If we were subjected to this kind of training as one of South Korea's elite troops, we'd be thanking Gaga for frigid temps and ice-water! Gays discovered in the country's military risk a year in prison, but apparently homo-eroticism is celebrated and used in training efforts. Follow the jump for a German report on South Korea's hottest super-soldiers receiving shirtless cold-weather training.

Domestic violence is shocking enough, but after the jump get the surprising (to some) numbers and the surprising inequalities that allow these problems to persist.

We will forever wave American pom-poms at the TV screen during any Olympic games, don't get us wrong. But if the current shirtless training sessions of Britain's big Olympic hope, gymnast Louis Smith (he took the bronze in Beijing), are any indication, we might be waving our pom-poms a little lower come London 2012, so, you know, we can get a better look. Get a better look with us thanks to jaw-dropping pics of Louis tackling a pummel horse and a link to a lunch-break worthy video, after the jump...

A washed-up UFC fighter, who has spent countless hours in the embrace of muscular, sweaty men, has made headlines today for refusing to train with gay fighters.

We've been fans of Mark Kanemura ever since he became a dance-world sensation years ago on the same show he revisited last night, So You Think You Can Make Us Faint Dance. Follow the jump to watch the ripped talent return to the stage for an emotional contemporary performance alongside Sasha Mallory. 

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Maintaining the trend of "we don't take s*** from anyone anymore," Lambda Legal and Ari Gold reached an agreement with Short Line Bus Company regarding the discriminatory incident that Gold and his boyfriend experienced early last month. Details after the jump.

As if there weren't already enough reasons to practice safe-sex, yet another arrives courtesy of this week's Morbidity and Mortality Report from the CDC. Details follow. 

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Southwest Airlines Pilot James Fritzen Taylor, who was suspended and forced into diversity training after a lengthy rant about "grannies and gay" flight attendants, has issued a written apology for what he agrees were "truly insensitive" comments. Read Taylor's statement, after the jump. 

A high-heeled male stripper unleashed his bag of pole-dancing tricks this week on New York's L Train, begging me to wonder why I always get the mariachi band when I travel by subway and not half-naked hot boys. Hrmph. Video, after the jump.

With hospitals already having integrated sensitivity training for ethnic and racial minorities, this really does seem like a natural extension. Details about the implementation and the need for doing it after the jump.

DADT-repeal implementation training officially started yesterday with the government teaching the Marines how to work alongside gay people. Follow the jump for a video report. 

Glee's breakout all-boy group has a CD dropping and hit the Today show for a little song and dance. But someone was clearly missing...