· A doctor in Germany may well have cured AIDS with a bone marrow transplant from a donor natural immunity. Unfortunately however the requirements of bone marrow transplants prevents this from being a viable treatment for most people, even if proven successful. I also found it interesting that this may well explain a previous case where a patient appears to have been cured following a transplant years ago, but at the time natural immunities weren’t yet understood so it’s impossible to know for sure.

· Barack Obama quietly sought out and met with Bishop Gene Robinson three times during the election race to discuss what it was like to be a “first.”

· Equaility Utah is asking the LDS church to act on their comments that they are not anti-gay by supporting new bills promoting equal rights for LGBT people in Utah.

· Patrick Sammon, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, has announced plans to resign.

· Silverton, Oregon has elected Stu Rasmussen mayor. Rasmussen describes himself as an open transgender and “a dude …a heterosexual male who happens to look like a female.”

On the lighter side:

· Isaiah Washington blasted Grey’s Anatomy for the homophobia they showed by releasing Brooke Smith who played a lesbian character. Grey’s Anatomy reports that the change was for other reasons and that more lesbian/bisexual characters are in the works.

· Ted Haggard and Mark Foley chose to do interviews this week. Haggard suggests that the religious community missed an opportunity to demonstrate their Christianity by supporting him, and others, during a crisis. Foley says it wasn’t like he was messing around with young children. Apparently Larry Craig is having trouble raising money for his defense fund so far coming in at around $4.6K.

· In case you haven’t heard Lindsey Lohan has an unnamed girlfriend. While Lohan told Bazaar that she definitely wasn’t a lesbian she might, perhaps, be bisexual.