You’re unlikely to find these chandeliers hanging in Buckingham Palace. The custom-made models come in a variety of unusual designs, including guns, a gold-studded skull and crossbones, and even a giant penis. Other designs created by Hans Van Bentem, who uses the finest Bohemian crystal, include a giant champagne bottle and a large globe. A spokesman for Dutch-based designers, Rock & Royal, said: “We get all sorts of requests.”

The chandeliers can cost thousands of dollars depending on the design.

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A story was ran yesterday in the Dallas Morning News about our buddies at GayListDaily.com. “As business role models go, the sassy e-newsletter DailyCandy was not a bad one. But Cooper Smith thought there was room for one with an edge – a gay one.” Congrats guys!

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Nothing majorly important, but I just found this off of Digg.com. Apparently, like the rest of California who wants to turn our marriage rights into a marketing campaign, someone decided to create My Queer Wedding, “an exciting new social-media and community-building website dedicated to promoting products and services for queer weddings.” I don’t need a website, all I need is Target :D Gift registry bitch.

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The men and women of the elite Paris’ fire rescue department, Paris XI, had a two day open house this past Sunday and Monday and our buddy Gregory was there to capture some pics :) Check em out after the jump.

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The girls over at the Gay List Daily is taking their e-list to the next level with the addition of New York City. The NYC launch marks their second city-specific edition for the sassy gay e-zine. Los Angeles and national “anywhere� editions to launch in the coming weeks.

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No, it’s not an escort service, though I pray to God it secretly becomes one. Have you ever been to one of those fashion/cock-tail parties and wonder why the hell the hot guy is carrying around a tray of caviar instead of flaunting his stuff on the runway? [Pics after jump]

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Talk about crazy ad campaigns - what kid did you know that was this excited to eat a hot dog? Gah!

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Every week a new question is submitted to “On Faith“, a weblog where about 50 leaders from the religious arena comes and answer questions on the aspects of religion. This week’s question: “The California Supreme Court has overturned that state’s ban on gay marriage. Is marriage a legal right or a sacred rite? Should the state be involved in marriage? Should religious institutions?” Check out what one guy had to say.

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A recent poll conducted by the L.A. Times suggest that despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, Californians narrowly reject gay marriage. How dumb! This poll does not make a dang sense. Read the quote after the jump.

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The happily-ever-after couple who got married at the royal residence Windsor Castle this past Saturaday (May 17, 2008), were granted the privilege to approve which pictures would appear in the magazine spread as part of their £500,000 deal with the rag. The famil, however, didn’t approve.

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With the recent ruling by the Supreme Court of California that legalized gay marriages, the debate gate is getting mighty flooded. It has become so over flooded that one journalist thought someone actually cared about what he had to say. Michael Schindler tells us, “Gay’s don’t belong in the military.”

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Curiosity kills the tramp, but generosity… well, it does something. Justin Rudd, according to our buddy at Pretty On The Outside is the “personification of the word giving”. Justin Rudd just recently completed a huge project in Long Beach, CA. He did his own version of Oprah’s Big Give. Justin will be the Grand Marshal of the Long Beach Gay Pride Parade next weekend. Pictured is winning “giver”, Samuel Lippke.

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