A gif I can get behind.

See above. You're welcome.

Is it okay to shoot into someone's apartment if their window's open?

How Jinkx Monsoon keeps her junk in place.

The conservative case for marriage equality.

Topless Bea Arthur painting sells for $1.9 million.

George Lopez to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas): "You are fucking crazy."

The ACLU wants "Mitchell" and "Cameron" to marry.

Two-year-old Mariska Hargitay on The Merv Griffin Show.

A Joe Manganiello animated gif you won't soon forget:

Not-so-average Joe. 

Screech for it

Superhot, superbuilt nerd of the day. (And many more!)

LAME: White House seems to fold on fiscal cliff.

Madonna to duet with Anne Hathaway?

PICTURED: The gayest work of art EVER!

The gayest songs of 2012.

Modern Family star & Pres. Obama for Illinois marriage.

"Mary Richards" slept here: Iconic home 4 sale.

Jeremy Hooper's book sold like hotcakes in '12.

Skanky singer Fantasia Barrino is anti-gay & anti-weed.

Hulk Hogan opening a "breastaurant?"

Ex-gays open their mouths and purses fall out:

Loose lips

Like Kissin' Yer Mister: Junior's hot, hot cover.

Ke$ha's video for "Die Young."

Gay and handy in the kitchen? Gotta love The Flaming Chef.

Oprah to Bette Midler: "You're in your sixties!"

Christopher Ciccone follows sis Madonna on a Gloss cover.

Gaga fans burn Madonna in efitted-T.

Chinese condom ad keeps it classy.

President Obama won eight of the country's 10 richest counties.

Changing demos doomed Republicans.

Crybabies: White People Mourning Mitt Romney.

Pregnancy test joke leads to testicular-cancer diagnosis.

Modern Family star removed from home amidst abuse allegations.

VH1 Divas special includes Miley (19), Demi (20) & Jordin (22).

Via Sticky (Work Unfriendly): For those in need of a beard.

Here come the fuzz!

In Entertainment Weekly (October 12—19, 2012), Mark Harris gingerly hates on Modern Family's gay-couple template, which has spread to The New Normal (dreadful) and Partners (not great, but it was funnier last episode). He raises some great points, including how unreal these people are. We all know queens, but these are wildly overdrawn.

Or is it just because all TV sitcom characters are over the top?

When Mitt and Ann Romney went on Live with Kelly & Michael, they were asked who they would cast to play each other. Mitt opted for Gene Hackman, not understanding he was supposed to cast someone to play his wife. Then he referenced The Birdcage. This is like when Ann said Modern Family was her fave TV show. Bitches, you shouldn't get to enjoy the gay if you're against it. (And wasn't kissing a black man against the tenets of the Mormon faith until, like, a week ago?) Full video of the air-kissy interview...

Yes, we are gay—don't judge Gilles Marini and me

Last Saturday, I had a lot of fun covering the red carpet of the 23rd GLAAD Media Awards. Didn't I just do that? Yes, but that was the New York edition; as I was in L.A., I covered the West Coast gathering. See, GLAAD ain't dumb—they have two to make it so no celebrity can say, "Oh, I'm on the wrong coast! I can't go!"

I hired my sweet pal Brad as my videographer and met him at the Westin Bonaventure just in time to check in and take our places. I kind of hate how the carpet was set up—the guests were allowed to congregate behind us to stargaze, which was distracting. But it was nothing compared to the women two spots down from me whose entire goal was to flash a huge "FREE GAY HUGS!" sign and video themselves receiving said hugs from roughly two-thirds of the celebrities who walked. (And I thought I was lame with my aggressive pic-with requests!) They were so damn loud! Luckily, they didn't ruin any of my interviews, but only by sheer luck.

Brad's mic needed batteries (he's blond; sorry, Brad) so I wound up videoing my own first chat, with Jennifer Tyrrell. She's the lesbian mom recently booted as a den mother by the virulently homophobic Boy Scouts of America. Smart woman and immediately likable. Unreal that they're getting away with that crap. I was a cub scout (I bailed on Webelos mainly because...what the fuck is a Webelo???) and fondly remember my Pinewood Derby racing days as well as the hillbilly band we assembled for a talent night. Not to mention the father/son cook-off, in which my father and I had a well-appreciated coconut cream pie. But still, fuck the Scouts.

My first stars were Angela Featherstone (STUH-nning, but my campadre confessed she had been an ice queen on a recent shoot) and Michelle Paradise of Exes & Ohs. No Megan Cavanagh, but they were delightful.

Next, I snagged Grant Gustin of Glee. I don't really follow the show, but no one that cute is getting past me without a third degree. He's adorable and quite articulate, even if he refers to gay people as "homosexuals," which totally didn't offend me because he was totally doing it to sound smart, not homophobic. I had a homosexual crush on various parts of him.

Max Adler from the same show was equally adorable and charming. He's passionate about his role, even though it came as a total shocker that his bullying character would be written as a late-blooming man-lover.

