Owens (L) — who got a job and a $500K settlement thanks to Grindr — with Duran (R) (Image via FB)

Jesus, WeHo — get it together!

I was unaware of this, but West Hollywood's Mayor John Duran years ago met a guy on Grindr, had sex with him, then hired him for a nearly-six-figure job as his deputy. He was later sued for sexual harassment by his hookup/hire, who had become disillusioned with the job and with what he said were around 100 separate incidents of harassment, and the city settled for $500K with the guy.

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A store manager talks about how gay men started all the fashion trends. (Images via video still)

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“You'd call it a political no-man's land, if — given its context — the term didn't sound so ridiculous.”

On the other hand, the reporter can't help juxtaposing words like wholesome, family-style and ordinary with the concept of homosexuality.

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Timothy Dean (Image via family photo)

Ed Buck, a longtime prominent Democratic donor whose political work stretches back over 30 years, has to be wondering if he could finally pay the piper over his alleged penchant for drugging black men in order to watch them react now that a second man has died in his West Hollywood pad.

Timothy Dean, 55, apparently a longtime friend of Buck's, arrived at his apartment at 12:15 a.m. Monday and was pronounced dead by paramedics just 45 minutes later. The timing may favor Buck's contention that Dean arrived on drugs, but stories of Buck's m.o. — providing meth injections — doesn't rule out his culpability.