Always a bridesmaid, never a bride

William Shatner wasn’t invited to George Takei’s big gay wedding and he’s awfully unhappy about it! Be warned — this clip is rated A for Awkward:

In other big gay sci-fi news, the second season finale of ‘Torchwood’ airs this Friday at 10pm on Space! Even better than the show, however, is the way the cast keeps making out with each other at conventions!

Drab no more: Gabe and Max have got your guide to style!

Why does the American election scare me so badly? This lady.

But then again, the prospect of an Obama presidency terrifies the other side just as badly…

Blatant plug: if you’ve never seen the classic 1985 film ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ Amazon is now the exclusive distributor of a lovely 2-disc remastered DVD so do yourself a favour and check it out!

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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