Jennifer Lopez has an epic, hilarious, diva-tastic interview in the May issue of The Advocate, and I am loving every second of this! The dude interviewing La Lopez is obviously one of her gay peeps, because he is all over her. He calls Jennifer’s trash-tastic single “Louboutins” maybe “the gayest song ever”. The dude also makes Jennifer out every gay dude she’s ever known or worked with, including several of her directors and her manager Benny Medina (I had no idea Medina was gay). Jennifer also gives advice to the drag queens who do her in their act, too. Oh, and she defends that f-cked up catsuit she wore on New Years (hideous) and talks about how she would feel if one of her kids was gay, and her answer is pretty awesome. Jennifer just loves her gay men! I don’t think I’ve realized it before, but Jennifer is definitely a huge supporter of the gay community. The full interview is here, and here are the best parts (there are a lot!):

When you last spoke to The Advocate in 2002, you were giving us a preview of your first lesbian role.
Oh, yeah? Which one was that?

Ricki in Gigli.
Oh, my God, that’s right! I totally forgot about that.

Understandable. So I’ve done some intensive research and concluded that “Louboutins” may be the gayest song ever.
[Laughs] I love that. I’m very happy to hear that, thank you.

Michael Patrick King would be crazy not to stick it on the Sex and the City 2 soundtrack.
I agree. He would be crazy.

Do you keep the gay audience in mind when working on a new album?
To be honest, yes, I really do. I love dance music and I know that’s very big in the club culture and in the gay community, so I feel like you can’t not think about them. I also think about whether or not they’ll want to impersonate me. [Laughs] I’ll be like, “Is this outfit any good? Would any drag queen want to put this on? No? Then forget it — it’s not worth it.”

Those Jennifer Lopez drag queens on SNL looked pretty rough. How should a drag impersonator best emulate you?
The best advice I can give is to really study your character. Like when I play a character, I really study.

Does it hurt your feelings when one of your outfits gets negative criticism?
Not really. I always wear something that I like, so whether or not other people like it isn’t that important to me. It’s always great when people say you look nice or you were one of the best dressed, but if you take that you have to also take it when they say, “Oh, we didn’t like that.” Either way, I liked it.

Your sparkly catsuit on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve got mixed reviews, but a lot of people weren’t feeling your white Versace at the 2010 Grammys.
Really? Oh, my God, that was so gorgeous. Some people have no taste.

Growing up in New York, did you ever go to gay clubs when you took the 6 train from the Bronx into Manhattan?
Yes. Escuelita — that’s the kind of Latin one, right? I’ve been connected with the gay community for a very long time.

Gay directors have helmed two of your most successful movies — Robert Luketic on Monster-in-Law and Adam Shankman on The Wedding Planner. Alan Poul, who directed The Back-Up Plan, is also gay. So that’s a good sign, right?
It’s true. I get along with the gays — what can I tell you? We click. Gay directors have a certain sensitivity when it comes to women’s issues; I don’t know if that makes any sense, but that’s what I feel. They also have a tremendous sense of humor about life, so they know romantic comedy. I love them.

In a recent interview, Shankman told The Advocate, “Did you see Wedding Planner? It’s full of pink, and look at Jennifer Lopez’s hair. It’s the gayest thing you’ve ever seen.” Were you aware of that film’s gayness at the time?
[Laughs] No, but now I see it. It’s totally clear.

Does The Back-Up Plan feature a “gay best friend” cliché — maybe the guy your character asks for sperm in the film’s trailer?
[Laughs] Everybody thinks he’s gay, but I don’t think he was intended to be. It’s not specified, but it’s funny that he’s coming off as that. No, there’s no gay best friend in this one, but out of all the romantic comedies I’ve done, I find this one to be the funniest.

Who’s your best gay friend in real life?
Oh, God, I have so many, but my closest is my manager, Benny [Medina]. He’s the godfather to my child, so he’s become a part of my family. We understand each other, we love each other, we have a certain type of chemistry, we have similar work ethics, and we can talk about everything.