Last night's SNL was interesting to me in that brand-new cast member Kate McKinnon was given a really plum sketch (albeit the last one of the night) with host Sofia Vergara (who's charming, but whose shtick is really getting old for me). I'm kinda sick and tired of Vergara always trotting out the accent humor, but the sketch—featuring McKinnon as Penelope Cruz and Vergara as herself, both reading lines of dramatically different complexity for a shampoo commercial—actually brought a new dimension to the accent issue and was by far the funniest of the night.

Click here for more, including some chatter about the gay sketch with Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis.

I'm better than you

The Golden Globes were, as usual, far more entertaining than the Oscars. I also had no idea they are a humanitarian org. I thought they were just starfuckers (with accents) like me!

It's hard to take the likes of Kelly Osbourne seriously in the realm of fashion of beauty, but Madonna looked amazing—loved the dress and the looser hair. Her shots with Ryan Seacrest were a bit puffier than lately but nonetheless, she remains relaxed and seems genuinely thrilled to be promoting her movie.

Green is the color of Elton's envy

Why did fucking Nicole Richie name-check her hairstylist? Can't we leave anything to the imagination?

When the show began, I had to gasp at seeing Madonna and Meryl Streep at the same table. It makes perfect (Weinstein) sense, yet seeing the two living legends (and former feuders) seated together was a big thrill.

Ricky Gervais—who I love—was very funny in his intro. Even funnier was watching the petrified audience cautiously waiting for the blade to drop. The joke about Jodie Foster's Beaver, which he'd never seen and which "a lot of others had never seen," was daring; they cut away rather than linger on Jodie's reaction. She was a great sport.

Poor Gerald Butler...shaking with nerves and as off with his timing as he was on with his beauty. Kudos for rewarding Christopher Plummer for supporting actor! Beginners is a terrific movie and he deserves it for his performance as well as for his career. 

Fucking exquisite always...it's not even fair to other humans 

Laura Dern is not funnier or better than Amy Poehler, let alone the others in the category of actress in a comedy. They, like the Emmys, always go with people known for their movies in TV categories. Cool seeing Laura brought her mommy Dianne Ladd, who looks the same after all these years.

Rob Lowe's hair is like Priscilla Presley's face: It was perfect for an unnaturally long time, then it just WENT. He and the always gorgeous Julianne Moore handed the trophy to Downton Abbey, which I promise to watch. Poor Elizabeth McGovern taking a spill.

Whoops! Wrong year!

Kate Winslet certainly deserved to win for Mildred Pierce, which I feel was not appreciated as much as it should have been. It's hard remaking perfection, but I think they succeeded by  rethinking it from the ground up. She looked spectacular.

Prove it!

As of midnight last night, it was exactly six years since my first post. It's been a tough thing to keep up with a dayjob and outside activities, and just when I think I might walk away, a valuable connection or interesting opportunity or a kind word comes my way. Thank you all for reading me.

Of whom are you more jealous?

Here are my favorite 100+ posts out of nearly 11,000. Please take some time to read (or re-read!) a couple and tweet or Facebook any you like.

xoxo Matt

The pocket pool championships were intense this year

BOY CULTURE

Boy-crazy

FROM BOY TO MAN: BC B.C. (2007): The entire history of my novell and novel Boy Culture as well as the movie version; might be my ultimate post.

Jonathon Trent & Derek Magyar make an Allan Brocka sandwich

BOY ON FILM (2006): An account of the NYC launch party for Boy Culture as it played the TriBeCa Film Fest.

I was left "Reeling" by the experience

FRIENDS AND "FAMILY" (2006): The movie version of Boy Culture hits Chicago.

No one would've mistaken me for Taylor Lautner

RAPT PUPIL (2006): The final night of Outfest with Boy Culture; I was fat but on the other hand got to meet Bryan Singer.

 

MY ART

 

Construction worker (shot this week) vs. James Dean

GUYDAR (since at least January 17, 2008) & ENDS OF THE WORLD (since at least January 13, 2008): Attractive men of the world—I got your backs. Your fronts, too.

i-i-i (phone)

Not totally built

Unaltered iPhone image that still blows me away

"Your pictures suck" (2008): An art critic attacks me, but not without sustaining some hits in return.

Let's call it a draw

DRAWN TOGETHER (2008): How my desire to draw related to my secret desire. One of my absolute favorite posts.

The shirtless one

LOST ANGELES (2009): My favorite photographic travelogue of L.A.

Even then, New Yorkers feared 9/11 was the beginning of the end

ART IMITATES LIFE (2006): My 9/11 and my distaste for grief tourism.

ME

Death of the party—Jeff in high school, already halfway through his life

BURNING MAN (2007): Tribute to my late high school friend and first romance.

Signed, sealed (eventually) delivered

LOST BOY FOUND (2011): There is a book in here somewhere.

Be Italian

CIAO HOUNDS: OUR TRIP TO ITALY (2011): Finally got José to Europe.

Death becomes here

ILLINOIS DEATH TRIP (2007): Ruminations on death while revisiting a past home, and the past.

Life is short...and meaningful

PASSING BY (2008): Mourning the loss of a person I only met once.

Lots more...

The American Federation of Teachers and GLAAD have teamed up to help stigmatize bullying with a series of effective PSAs featuring a diverse array of allies.

That's a fancy way of saying Vinny from Jersey Shore did one.

Click here for more.