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Picture of Diane Lane from the set of an HBO film based on the reality series classic, An American Family.

Kurt from Glee walks into a gay bar…

Speaking of Glee. Here’s the first look at Season Two.

Chelsea Handler’s reaction to Logo’s The A List.

Have you read Lourdes’s blog yet?

GLAAD President and husband are getting a divorce.

fab tabs is our daily roundup of items to finish off the afternoon! have a fabulis day!

This week’s confab is with Jimmy Norton who recently won the Monster Ball game. He attended Gaga’s concert in LA so we asked him about his experience!

How did you find out/ join fabulis?

I found out about fabulis during the beta testing. Started seeing a few of my friends join and before I knew it I was all caught up with fabulis.

How did you go about winning your game?

Well, after coming in second for Christina on the Today show. I thought to myself. I better have a strategy early on if I want to win on contest on here. So, In the hours leading down in declaring a winner I started networking with many other fabulis men. Meeting some really great guys all over the world. The votes started pouring in especially in the last minutes in the competition. So, looking forward to meeting some of them on the upcoming cruise. Also, a BIG thanks to Joseph Belia for taking me to Christina. He’s one of the sweets guys I’ve met thru fabulis

What was the Monster Ball like?

The Monster Ball, was fabulis. Hands Down! Gaga put on a great show really connecting with her audience. Love her messaging and what she’s all about. Got to give the girl snaps for being such a big supporter to LGBT too. Gaga gives $20K a each performance to the LGBT youth programs

How was The Standard Hotel?

The Standard in Downtown LA is a hip place that’s quite modern. The roof top bar and lounging by the pool was sublime. Loved the room for it was spacey and with comfortable. It would be a place I would definitely go back to!

Did you dress up? What’s your favorite Gaga video?

I had just flew in for the concert with only 20 minutes to spare. Thanks to Mike Piscadlo at fabulis for sending me a t-shirt to wear at the concert. I’m a big supporter of everything you guys are doing in connecting the gays around the world. Was also happy that you’re no longer blocked on Amtrak trains. I recently was on a trip back home and was allowed access to your site using their WiFi. : )

Thanks Jimmy and don’t forget to enter our Gaga Lithograph game going on right now! Learn more here.

Morning fabbits! We started a new game today! You know you listen to her all day long, don’t you want her hangin’ on your wall too? Win a Gaga lithograph by Kii Arens and display your love for the Queen! The game ends in a week so stop Dancing in the Dark and enter to win!

More info here.

A Hidden History of Gay Couples

Will Black Swan win Natalie Portman an Oscar?

Another Palin for President rumor.

Speaking of Presidents, the Oval Office gets a makeover.

Porn star, Mason Wyler talks about his HIV diagnosis.

A young Ian McKellen.

Apple unveils new iPods and iTunes.

Sean Smith from UK’s pop duo, Same Difference, is the latest to Checkum. (Possibly NSFW).

fab tabs is our daily roundup of items to finish off the afternoon! have a fabulis day!

Hey guys, don’t forget to check out our new iPhone game that started this morning! Just change one of your tags to i fab the iphone and get voted up! The game runs for another week so you better not dillydally too long! Once you win you can download our new updated fab iPhone app!

Want more info? Click here!

Matthew Mitcham, the out Olympic diver from Australia, has recently told The Herald Sun that he believes that gay footballers should come out. He says that The Arena Footballers League Players’ Association has worked on anti-homophobia that has helped with the acceptance of gays in the sport.

“If their environment allows them to feel comfortable enough to come out, I see absolutely no reason why not,” Mitcham says. 

Now of course the world of football is much different than the world of diving. Do you think Matthew is right? Should gay footballers come out to their teammates or just keep it to themselves for fear of being ostracized. 

What do you guys think? 

Morning, fabbits! Christopher, here. Humpday once again, but that also means new comics wednesday! Wednesday is when new comics hit the stands, and today is a special day in comic history because Kevin Keller, Archie’s first openly gay character comes to Riverdale! 

Kevin debuts in Veronica #202 which is released today. The Globe and Mail has a short article about the history of gays in comics, in celebration of Kevin’s coming out. 

We’ll give you a review of the issue later today!

Like it or not, Katy Perry was our girl of the summer.

See how the gay storyline on United States of Tara develops.

Is 51 too old for clubbing?

Is Sal headed back to Mad Men?

Glee kids talk Kurt’s BF!

