(TIME Warp) 34 years ago the WALL was torn down and Berlin became AGAIN one the Gayest cities in the World!

The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier that existed from 1961 through 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until it was opened in 1989. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked East Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period.

(POP NEWS) Decade; Safe; Rage; Attack; Jersey; OUT; High Life; Statement; Down Low; Oz Bound; Gold; Bring it; Love Me!

• DECADE: Nate Silver Predicts We'll Have Gay Marriage Before 2020! 

• SAFE: Gay Marriage Backers Should Hope Court Punts! 

• RAGE: Qatar Marriage Rate Falls: Weddings Cost Too Much! 

• ATTACK: Bill O'Reilly Defends Gay Marriage, Says 'Bible Thumping' is Losing! 

• GOING JERSEY: 64 Percent of New Jersey Voters Support Marriage Equality, 60 Percent Support Christie! 

• OUT: 'Today' Show's Jenna Wolfe: I'm Gay and I'm Having a Child! 

• HIGH LIFE: Kentucky Passes Hemp-Growing Bill! 

• STATEMENT: Topless Tunisian Activist Safe After Death Threats! 

(POP NEWS) CALL ME; TOSS UP; EXILED; STANCE; PRIDE; PAINFUL: DISSED; DASH!

• CALL ME: Prince Harry, Given Number by Male London Socialite!

• TOSS UP: Kate Wants a Boy, William Wants Girl!

• EXILED: Dutch Lesbian Couple Hides As Foster Son's Turkish Parents Demand Return!

• STANCE: Band Scheduled to Perform at NOM's Anti-Gay Marriage March Drops Out After Discovering What They Stand For!

• PRIDE: Will Portman Says He's 'Especially Proud' of His Dad for Coming Out for Marriage Equality!

(POP NEWS) POT and MARRIAGE; NO HOPE; GOOSE; RE=BILLED; REJECTED; DONE; TYPE;TRICK; EXPIRED; CLASS!

• POT and MARRIAGE: Colorado OKs Civil Unions!

• NO HOPE: No Pope Yet After Second Blast of Black Smoke!

• GOOSE: Chavez Poison Theory Being Investigated!

• RE-BILLED: Man Returns Book 69 Years Late, Blames WWII!

• REJECTED: Aftermath of Richard III Discovery: Hate Mail!

• WHO CARES? Boy Scouts Takes Poll, Asks About Bunking With Gays!

• DONE: Toronto's Fab 'Gay Scene Magazine' Closes Up Shop!

(POP NEWS) Manti's Man; Trans-form; Dominant and Free; HIV; Mad to Death; Proof; Re-Booted; Show-off; Suck up!

• STALKER: Manti Te'o Hoaxer Wanted 'Relationship' with Him?

• TRANS-FORM: German Soldiers Growing Breasts—on One Side!

• DOMINANCE: Russian Duma Passes Ban on Gay 'Propaganda' in 390-1 Vote on First Reading!

• FREE: British Government Publishes Landmark Bill to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, with First Vote in Early February!

• NOT-TARGETED: HIV's Origins Stretch Back Millions of Years!

• WIDE-SPREAD: 2nd Hospital Warns 1.9K of Possible HIV Exposure!

• MAD TO DEATH: Woman in Aptly Named Crazy Love Movie Is Dead!

• PROOF: Beyoncé Wasn't Lip-Syncing?

• RE-BOOTED: JJ Abrams to Direct Next Star Wars Movie!

• SHOW OFF: Matt Damon Gets Revenge on Jimmy Kimmel!

• SUCK UP: Zuckerberg's New Friend is ...Chris Christie?

(POP NEWS) Gay Milestone; Mixed Bag; Annoyed; Bronzed; Bitch Alert; Censored; Campy; Gaga; Brave; Gen Gap; Gorgeous!

• MILESTONE: Obama Gives 'Most Liberal' Speech Ever!

• MIXED BAG: Stars, Westboro, and Scalia's Weird Hat!

• ANNOYED: Michelle Obama Eyerolls John Boehner!

• BRONZED: The MLK Memorial Isn't So Bad!

• BITCH ALERT: Jill Kelley on Those Threatening Emails From Broadwell!

• CENSORED: Georgia Sued for Banning 'GAYGUY' Vanity Plate!

• CAMPY: Pics Show POWs Performing in Nazi Camp!

• NOT TRUE: Library Moves Armstrong Books ... to Fiction Section!

(POP NEWS) Marilyn; Storm; Rescue; Kraut; 2nd Coming; Karma!

• MOTIVE: FBI Worried Marilyn Monroe Was Communist!

• STORM: Gen. Schwarzkopf Dead at 78!

• RESCUED: 'Rescue Me' Singer Fontella Bass Dead at 72!

• COLD TURKEY: To Avoid Gay Weddings, Firm Drops All Weddings!

• KRAUT: Germans Save Money by Exporting Old People!

