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Bend It Like Breckinridge: A 47-year-old post-operative transsexual will be able to continue her life-long love of playing soccer with the announcement by Soccer Tasmania that she will be able to compete in the women’s league. (I mean, it's not like she can't pass.) (PinkNews)

Love Is a Battlefield: These love birds aren't going to let a little thing like a war stop them from tying the knot. (NYT)

The Judge Is Steamed, Too: An encounter at a gay sauna between a juror and a witness has caused a delay in a murder trial in Britain. Makes me wonder how anyone in Chelsea performs jury duty. (PinkNews)

Chalk it Up to Ingenuity: A self-trained journalist in Monrovia has his own way of delivering the news to the masses: via a blackboard. (This one's really cute.) (NYT)

Flip-Flop: I might have known that Senator Rick Santorum misspoke when he favored something that almost made him seem like a human being. (Advocate)

And You Thought Diesel Was Expensive: In a new book about the history of blue jeans, “Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon,” we learn that the oldest known pair of Levi’s in existence, a miner’s pair of buckle-back waist overalls from the 1880’s, went for $46,532 in 2001 on eBay. (NYT)

Last Call for Puget Sound Trannies: If you're trapped in the body of the wrong gender and you live in Washington state you'd better get Medicaid to pay for your sex-reassignment surgery quick. (GayWired)

Handjob Lovers: Did you know there is a Web site where you can buy and sell handmade gifts? Check out Etsy.com for items like this stylish suede mouse (at only $40, plus $7 shipping, it's a steal) and then let your arts-and-crafts inhibitions fall to the wayside. (Etsy)

Smoking Mad: I thought I was the only one who can't open his apartment windows without having to smell far-away neighbors' cigarette smoke. (NYT)

Just Joe Away: Does Joseph Lieberman have to be such a big baby? (WP)