We don't usually link to free porn sites from our blog but in this case we'll make an exception. The Banana Club is much more exclusive than BananaGuide: while we'll take any kind of banana, the Club accepts only those whose shape conforms to that of the phallic fruit. Whether it's to the left, the right, up or down, all these bananas are slightly bent. 

Since we first explored Blake Mason a year ago the site has grown enormously, more than doubling the  number of videos to 185. The Brit boys on this site are all very cute and the quality of the 770x575 high-res videos is superb. Previously only available in Windows Media format, the vids can now be downloaded in MPEG-4 so Mac users can enjoy the site as well. There's also no DRM on the vids, so download and enjoy!  Read the review.

American politicians can get away with a lot of things. Lying. Cheating. Sometimes, even stealing. And while their constituents will forgive them for many crimes, the "crime" that remains unforgivable is playing with one's   God-given gender. According to two stories reported recently by Gay.com, it doesn't matter if you're a little-known city manager or a major presidential contender: changing your sex is strictly forbidden.

The weapons of homophobia know no bounds. A woman accused of targeting a gay couple with  produce in Pacifica, California in March was arraigned Friday in a South San Francisco courtroom. Tiffany Adler, 20, is accused of  chucking apples and asparagus at a gay couple as she passed by them in a van.

"Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis has not had his best week.  On Tuesday he was arrested and thrown in a Florida jail on a contempt of court charge. He had been held in custody for only a day when a Nevada federal grand jury indicted him on  tax evasion charges. To top off the week, he found himself in more hot water for attempting to bribe a jail guard and for  possessing contraband prescription drugs and cash. 

There are lots of actors that you've probably dreamed of seeing naked on stage. Brad Pitt. Jake Gyllenhaal. George Clooney. We'll wager Sir Ian McKellen isn't on your list. While he may not be your typical celebrity boy toy, the 67-year-old "Lord of the Rings" star is bearing it all -- ready or not -- in a new British production of William Shakespeare's "King Lear," in which he plays the title role.

It's muscle, muscle, everywhere, and not a Muscle Mary in the bunch. If big, bulging biceps, massive thighs, cut abs and handsome faces turn your crank then Mark Wolffe Video may be the site for you. But unbelievers be warned: this is a site for true "worshippers" who get off on admiring gym bunnies as they pose,  oil up, wrestle and play with each other in that uniquely  hyper-masculine  (yet oh-so-homoerotic) way that only porno bodybuilders can. Read the review.

Fall Out Boy bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz has always been pretty cool about the gays. In fact he's so hip that he freely admits necking with guys since “anything above the waist is fair game.” Wenz confirms his metrosexuality in an interview with the Advocate, saying, "That’s just kind of how I am. I’m a little bit of a make-out king. I don’t discriminate too much."

Chi Chi LaRue doesn't often find himself in the company of mainstream gays like Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. And yet this month, that's exactly where LaRue is at. The gay porn director, drag queen and safe-sex advocate is featured in the May issue of Out Magazine, where he is listed with the likes of DeGeneres and O'Donnell as one of America's 50 most powerful gays.

- by Mark Kliem
Gay porn to mainstream fashion crossovers seem to be all the rage these days. Some recent sightings: Erik Rhodes and Ben Andrews dressing up the windows at Loehmann’s; Benjamin Bradley  and blogger bf Ethan Reynolds representing gay-friendly Ginch Gonch; and Johnny Hazzard modelling for Rufskin (not to be confused with the children's line at Sears!)

Previously we told you about zoos in Asia that sometimes show their pandas sex videos to get them in the mood for love. But this week Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo reported that it had to resort to artificially inseminating a female after their resident panda couple gave the bear porn two "paws down."  So why doesn't bear erotica work every time? Our guess is that pandas are so darned cute some of them have just got to be gay!

• Bear porn leaves pandas cold [IOL.co.za]

There's a whole porn world beyond the borders of the US and EU!  Probably the best asian male site online, Asian Boy Nation is chock-a-block with handsome, young guys hailing from China, the Phillipines, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Viet Nam, and Malaysia. So pack your bags, it's time to head East! [Read the review]