• DETAILS: Straight Actor Confronts Discomfort With Playing Gay!

• SECOND COMING: Washed-Up Stars' Savior, Social Media!

• DELIVERED: Top Actors Who Show Hollywood the Money!

• KARMA: Simon Cowell Sick of Britney!

(POP NEWS) Shooter; Gay Hero; Fame Whore; Brave: Track'; Cut in Germany; Censored; Monster; SAG; Abbey Hot!

• MADE PLANS: Oregon Shooter Planned to Move to Hawaii!

• GAY HERO: Hero at the Lancome Counter at Macy's!

• FAME WHORE: Gay Intern Who Saved Gabby Giffords Life Publishing Memoir!

• BRAVE: Student At Evangelical University Fights For LGBT Group!

• OVER: Track Palin Files for Divorce!

• CUT: Germany Protects Circumcision!

• CENSORED: Is Google Hiding Porn on Image Search?

• MONSTER LOVE: Lady Gaga To Moscow;  'You Can Be Gay In My House!'

• TOP RATE: Lincoln, Les MiZ Lead SAG Nominees!

• HOTT-NESS: Downton Abbey's Gay Footman Rob James-Collier Asked About 'Male-on-Male' Kissing on 'The View'!

(POP NEWS) Bloomberg; Trump; Franken; Behar; Pot; Gangnam; Britney; OUT!

• CHANGE OF HEART: Citing Climate Change And Equality, Bloomberg Backs Obama!

• WASTED: Trump 'Sad' Obama Missed His Deadline!

• UNITED: Sen. Franken's Staff Dresses As Rainbow To Fight Anti-Gay Amendment!

• WHO CARES: Joy Behar doesn’t really get gay Republicans!

 

• TREAT: Tourists Can Smoke Pot in Amsterdam After All!

• GANGNAM: Elephant Can 'Speak' Korean!

• DELAYED: Judge Tosses Lawsuit by Britney's Ex-Manager!

• LISTED: 'OUT' Begins Unveiling Its OUT100 Honorees!

(POP NEWS) Curry's Kiss Off; ObamaCare; Rainbow; 3 Icons; Uncut in Germany!

• KISS OFF: Ann Curry's Send-Off Hits 'Wrong Note'!

• MILESTONE: Supreme Court Upholds ObamaCare!

• SENSE-LESS: Dad of Murdered Lesbian Teen Calls for Justice!

• JUSTICE: Tyler Clementi's Parents Sit Down With NBC: 'Sin Needs To Be Taken Out Of Homosexuality'

• COLORS: Gilbert Baker, Maker Of Rainbow Flag, Honored At San Francisco Pride!

• IMAGE: Meryl Streep pays tribute to Nora Ephron!

• ADMIRED: “My Three Sons” star and former Mousketeer Don Grady has died of cancer at the age of 68!

• WITH LUCY: Doris Singleton, who played Carolyn Appleby on “I Love Lucy” has died at the age of 92!

• SAFE: Anti-Adultery Ring? It Imprints 'I'm Married'!

• STONED: Poorer Nations Seeing a Rise in Drug Use!

• HOLY SH**T: Why Tom Cruise Puts Bird Poop on His Face!

• UNCUT: German Court Bans Circumcision!

• BEEF: New Book Focuses On Fire Island's Golden Days!

• MASTERPIECE: 'Astonishing X-Men' Artist Mike Perkins Selling Gay Wedding Art On eBay!

(SUPER FUNNY): Waiter Spills Tray of Beer on German Chancellor Angela Merkel!

Everyone has bad days at work, though it doesn't get much worse if you're a German waiter than spilling a tray of beer all over Chancellor Angela Merkel.

BONDED: Footballers Share French Kiss on the Field!

A goal celebration kiss between two French footballers at the Weserstadion in Bremen, Germany is making some headlines in Europe.

The Local reports: Mathieu Debuchy, a midfielder with Lille, passed the ball to Montpellier player Olivier Giroud, who scored. Debuchy then ran to Giroud who grabbed his head with both hands and kissed his teammate. The video clip of the embrace was played repeatedly on news shows and shared online.

#Debuchy was still a trending Twitter tag on Thursday morning

The goal was Giroud's first for his national team. He is currently the top scorer this year in France's leading football league, Ligue 1.

GRUESOME: Gay Berlin Man Missing for Three Weeks Found to Be Victim of BRUTAL Murder!

Berlin's gay community has been rocked by the gruesome murder of a man missing since New Year's Day:The BZ daily reported on Wednesday that the deceased, Carsten Srock, was found with his limbs expertly carved off with either an axe or large knife. The body pieces were then wrapped fastidiously in plastic bags and cling-wrap, and left to sit in the two-room flat for around three weeks. His head was found, partially cooked, by the police. Prosecutors on the case told the BZ they believe the victim was “murdered for sexual pleasure.”

