(POP NEWS) Bi Victory; UPS; Trumped; Tower Torture; Crazy; Secret Bomb; Chaz; RPat Coming Out; David Furnish, Jr!

• BI-PARTY: Sinema Victorious in Arizona House Race; Becomes 1st Openly Bisexual Member of Congress!

• DAMAGE CONTROL: UPS Dumps the Boy Scouts Over its Anti-Gay Policies! 

• FIRED: 465K Sign 'Dump Trump' Plea to Macy's!

• TORTURE: Tower of London Guards Spot Thief, Watch Helplessly!

• POTTER-INSPIRED: New 'Invisibility Cloak' Actually Works—Sort Of!

•  CRAZY PILL: How Field Became Mary Todd Lincoln!

• WTF? Janeane Garofalo Was Married for 20 Years, Didn't Know It!

(POLITICS Weekly) Obama Victory; Petraeus Scandal; More Election Results; Bono; 2016; Beau!

• The Real Story of the Most-Liked Photograph of All Time!

• It's Official: Obama Wins Florida!

• The World Reacts to Obama's Win!

• CIA's Petraeus Resigns Over Extramarital Affair!

• Maine, Maryland and Washington State Back Gay Marriage!

(POP NEWS) Moscow Pride; Travolta's BF; Cher; Welch; Miller's Pads; Bieber; Bogus; Northstar; Usher!

• ON HOLD: Moscow Bans Gay Pride for 100 Years!

• JUICY: Former Assistant Claims John Travolta Had Long-Term Boyfriend!

• CLOUT: Cher takes her ageless mom Georgia Holt and son Chaz Bono to meet the president!

• INFLICTION: Ex-Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Bob Welch Dead!

• PAD ALERT: 'Dynasty' Designer Nolan Miller Dies After Battling Lung Cancer!

• PROTECTED: 6K Cops to Guard Bieber Concert in Mexico!

• PHONY: Reality Show Singer's Military Photo Is Bogus!

• THREAT: Gonorrhea Grows Resistant to Drugs as Cases Rise!

• LOOKING BACK: When 'X-Men' Hero Northstar Came Out As Gay!

• REALLY: Usher Wants You to Be His Back-up Dancer ... Sort Of!

(OUTscene America) Hiighlights from GLAAD Media Awards in LA!

The 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles were a star-studded affair on Saturday night with appearances by Ellen DeGeneres, Betty White, Milla Jovoich, Benicio del Toro, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Josh Hutcherson.

But no star shined brighter than Cher who shocked the audience when she walked onto the stage at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel to present her son, Chaz Bono, with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award.

(POP NEWS): Cher at GLAAD; Jen Upstages Angie; Blow; Sarandon; Porn; Gaga; Fox News!

• SHOCKER: Cher makes surprise appearance at GLAAD Media Awards!

• SNUB: Jen and Justin Planning July Wedding!

• BLOW: Men at Work's Greg Ham was Devastated before Death!

• THREATENED: Gov't Tapped Sarandon's Phone!

• MIRACLE: Bee Gees' Robin Gibb Awakes From Coma!

• CORROSION: Watching Porn Shuts Down Parts of the Brain!

• BAD: Christians Protest Lady Gaga's Concert In Seoul; Pray It Won't Go Through!

• GOTCHA: The Simpsons Disses FOX News!

(POP NEWS): Criss Gets a Shower; Anderson; Judd; Not a SMASH; Doh!

• FINALLY: Darren Criss Gets a Shower Scene! 

• AGAIN: Anderson Cooper Can't Contain Himself!

• DESERVED: Chaz Bono to be honored by GLAAD! 

• RESPONSE: Ashley Judd Takes on Puffy-Face Haters! 

• LOSING GROUND: Put the TV Musical Out of Its Misery?

• TASTE: Like My Socks? They Cost $200! 

• DUH: Simpsons Live in ... Oregon?

CAUGHT: Chaz hits the slopes!

 

A newly-single Chaz Bono tweeted this photo of himself on the ski slopes in Colorado.

The Dancing With the Stars alum writes: Skiing for the first time in 20 years. Man am I going to be sore tomorrow.

Chaz had tweeted earlier in the week that he was heading to Colorado with stepmom Mary Bono, her husband and Chaz’s brother Chesare.
In January, it will be 14 years that Chaz’s dad, Sonny Bono, was killed in a tragic skiing accident near Lake Tahoe.

COMPLETED: Chaz proposes to Jennifer Elia on ‘Being Chaz’ !

 

Being Chaz, the follow-up to the acclaimed documentary Becoming Chaz, will premiere tonight on OWN. In it, Chaz Bono proposes to his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Elia and presents her with a diamond ring.

 

The documentary chronicles Bono’s relationship with his girlfriend after transitioning from his female-to-male sex change. It also features his casting on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars and the controversy which occurred after he was announced as a contestant.