Hey fabbits! Christopher, here. Lots of things happening at fabulis HQ, and we have some exciting announcements comin’ your way! Till then, here’s something to whet your appetite… it’s our updated fabulis iPhone app! This is v1.3 where you can edit your profile while on the go! This is a handy new feature that hopefully will convince even more of you to download the app! 

Download the fabulis iPhone v1.3 app here.

This week’s member submission is from Don Travis Bradshaw.

“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” - Woody Allen

I loved Fritz. He was the only friend I ever had in High School. Popularity evaded me - much like George Bush’s poll numbers during his last years. However, Fritz was popular. He was outgoing, good at sports, and the girls loved him. On the other hand, guess who was the complete opposite? Me..but much, much cuter!

Team sports were like kryptonite to me. Vomiting and disappearing were my forte. Yes, I would get dressed for gym class and run out with the others for roll call. When the games began, it was my cue to edge oh so quietly into the locker room and sit for an hour. Nobody missed me, nor did they care. Many times I thought to myself, “Should I be relieved or devastated?” “Relieved,” was always my conclusion. Having a best friend trumped this insult every time. And he lived in my neighborhood, too.

Fritz told me at the beginning of our friendship that we couldn’t hang out at school because people would think he was a fag.

I asked him, “Why do you want to be my friend then?”

“Because you don’t do drugs like all the others in our neighborhood,” he replied. “And I need someone to do stuff with me. I’ve seen you running and bicycling. I like to bicycle across town to meet girls at the other high shool. You can tag along and maybe you’ll get lucky cause no one knows you there.”

He said that in a friendly, joking type way, and so an awesome friendship developed. Sometimes desperation can make one do humiliating things.  But I wanted a friend. We did everything together - the malls, the movies, bicycling across town, meeting girls. My self-esteem and confidence began to take hold.  As did my crush on Fritz.

The last year of high school there was an open call for cross country running. With all the bicycling I was doing, I thought this would be a good chance to show the coach and the bullies what capabilities were growing inside of me. It was the last year, so what did I have to lose. I ran and bicycled almost everyday.

Fritz decided to join me. But we made a pact that if one lagged behind then the other would slow down and wait for the other to catch up. I thought this was cool, because I’d at least cross the finish line with my friend. Deep inside I kind of knew I’d be the lagger, but at least I was going to try. But deep inside, it was a no brainer that Fritz would not fall behind for me. He was too competitive.

The day of the tryouts Fritz and I started out slowly when the coach said “Go!” Everyone else seemed to barrell out of the gate like some racing horses on a track. It made me a little anxious, but it was evident that they would tire out on this two mile run. And I was right! Out of 25 I was moving towards the front of the pack as if my life depended on it.  I was so focused, Fritz didn’t even cross my mind. The coach was yelling MY NAME, nudging me on! Ah, the rush!

I was in fifth place coming around the last stretch, when I heard Fritz screaming out my name. I stopped and turned around. “Donnie, I fell.  I think I sprained my ankle!”  At the same time the coach yelled at me just stupified as I ran the opposite direction to help my friend. I really didn’t care. I reached out my hand and pulled him up. Once he was on his feet he said in a jovial jock-like manner, “Sucker!” and took off running.  I was kind of dumbstruck and had lost all momentum. I came in dead last. The coach just shook his head at me…no words. Fritz and some others laughed at me, called me names that I was quite familiar with, but not so much from Fritz. I just walked to my car in tears. I never spoke to Fritz again.

It took me a while, but I began to see things in a different perspective. Sure I was disappointed in myself and thought my actions were…well, lets say on the weird side. But, I did show up, and the coach and others saw that I had what it took to be a good runner. I realized that too. I proved that I could run with the best of them, and even more importantly to me, I proved my loyalty to a “friend.”

In the end, success is not so black and white. Neither is love.  It’s subjective. I love that.  My only wish is that more people understood.

Submitted by Don Travis Bradshaw

Thanks Don and don’t forget to submit your own stories here!

The new poster for THE GREATEST MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE has debuted.

Consider the search for your desktop wallpaper over.

Hi fabbits! We just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all you guys over these last few months. We’ve now hit over 70,000 members, and we couldn’t have done without you! You’ve spread the word and kept the site active and interesting. We’ve been rolling out new features over the past few weeks, and there are plenty more to come, so stick around because we know 70k is just the beginning! Thanks again, fabbits!!!