Politician tries to woo voters with anti-gay comic

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Brent Rinehart wants to be elected Oklahoma County Commissioner so badly, he’s wooing his more inbred voters with a misspelled, crudely-drawn homophobic comic book (PDF). It’s proof that George W Bush has lowered the bar for US politicians so far down, only slugs can pass under it.

Gay actors are urged to stay in the closet because of a belief that the public won’t accept them in straight romantic roles. Well, Neil Patrick Harris just got an Emmy nomination for his role as a womanizing jerk on “How I Met Your Mother” and just hit number one on the iTunes charts with his starring role in “Buffy” creator Joss Whedon’s hilarious internet-only musical “Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog.” We completely buy his love song to the girl in the laundromat but Captain Hammer? Totally gay.

Zac Efron has been hitting the gym, resulting in a disturbing look that’s one part girly-boy, two parts wrestler. A little green paint and you’ve got She-Hulk.

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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