Deciding that the publicist-orchestrated Sydney hotel balcony half-nekkid shots were a complete success and penetrated (*snicker—we said "success") international media, our boyfriend Zac Efron has pulled his pants over his bare booty, taken his hand off his junk and erected the classiest privacy shield this side of a Ventura adult film shoot.

You ruin everything, Zac Efron!

The second video for Australia's The Community Brave Foundation filmed at the 2012 Sydney Mardi Gras tackles Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" in all its colorful character glory. Watch, after the jump!

A cute, colorful clip filmed during this year's Sydney Mardi Gras in support of The Community Brave Foundation has been making the rounds this morning. Follow the jump to watch "Your Disco Needs You" (a Kylie tribute). 

Where RuPaul left plenty of revelers asking "What the tuck?" after her poorly reviewed Sydney Mardi Gras 2012 performance, Kylie Minogue left audiences nothing short of stunned on her home turf. Did we expect anything less, though? 

Did RuPaul go against her own best advice and fuck it up at Sydney Mardi Gras on Saturday? Many revelers who waited for hours to make up an audience of thousands at SMG's Saturday night main event have been asking "What went wrong with RuPaul?" Details follow. 

Updated Thursday at 2 p.m. (PST):

Not only did we get a Kylie video announcement, we also got another new Kylie video! Follow the jump for Ms. Minogue's Mardi Gras news, plus hear (and see) their first of her remastered K25 special tracks, "Finer Feelings" gone acoustic!

Sydney's annual Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, easily one of the world's largest LGBT events, has officially de-gayed its globally-famous title in an effort to market to the straight community. Details on the re-branded "Sydney Mardi Gras" and the promotional video created to help gays cope with the controversial decision, after the jump.

Though one might mistake the beaches of Fire Island, Laguna and Ipanema for a Speedo fashion show, the real thing, straight, err, directly from our dreams, took place this week in Sydney. While we try to wrap our minds around Speedo brand ditching the briefs to venture into board-short territories, feel free to wrap your legs around some highlights from the show, which you can see after the jump!

Though it may seem like these days the majority of gays prefer their vacations on the open seas, a new poll has unveiled the planet's land-based travel destinations that are gayer than a sweet-smelling jock-strap (see previous post)! Find out which world-cities land on top (or bottom, if you prefer) after the jump!

If you didn't notice from the 45-minute wait times in the cardio room or the iceburg-lettuce chip lunch specials in WeHo and Chelsea, Sydney's Mardi Gras is nearing. Ahead of the world's largest LGBT event celebrities are joining a PSA campaign that seeks to eradicate the derogatory use of "that's gay." Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham is the latest (and perhaps the cutest!) to join the "Say Something" campaign.

Flash mobs seem soooo 2009, but like Madonna, perhaps they'll never go out of style. The latest to catch our eye occurred in Sydney's Victoria Station shopping mall to promote none other than Glee, using the show's version of "Vogue" to stun bystanders. Oh, and Australia's chief drag export, Joyce Mange, stars as Sue Sylvester...

Maybe you're still on the 14 hour flight back. Maybe you were there and don't remember. Maybe you decided to use your quarterly circuit funds to visit Winter Party instead. Whatever the excuse, there's plenty of good reasons for us to repost this video of Kelly Rowland and David Guetta energizing the main stage dance floor of the Sydney Mardi Gras with "When Love Takes Over" took over during the event.