Joe Okonkwo

Hot gay events from
around the world to spice up your calendar.

San Diego's
glamorous Manchester Grand Hyatt hotel has seen better days.
The hotel, owned by local magnate Douglas Manchester,
is being boycotted for the second time in six
months.

Open letters from
26 gay men and lesbians.

The Gay and
Lesbian Victory Fund, a political action committee that
works to elect LGBT politicians, has endorsed over 100
local, state, and national candidates vying for office
in November, including South Carolina's Linda Ketner
(pictured) and Colorado's Jared Polis.

An estimated
18,000 people marched in a gay pride parade in Taipei,
Taiwan, on Saturday in what's being called the largest such
march to take place in Asia. The event was Taipei's
sixth and occurred despite rain showers associated
with nearby Typhoon Jangmi, Australian newspaper The
Age reports.

The 17th season
of Survivor kicked off last night on CBS as the
contestants made their way to Gabon, divided into tribes,
and began to set up camp. And almost immediately, gay
contestant Charlie Herschel set his sights on a member
of his tribe -- sexy doc Marcus Lehman.