From Queer Eye for the Straight Guy to Bruno, the portrayal of gay men and other members of the LGBT community in popular culture almost always include a healthy dose of materialism/consumerism. Seattle’s OUT for Sustainability doesn’t necessarily exist to challenge those stereotypes, but its mission of “[bringing] the LGBT community together with social and environmental sustainability” could have that effect.

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Sacha Baron Cohen, the mastermind behind Borat, this week unleashes the limp-wristed Bruno on theatregoers everywhere. While some gays are upset at the portrayal of the super-effeminate character, I feel just the opposite. Cohen’s act is obviously done with love, much like a drag queen’s lampooning of a woman. It’s an homage, not a mockery.

Bruno has been traveling the globe for movie premieres. And his outfits are ridiculous. The good folks over at Huffington Post have compiled all of Cohen’s looks in a slide-show. My hands down favorite: the pink felt catsuit he wore in Berlin. And because those Germans can be so naughty it obviously had a detachable pink felt penis. Obviously.