Owner of the Mariendorf apartment is a 43-year-old man identified as Michael S., who was rescued by paramedics after trying to take his own life. The unemployed Berliner attempted to open a main vein, before calling the emergency services minutes after. It was only upon the arrival of the paramedics that the gruesome truth began to come to light.

THUMPING: Singer Fined for Bad-Mouthing the Bible!

A Polish pop singer has been fined for disparaging the Bible. Dorota Rabczewska, who goes by the stage name Doda, said in an interview that she doubted the Bible because "it's hard to believe in something that was written by someone drunk on wine and smoking herbs." She was fined $1,450 for offending religious feelings, reports AP. The case was seen as a test of continuing Catholic influence and freedom of expression in the increasingly secular nation. A court recently let off a death metal performer who tore a Bible during a performance, deeming it artistic expression.

BEAR-NATION: Newborn Polar Bear Siku Kills with Cuteness!

Siku, born last month at the Scandinavian Wildlife Park in Denmark, requires 24-hour care for the first year of his life because his mother did not produce enough milk to feed him. Three people are assigned the task of caring for the Polar Bear cub, who just may be the cutest thing you see all day.

"Siku" means "sea ice" in Greenlandic language, according to the park's website.

ENTERTAINING: Adam Lambert and Boyfriend Arrested After Drunken Brawl!

Adam Lambert has been arrested and jailed in Finland after a fight with his Finnish boyfriend Sauli Koskinen outside a gay bar in Helsinki, the tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reports: Lambert and Koskinen got into a heated fight between each other when they were partying in Helsinki. Lambert and Koskinen were taken into jail. They will be questioned during this morning after they have sobered up. We have to wait until that, police officer Petri Juvonen told the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat.

Both men will be held in custody during interrogations. After questioning Adam Lambert and Sauli Koskinen will be released.
The reason of the quarrel between the two lovers has not yet been confirmed. According to the police possible injuries are not severe.

Our assumption is that people were very intoxicated when the officers arrived to the scene...

THERE'S AN APP: Apparently A Dream Come True For Horny Polish Oversharers!

Did you just make love? Do you want to tell the world about it? There's an app for that!

"I Just Made Love" is catching on in Europe. At least, it's catching on in Poland. According to The Daily Mail: The Android - and now iPhone - app lets you record where, when and even in what position you 'made love' - and then upload it to an online database - with your comments.

The Android app has already been downloaded 10,000 times.

The I Just Made Love site claims to have recorded 193,000 'acts of love' ... Most of the posts via the site so far seem to be in Polish - with only isolated instances of lovemaking in other countries.

Along with the blunt fact of your having got lucky, the app lets you note where it happened, and allows you to provide a "very limited" amount of context -- whether the encounter occured indoors, outdoors, in a car, or on a boat. It's the perfect app for the Don Juan cum compulsive oversharer. Assuming compulsive oversharers get laid.

RESPECTED: LGBT Rights Pioneer Axel Axgil Dies !

The gay rights pioneer who became known as "Axel Axgil" came out of the closet in Denmark, 1948. The next day he lost his job. This weekend, he died of "complications from a fall." He was 96 years old.

According to The Washington Post: Axgil, born Axel Lundahl-Madsen, was among the founding members of the organization — one of the oldest gay rights groups in Europe — in 1948.

On Oct. 1, 1989, he and his partner Eigil were among 11 couples to exchange vows as Denmark became the first country to allow gays to enter civil unions, with nearly the same rights as heterosexual couples. Eigil Axgil died in 1995.

In the 1950s, both were sentenced on pornography charges to short prison terms for running a gay modeling agency that issued pictures of naked men. The men melded their first names into a new surname, Axgil, and used it in a public show of defiance.

BIG POLE: The mission to Male Pole Dancing!

The WSJ looks at competititive pole dancing in Hungary, and a new interest in it from men: With its roots in strip clubs and bedrooms, pole dancing has been dismissed as a misogynistic playground in which women contort themselves for the viewing pleasure of men. But lately some women have fought to transcend titillation by rebranding it as fitness. Some have even petitioned the International Olympic Committee to make it an Olympic sport.

But a lingering taboo surfaces when men seek to slide onto the pole, too.

"When I tell people what I do, there is shock, 'No! pole dancing is for women," said the "poler" Mr. Shields, who is also a student nurse. "Pole dancing, he says, "can be masculine, too."

BRONZED: Schwarzenegger Unveils Statue of ... Himself!

Arnold Schwarzenegger may be tabloid fodder in the US, but he's still a hometown hero in Thal, Austria. He unveiled a hulking statue of himself there today outside the home where he was born, which is now a museum dedicated to all things Arnold, reports the Telegraph. "For me, this is not only a museum," he said, according to the AP. "It is also a symbol of will ... everyone has a chance." Can't get to Austria? Don't worry, there's plenty more statues on the way elsewhere.