed to do anything about tensions and conflicts around the world, he said. "Why aren't they having a conclave? Why aren't they coming together?" he asked. John said those in his own field have been similarly lax. "It's like the peace movement in the '60s. Musicians got through to people by getting out there and doing peace concerts, but we don't seem to do them any more," he said. "If John Lennon were alive today, he'd be leading it with a vengeance."

We will have to see if there is any fallout or protect by religious activists over Mr. John's statements. But this is not the first time he's opened his mouth and said something controversial, and it hasn't really effected his career too much. I guess when you are as successful as Elton is, you can get away with this sort of thing more.

What do you think? Do you agree with him or not? Post comments please, I love to hear from my readers!

This story broke late Friday, so it may be old by now to you, but I felt it still deserved a blog entry.

From People Magazine.com: Neil Patrick Harris is gay ? and wants to quell recent reports that he had denied it. The actor tells PEOPLE exclusively:

"The public eye has always been kind to me, and until recently I have been able to live a pretty normal life. Now it seems there is speculation and interest in my private life and relationships.

"So, rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love."

Harris, 33, currently stars in the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. He shot to fame in 1989 at age 16 when he played a teen-prodigy doctor on the hit Doogie Howser, M.D. "It was a very fast but wonderful education," he told PEOPLE in 1998.

After the show went off the air in 1993, he shook off his teen image with roles in the musicals Rent and Assassins and a wild turn as an unhinged version himself in the 2004 movie Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

"I'm enjoying my 30s," he told PEOPLE in 2004. "I feel like I know where I'm going. And I like where I'm going."

So what is up with all these celebrities coming out in the pages of People magazine lately? It is becoming the "in" thing to be gay and then announce it via People Magazine. As reported here first, we had Lance Bass from 'N Sync come out this summer, then T.R. Knight from Gray's Anatomy made the announcement last month, and now Neil Patrick Harris admits he'd gay, all in People Magazine. So, who will be the next celebrity to kick down the closet door and come out? I won't say who I think it should be... I'll just paint you a mental picture...

I have a very exciting announcement to share with everyone today. As of now, Goldie's Gay Galaxy has officially partnered with XonDemand's Video On Demand website. You can find it linked in two different locations within the XonDemand gay screening room! Check out my very high tech illustration below to show you exactly where it is located on the page.

For my current readers, this change simply means a more streamlined approach with XonDemand's vast library of gay on demand videos. I will continue my weekday posting about gay porn, pop culture, and other things I think you might enjoy. When you go to check out a movie I am talking about, you will go to the same place you always went to, it will just look a little different from the Theater I had set up on my own. Now you are going right to the XonDemand site itself, which will actually give you access to every movie they carry, including even the non-gay movies as well!

But the main reason for this post today is to welcome everyone who might be discovering Goldie's Gay Galaxy for the first time. So to everyone just finding this site now... Allow me to say "Hi!"

I started Goldie's Gay Galaxy in July 2006 as a blog to accomplish a few things. I wanted a place to post about the latest in gay porn. From hot new gay XXX titles, to exciting achievements on other gay adult websites, and even interviews with those in the industry, I try to cover it all. I also pay close attention to pop culture, especially the gay impact on Hollywood. I bring you the latest news on the gay media from music to movies to TV and more. If it gay and in the media, you can bet I'll post about it. On occasion I'll be a bit more serious and look at politics or world news, but that is not the general focus of this site. Instead, I'd rather post pictures of hot guys. And there is plenty of eye candy on this site no matter what your taste. For example:

I am always open to suggestions as to what topics to dicuss or post about. You can contact me by either leaving a comment below a specific post (and yes, I do read all comments personally) or via the e-mail address provided to the right.

To find older posts that have fallen off the first page, use the handy calendar at the top of the first page, change the month and click on any date highlighted in that ugly brownish color, and there will be at least one post to read. Or you can browse by subject a little further down if you'd prefer to search that way for specific topics.

If you want to be alerted to when I update the blog, you can always subscribe or add an RSS feed using the appripriate links on the right navigation. A subscription is quick and will e-mail you the post as soon as it is released, so you will know when to check back. I try to update the blog at least once a day during the week!

I also want to make sure you also check out my Blogroll. With so many blogs out there, it is impossible to read them all. But I have partnered with the blogs listed in my Blogroll and personally recommend them as sites that might interest you if you like what you see here. So be sure to say hi to my blog buddies, but don't forget to come back here when you are done too!

Finally, I want to tell you a little more about XonDemand if you are not aware.

They say in life that you get what you pay for, so shouldn't you only have to pay for what you get? This applies to lots of things, including the emerging world of video on demand adult entertainment. Video on Demand porn is still relatively new, so a lot of people may not even be aware that this is an option for you to enjoy. A lot of adult entertainment fans may still think the only way they can watch their favorite movies is by shelling out big bucks for a single VHS or DVD movie at a time. But those days are long behind as the internet has made watching XXX movies cheaper, faster, and easier than ever before. When looking to watch porn on-line, there are several ways to get off, but not all websites are created equally. There are a few XXX video on demand sites out there, but I found that the one that really does it best is XonDemand.

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Getting your porn from XonDemand has many unique advantages that you may not even be aware of. Unlike a traditional form of renting a video where you pay up front for the entire movie, with adult video on demand sites, you are only charged for the amount of time you actually watch. Let's face it, sometimes porn box covers are a little misleading, promising you stuff that ends up only being a small part of the entire video. With XonDemand, you are billed by the minute. So if you only want to see 10 minutes of a film, that's all you are charged for. Why pay for an entire movie if you don't want to watch it all? It doesn't make much sense, and XonDemand helps keep the costs of porn down and make the selection virtually unlimited.

Whether you like it all or prefer only one specific type of porn, you can't possibly buy every one of the thousands of adult videos on the market; that would be ridiculous and expensive. With XonDemand, you can pick and pick and choose a few minutes from quite a bit of them, and still end up paying less than it would cost to buy just one on DVD. This is just another reason video on demand by XonDemand is the only way to get your XXX fix! XonDemand is truly a one stop shop for all your gay porn video on demand needs.

And when you just need a quick little fix... XonDemand to the rescue. Every day they offer two completely free hardcore preview clips from their vast library of titles in each of the 5 screening rooms. You don't even have to sign in or have purchase minutes to watch them. However, watching these clips will hopefully encourage you to want to see more and check out the rest of the movie. Here's a totally dirty free preview for you of one of my favorite gay porn movies of all time, Meat Rack, from the always filthy studio Treasure Island Media, just one of the hundreds of studios on XonDemand...

So I think I've rambled on long enough. If you want to see more gay porn than you've ever seen in one place before, head on over to XonDemand! It is waiting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for your gay porn enjoyment! Thank you for checking out my blog and I hope you will come back again and again. And tell your friends too! Gay porn should be shared with as many people as possible!!!