At one point, Elia says tearfully: “People feel so angry that Chaz is entering their television. People who make change get shot, and I don’t think that’s worth it. This is insane. It’s not worth doing a show if you’re going to get shot. I don’t want him to die for a cause.”

After Being Chaz  TO set to premiere on OWN.

BRAVE: Chaz's Manly Exit from 'DWTS'!

Chaz Bono was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars last night after a season that turned up none of the controversy predicted by right-wing blowhards like Dr. Keith Ablow.

Said Chaz upon his departure: "I took so much away from this. This was an amazing journey that really pushed me and showed me that I could do so much more than I ever thought I could. I came on this show because I wanted to show America a different kind of man. If there was somebody like me on TV when I was growing up, my whole life would have been different. And so I dedicated everything I did to all the people out there like me and especially to kids and teens who are struggling. You can have a wonderful, great life and be successful and happy."

MAMA BEAR: Cher at 'Dancing with the Stars'!

Mama bear sitting next to Chaz's Publicist, Howard Bragman!

SHOCKER: People want to keep Chaz on DWTS until (Mama Bear) Cher makes an appearance!

Kristin Cavallari and Mark Ballas (Photo: ABC)

Though the ballroom buzz was that Chaz’s time had come, he and Lacey were among the first deemed safe. The shocked pressroom burst out in cheers, partly because everyone loves an underdog and Chaz is the underdog of the season. But also because this means that Cher might grace us with her presence in the audience next week as she promised.

Cher Tweeted Monday night that if Chaz made it through this week (most thought there was no way he would), she would take her seat in the ballroom to show some support.

BOOGIE BOY: Chaz Bono Cha Chas in 'Dancing with the Stars' Debut!

Chaz Bono made his debut on last night's Dancing with the Stars, doing the Cha Cha with partner Lacey Schwimmer. Bono is the first transgender contestant in the show's history and has stirred up much controversy over the past few weeks.

DWT(T)S: Joy Behar Talks to Chaz and Lacey Schwimmer About Anti-Trans Right-Wing Attacks!

Joy Behar talks to Chaz Bono about why he joined Dancing with the (trans) Stars, losing weight, hate mail and death threats over the 'controversy', Dr. Keith Ablow and his offensive FOX News editorial, how they'll identify him on the show (author and activist), Cher, and how his dancing is going.

Says Chaz of Ablow: "He's not one of my favorite authors so I don't read him...He's got an agenda so he's jumping all over this to further himself and his career."

They are joined by Chaz's dance partner Lacey Schwimmer, who says some of her (DISNEY) fans disagree with the fact that she is dancing with Chaz, but she's not focusing on the negative.

MAMA BEAR: Cher Rips Chaz 'DWTS' Haters in Surprise Call to 'Ellen'!

DIETING: Chaz Trims Down for DWTS!

Chaz Bono is already wiggling his tush and shaking off the pounds in preparation for Dancing With the Stars. Only six days into rehearsals, his DWTS partner Lacey Schwimmer says Bono is "funny," "awesome," "so nice" and 5 pounds lighter than when he started. "It's so great," Schwimmer tells People. 

"He says he's not eating any differently, he's just dancing." "When I first met him, he didn't want to do anything that made him look silly," she adds. "Now he's all for it. He's goofing off and he's pretending to be Maks [Chmerkovskiy] in rehearsals. It's really funny." But there's one thing Chaz won't do: "dance to any of his parents' songs," says Schwimmer of the 1970s mom and pop duo, Sonny and Cher. "But the show really wants it to happen, so we'll see."

TRANS TALK: Chelsea Handler “jokes” about Chaz being on “DWTS”!

 

Chelsea Handler has hosted the LA Gay & Lesbian Center’s annual gala and is generally known as being an LGBT ally.


But she is getting a lot of Back Talk for remarks she and others made on her nightly E! show Chelsea Lately about transgender male Chaz Bono being cast on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars.

Via the GLAAD blog: Friday night’s episode of Chelsea Lately repeatedly made a mockery of Chaz Bono’s transgender identity when discussing the transgender advocate’s upcoming appearance on Dancing With the Stars.

Host Chelsea Handler herself started the discussion off with a joke about Chaz Bono’s identity and anatomy, but was joined a few moments later by two members of her all-​comedian panel in using transphobic humor to mock him.

LAY OFF: No Way Chaz is Backing Down!

MAMA BEAR: Cher defends Chaz!

It’s very disappointing that there are people who have a problem with Chaz Bono participating in the new season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars because he is a transgender male, reports Greg in Hollywood.

His famous mother, Cher, took to Twitter on Wednesday to defend her child with the late Sonny Bono .

Cher initially struggled with Bono’s transition from the female Chastity to the male Chaz but she clearly loves and supports her child.

“Chaz is Being Viciously Attacked on Blogs & Message boards about being on DWTS!This is Still America right ? It took guts 2 do it.” Cher wrote in one Tweet then added: “I support him no matter what he chooses 2do! God! will there always be haters! It took COURAGE 2 do dwts ! TG Chaz has an Unlimited supply.”