While I'm stoked that Governor Schwarzenegger publicly announced Friday that he will oppose a potential upcoming ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage in California, it only exposes his hypocrisy in vetoing past California legislation that would make same-sex marriage legal - twice! Come on, dude! You can't play on both sides of the fence.

More, from the Bay Area Reporter:

The Republican governor told Log Cabin Republicans gathered at their national convention in San Diego that he was confident a ban would never pass in California and called the effort "a waste of time," according to the Associated Press.

The announcement was somewhat expected, as the gay GOP group's California chapter has been pressing the governor to publicly oppose the measure. Schwarzenegger has previously stated he personally supports gays and lesbians being afforded marriage rights but has twice vetoed a bill that would have made gay marriages legal, saying the issue should be left to either voters or the courts to decide.

The Log Cabin head went on to call Arnold a "great friend of gay and lesbian people." Um, dude... remember this?

In our April issue we have an article by our frequent contributor Bob Kasunic titled Art Of The Perfect Dinner Party: Tips Guaranteed To Make You The Hostess With The Mostess. Bob's sage advice peppers the piece that offers the nut and bolts about throwing that perfect dinner party--even if you're like me, and throw a bowl of Lays on the table and hope for the best. (He's going to kill me!)

Anyway...

To complement his article in the April issue, Bob has made a video about preparing the perfect meal for your man after the dinner party or the date. And we're not talking dinner here, peeps.

Let us know what you think. If you love it, we may try more of these, and see what kind of tawdry situations we can get our correspondents like Bob in. (I think next time, Bob should just lose the bathrobe!)

Check it out:

What is it like for a gay, big-city, LA boy to move to Central Texas? I thought I'd start a series of randomly-recurring posts about things I've noticed since moving from the plastic-homo capital of America, West Hollywood, to the real-life capital of Texas: Austin.

When I first moved here -- for graduate school -- I wondered what I had gotten myself into. (People back home, when I told them I was moving to Texas, pretty much all had the same response: a gasp,or a scowl, or utter silence.) It's very different, to be sure. But different in ways I never expected.

Stereotype: Everything is Bigger in Texas.

Case Study No. 1: Trucks

Trucks are generally much bigger in Texas than elsewhere I've traveled. In fact, many times the roads seem to be made to accommodate vehicles with large tires and a high clearance -- as opposed to my little old 85 Benz, "Lady." (Poor Lady!)

Case Study No. 2: Gay Parties

Holy effing crap, I've worked at quite a few gay magazines, and I've never gone to an event that had as much crazy, unregulated gayness as Last Splash on Lake Travis. All the gays have their boats, they come from all over Texas, slip on their Spandex, pour the alcohol, pump the trance, tie their boats together, and the debauchery begins. It's a miracle no one drowned!

Case Study No. 3: Men

I'm 5'10. In LA, I'm just about average. Here, I'm definitely short. Which isn't a problem, cuz I like 'em tall. And as far as "bigger" in other ways is concerned? Well, judging by my utterly impartial, scientific sample, I can't say I've been disappointed. :)

Preliminary Conclusion: Everything IS bigger in Texas.

Next Time: RIP, Party Pig!

My pal Nick Verreos (of Project Runway 2 fame, and general gay-about-town), sent me this link to his blog, in which he discusses flying to Chicago to cast Project Runway 5 with Tim Gunn. I love this bit of advice for would-be cast-members:

Bringing in your 10 year old daughters' Cheerleader costume is very cute and endearing but does it belong in NY Fashion Week?

Wow. But in other Project Runway news... Variety reports that evil overlords Harvey and Bob Weinstein (who own the show) sold it to Lifetime in a back-door deal! Apparently, starting with season 6, it will be on "television for women." Can you imagine sass-tacular Christian Siriano surviving the cut by the network brass at Lifetime? I don't think so! Perhaps that cheerleading costume might be your ticket in after all, ladies!

So, so sad.

Iconic actor Charlton Heston (The Ten Commandments, Soylent Green, Planet of the Apes, and Ben Hur among many other starring roles) died of unspecified causes on Saturday. He had been battling Alzheimer's as well as prostate cancer for the last several years. He was 83.

While there's no doubt he's a screen legend, he may be most famous these days as the spokesman for the NRA - including a memorable real-life scene in Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine in which he appears to be, well, senile.

He also had controversial views on homosexuality. Back in 1997, he had this to say about gays, which drew the ire of GLAAD:

"Many homosexuals are hugely talented artists and executives... also dear friends ... I don't despise their lifestyle, though I don't share it."

"As long as gay and lesbian Americans are as productive, law-abiding and private as the rest of us, I think America owes them absolute tolerance. It's the right thing to do ... But on the other hand, I find my blood pressure rising when Clinton's cultural shock troops participate in homosexual-rights fund-raisers but boycott gun-rights fund-raisers, and then claim it's time to place homosexual men in tents with Boy Scouts, and suggest that sperm donor babies born into lesbian relationships are somehow better served and more loved."

[via AfterElton]

What do you think? Hollywood legend or a bitter old codger? Or both?