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G-A-Y is legendary when it comes to getting pop acts to London for performances. Madonna, Mariah, Britney, Christina, Kylie etc. but nonetheless, Aqua were an impressive bag. 

Just in case you are too butch for such things, Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl".

The massive crowd of fans were rewarded too, with a fifteen track set! We weren’t really sure what to expect from the Aqua show – we assumed that it’d be a five song affair. Vocals varying between live and mimed, and performed to a backing CD. And we were actually really looking forward to that as it was! So obviously we, and a lot of other fans, left the show very happy indeed. They brought along a full band with them; backing singers, drums, keyboards, guitars, bass – far more than you’d have expected them to need. And they performed a whole concert’s worth of material completely live.

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A Day In Hand, the internationally successful campaign that has started a silent, same-sex hand holding revolution, gathers more momentum as the hit UK band, 4 Poofs And A Piano show their support in public. 

Ian from the Poofs (who are best known as the House Band on BBC 1’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross) said, “Same-sex couples should feel absolutely able to declare their love in public, and hand holding is a simple, yet powerful way to do this. I believe that seeing a same-sex couple holding hands in public challenges homophobia and raises awareness of the realities of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender lives. We encourage everyone to do the same.”

The Beatles, who made famous the crossing on Abbey Road, knew hand holding was important when they recorded “I Want To Hold Your Hand” in 1963. 46 years later, A Day In Hand believes that hand holding is important for all couples, gay and straight. The first ever international same-sex hand holding Saturday will be held on Saturday September 26th 2009. On this day, same-sex couples and friends all over the world are encouraged to hold hands in public to support the visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered (LGBT) people.

Read more: Why Are 4 Poofs And A Piano Holding Hands?

Matt Damon is set to play Liberaces gay lover, Scott Thorson, in a new big budget movie. 

Damon, famous for his action roles in the Bourne series, has agreed to take up the demanding role. Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas will play Librace. Director Steven Soderbergh is confident, "Matt accepted the challenge." 

"I'm sure Michael can teach me a few things, I'm pleased it's Michael," Matt said.

Asked if Matt thought he could live up to Michael's Basic Instinct co-star Sharon Stone, Matt joked, "Well I'm not doing that thing with my legs! I haven't actually thought about that stuff seriously. I'm sure it will be a bit awkward but the roles are great and the story is great and the script it great so we'll work out way through."

The as-yet-untitled film has been in the pipeline for seven years. It's due to start filming next summer. In 1982, Scott Thorson, Liberace's 24 year old bodyguard, driver, and live-in boyfriend of five years, sued the pianist for $113 million in palimony after an acrimonious split-up. 

Ever wanted to locate unidentified gay men on Facebook? Now there's an application for that. It was created by two students at MIT in America. They discovered that gay men tend to have more male Facebook friends of their own orientation.

The students, Carter Jernigan and Behram Mistree, ran the program on 10 men who were gay, but didn't reveal that information on their profiles. The software predicted that all ten were gay.

The survey indicates that people who believe they are discreet online may still be making personal information about themselves public.

In total the MIT students ran the software on 947 people who did not disclose their sexual orientation on their profiles, but it failed to accurately identify lesbians or bisexuals of either gender.

Jernigan and Mistree say they are attempting to get their study, titled Gaydar, published in a scientific journal.

It's fashion week in London and a truly naked design will be unveiled. In honor of its 25th anniversary, Absolut Vodka will unveil No Label, a limited-edition, label-less and logo-less bottle.

No Label is part of “In an Absolut World, There Are No Labels,” an ambitious initiative by the vodka manufacturer to question prejudice and established norms of sexual identity.

Absolut was one of the first consumer brands to embrace the gay community, it ran ads featuring openly gay artists like Keith Haring as early as 1981. Absolut has consistently provided ideological and financial support to the LGBT equal-rights movement. As part of the project, Absolut is producing a 24-page booklet, in collaboration with Fantastic Man magazine, that will feature personal interviews on the subject of labels and prejudice with London-based creative types like the hairstylist Guido, the P.i.X editor Hanna Hanra, and the restaurateur David Waddington, with photographs by Alasdair McLellan.

The bottle itself has a sticker with a campaign manifesto that encourages consumers to discard their labels as a sign of solidarity with sexual minorities.

Read more: Absolut Vodka Goes Naked