Even since it became clear that Hollywood intended to make a book out of Orson Scott Card’s classic novel Ender’s Game, there have been rumbles of discontent from those who knew Card holds anti-gay views. Some have suggested a boycott of the movie, while others are trying to organise an offset, donating to pro-gay causes to balance out any cash that might go to the author.

Now Geeks OUT has started what they hope will become a boycott of the film, urging people to ‘Skip Ender’s Game‘ and ‘keep your money out of Orson Scott Card’s pockets’. As well as hoping people won’t go to see the movie, they also hope their efforts will raise awareness of what Card stands ford. They ask that when the movie is released in November, people organise or attend a ‘Skip Ender’s Game’ event. Geeks OUT is already planning gatherings in Chicago, Dallas, New York, Orlando, Seattle, and Toronto.

“By pledging to Skip Ender’s Game, we can send a clear and serious message to Card and those that do business with his brand of anti-gay activism — whatever he’s selling, we’re not buying,” Geeks OUT officials write. “The queer geek community will not subsidize his fear-mongering and religious bullying. We will not pay him to demean, insult, and oppress us.”

So is Orson Scott Card really that bad? Well, yes, as he doesn’t just privately hold mildly anti-gay views, he’s actively working to withhold rights from gay people. For example, the author has previously said he believes gay sex should be banned (although he’s more recently suggested he no longer wants to see it criminalised), that same sex marriage is wrong, and has linked child abuse and homosexuality. He also sits on board of directors of the National Organization for Marriage, one of the leading anti-equal marriage lobbies, and one that’s been particularly unpleasant in its rhetoric. He also reportedly wrote in a 2009 Mormon Times opinion piece that, “Marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down.”

Just last year he wrote, “Normalizing a dysfunction [which is how he was referring to being gay] will only make ours into a society that corrodes any loyalty to it, as parents see that our laws and institutions now work against the reproductive success (not to mention happiness) of the next generation.”

Others have argued that the movie, which stars Harrison Ford (who’s very pro-gay) and Asa Butterfield, should be viewed as completely separate to Card’s views. However there’s no doubt that the more successful the film is, the more money he makes, some of which he may channel to fighting against gay rights. Expect there to be plenty more debate in the coming months.

(Here at BGPS, we haven’t completely ignored the film, although we have deliberately limited our coverage, and we’ve also made mention of Card’s opinions whenever we’ve talked about the film – we’d love to hear if you think we should join the boycott and stop talking about Ender’s Game).

In the wake of last week’s Supreme Court DOMA and Prop 8 rulings, several gay celebs came forward to say they are now planning to marry, and now Neil Patrick Harris is one of them.

He’s told E! News that, “Certainly, we have children and marriage is an appropriate thing to do [as] a part of their well being, so I’m sure it will be inevitable—and awesome!”

The How I Met Your Mother star has been engaged to David Burtka for five years, and they have two children.

However, they haven’t decided yet whether to marry in New York or California (both states now allow same sex marriage). He says, “We’re about to move to New York so it’s a tricky situation. I don’t know if it would be an east coast or west coast thing.”

As for the Supreme Court rulings themselves, he says, “It’s exciting. I figured it was an inevitability. I’m not one who jumps around and cheers and screams because I thought that was inevitable and was going to happen. It’s logical. If you look at public opinion polls, everyone, the majority of people, are very for people that fall in love with each other being able to own that.”

For nearly 30 years, Kevin Clash was the puppeteer and voice behind Sesame Street’s Elmo, but things came crashing down around him last November, when several men came forward to claim Clash had underage sex with them. A few days after the news broke, Clash resigned from Sesame Street.

While many felt there was a whiff of a shakedown about some of the claims, and Clash denied he’d ever had sexual contact with the main before they reached the age of consent, it was difficult to sort what was true from what wasn’t.

While the statute of limitation had passed for criminal charges, three separate accusers sued Clash for damages. Now THR reports those cases have been dismissed, with the judge deciding the claimants waited too long to file them.

The accusers had realised this might be a problem and had sought to get around it by saying that the psychological impact of what had occurred only manifested years later. The judge in New York didn’t accept this argument, as the law says a lawsuit has to be filed within six years of the event or three years after a plaintiff turns 21. All the accusers are now believed to be in their mid to late 20s.

As THR says, the claimants included, ‘an anonymous John Doe who claimed that Clash paid to fly him from Miami to New York to be sexually abused in the mid-’90s; Cecil Singleton, who says he met Clash on a gay telephone chat line in 2003; and Kevin Kiadii, who says his affair with Clash happened in 2004.’

It’s a mixed result for Clash, as while he’s won this battle, getting the case thrown out on a technicality means he hasn’t been exonerated of the original charges.The claimants may not give up though, with their attorney, Jeff Herman, telling TheWrap, “The statute of limitations is an arbitrary timeline that silences victims.

“We believe that the victims in this case are within the statute of limitations, but this ruling highlights the need for a window in New York to allow victims to have their day in court… This is the first battle. We plan to appeal the decision and continue the fight to be a voice for victims.”

Clash still faces an active case in Pennsylvania. In that state victims have until they turn 30 to file a sexual abuse claim, so it’s likely Kevin will have to go to court on that one as the claimant is currently 24. A further case, filed by a young man who claimed that he began having sex with Clash in 2009, was dropped in April.

Whatever happens in court, it’s unlikely he’ll ever be Elmo again.