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Race Cooper in "XXX"

For your Monday morning wake-up call: Introducing ridiculously sexy, uber-built and amply-endowed Race Cooper, co-starring in the much-anticipated XXX from Steve Cruz and Mustang. Photos by celebrated beefcake photographer Joe Oppedisano.

Race is cast opposite another crazy sexy hot black model, Scott Alexander, in his XXX scene. The casting goes against the grain in mainstream gay porn movies, which normally feature black models in inter-racial scenes. (If they can "find" black models, right Michael Lucas?) Cooper tells Steve Cruz: "You can always tell when there's good chemistry on a scene. Scott and I have it in spades!."

Race Cooper says the choice of "Race" as his new stage name was a deliberate attempt to deconstruct the racial politics of gay porn. Cooper tells Steve Cruz: "We all know that the adult entertainment industry is just a facet of media as a whole. Regardless of recent achievements in politics, there are still biases, stigmas and stereotypes that permeate this industry. I'm of mixed races, however, most people don't see anything but a black man. So why not, just put it out there, and call myself by what most people see first?"

Oh and if you're still feeling frisky ...

Thanks RYAN!

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"Testosterone" by Joe Oppedisano

From Testosterone, the new coffee table book by celebrated New York photographer Joe Oppedisano.

At right, Mr. Sweat and Bulge is the same model who covers the current Baby Boy. Steph & Alek have more photos and a behind the scenes. Judging from the roof location and the buildings, apparently it was shot just a few blocks away at the Westbeth. Hmmm, may need to get a telescope.

More Joe Oppedisano and Baby Boy:

Baby Boy: The Black Issue (Rod 2.0) Visions (Rod 2.0) Baby Boy Takes Manhattan (Rod 2.0) March Baby Boy (Rod 2.0) Baby Boy Rafa (Rod 2.0) Baby Boy (Rod 2.0) Baby Boy Marcus (Rod 2.0) Timal by Fred Goudon (Rod 2.0)

News: New Jersey Civil Unions, Visions of Love, Wayne Brady

· New Jersey voters agree gay couples should receive the same rights as straights but they prefer civil unions over marriage. "People in New Jersey are very supportive of equal rights, but the concept of marriage is more complicated," says Mickey Blum, who conducted the survey for The Star-Ledger.

· Duane Cramer, Kurt Brown and Joe Oppedisano are among the photographers presenting their best work in "Visions: Contemporary Male Photography." The coffee table book celebrates the 25th anniversary of publisher Bruno Gmünder.

Wayne Brady makes an appearance as the "brother" of the newly out Neil Patrick Harris and the “hilarious twist has nothing to do with skin color."

· New York City will make gender a personal choice. The New York Times reports the city's Board of Health will allow transgendered persons to alter the gender on their birth certificate even if they have not had sex-change surgery. Under the new rules, applicants must have been born in the city, changed their name, shown that they had lived in their adopted gender for at least two years and submit references from doctors.

· Novelist Fred Smith is seduced by ... bacon? "Weird how the smell of bacon brings back memories of childhood, summer camp, that 'morning after', or of there being nothing else in the house that's cheap or quick to make."