“Dykes on Bikes” awarded trademark.

Queerty’s series on things in 2005 that were “so gay” starts today, with music. I can’t imagine who could possibly be #1.

Washington Post: Homophobes may be mentally ill.
“Mental health practitioners say they regularly confront extreme forms of racism, homophobia and other prejudice in the course of therapy, and that some patients are disabled by these beliefs. As doctors increasingly weigh the effects of race and culture on mental illness, some are asking whether pathological bias ought to be an official psychiatric diagnosis….”

Virtually unknown Mapplethorpe set to titillate in Havana exhibit.

Remember the Play Underwear party that happened in NYC earlier this year? I couldn’t help but notice they’re taking the brand to a very literal place with these iBoxers, complete with a pocket for your iPod. I suppose they’re for people who spend most of their time running around in their underwear, uh, getting turned on… And, as a special hat tip to Towleroad’s sponsors, these undies are available here and here.

Six percent of Britain is gay or lesbian, according to a new government study. Stonewall exec: “For the first time the Government has robustly acknowledged the existence of a substantial number of gay people in Britain. This is welcome and long overdue.”

Monday meeting: Ford will meet today with leaders from 19 gay organizations to discuss why they pulled their ads from gay publications. An Auto Industry analyst at Street Beat Online made it known over the weekend that he’s not happy with Ford: “Caving in to a grop that promotes intolerance and hate is never, in any way, understandable or defensible. What makes it an especially bitter pill is that I know a lot of people at Ford that I like personally, and for whom I have great personal respect. This is not their behavior, nor is it their mindset. Nonetheless, Ford has, as a corporate entity, behaved in a craven, cowardly fashion.”