More and more celebrities are supporting the gay community by vowing not to get married until all Americans can marry. I guess you didn’t get that memo, huh?
Yeah, I didn’t get that memo three times. [Laughs] When it comes to gay marriage, I just believe in love. I believe that when two people find each other and love each other, they should be able to spend their lives together. Especially being married now and having been divorced twice — being younger, more immature, and making those kinds of mistakes — I don’t think marriage is to be taken lightly for anybody. You have to work at it.

Ever since you performed at Karen’s wedding on Will & Grace, it’s been a dream of mine for you to perform at my gay wedding someday. Are your rates reasonable?
They’re kind of high.

Do your gay fans behave like they did on Will & Grace — do they wear Glow and know every move of your intricately planned choreography?
Not all, but some. It’s so great, and I, of course, love it.

You made surprise appearances at the 2002 White Party in Palm Springs and at the 2006 Heritage of Pride Dance on the Pier in New York. What’s it like to perform for a sea of gay men?
It’s the best audience ever. You guys enjoy the music, you get into it, and you’re not afraid to let go and express yourself. That’s what I want from an audience. I recently did a show where the crowd was just standing there, staring at me with their camera phones up, YouTubing me or whatever the heck they do now. I was like, “This is crazy! I need vibe!” I’d so much rather have you guys jumping up and down, waving your arms in the air.

It helps that you always have the hottest backup dancers.
Of course, I’m no dummy. I get some good ones.

On Dancelife, the 2007 MTV reality series you created, one of your gay backup dancers at the New York pride event made amends with his estranged father. How would you react if one of your kids ever came to you and said, “Mom, I’m gay”?
Honestly, it wouldn’t bother me at all. I wouldn’t be shocked or anything. Marc even once asked me, “What if one of the babies is gay?” I said, “Who cares?” And he was like, “Yeah, I know. Who cares?” You just love your kids and want them to be happy, because it’s really about love. That’s what this is all about — I sing about it, I do movies about it, and that’s how I live my life.

Would you ever do a reality show about your life?
No, because it demystifies you as a musician, an actress, and an artist. I want to act and make music, but I want people to be able to interpret it on their own terms. I don’t want people to know too much about me. That’s the great thing about the old movie stars and singers: There was an air of mystery about them. Marc and I try to maintain as much of a private life in this public arena as we can.

Not to invade your privacy, but I’d like to address some recent rumors. Are you bisexual?
No, I am not bisexual.

Why would someone say that about you?
I don’t know.

Have you ever kissed a girl and liked it?
No, I’ve never kissed a girl.

Really? Never?
Nope. Sorry!

[From The Advocate]

I know that was epic, but I hope you enjoyed every morsel of that fabulous interview. She really is funny, isn’t she? Regarding her backup dancers: “I’m no dummy. I get some good ones.” And my favorite, “Some people have no taste.” Spoken like a true diva! I would love to see some really great drag queens do her recent catsuit fetish. Oh, regarding the whole “What if your kids are gay?” thing, I really liked her answer. Do you think she really cares (because she’s so “traditional” you know)? I think she’s telling the truth. She would probably love it if Max was gay. She would raise the finest backup dancer the world has ever seen!

Oh, God. George Michael is in Australia to perform at several sold-out concerts, and it seems like George is enjoying the Aussie gay scene quite a bit. George has got the iPhone app Grindr, which apparently all the gay dudes use to hook up…? Sure. Anyway, George has been “grindr-ing” lots of Aussie dudes under the name “Back for Wood”. Which is kind of an awesome name. I wish I had thought of a cool handle like that. I bet Gerard Butler’s hetero handle is “Back for Vadge”. And whatever city he’s in, he contacts all women he’s ever met with the message, “Gerard Butler is ‘Back for Vadge’”. By the way, George is still officially with his long-term boyfriend, so I have no idea if George’s long-term relationship involves lots of Aussie strange or what.

The pop singer, famous for getting arrested cruising for sex in a public toilet, is now on Grindr, a location-based iPhone app that allows gay men to meet up via their phones. And he’s terrorizing Australia’s gays with it.

On a recent vacation down under, it appears Michael logged on to the service under the profile “Back for Wood” and contacted several men. But his randy behavior in Australia wasn’t restricted to his iPhone. While he was in Sydney to perform at several sold-out shows, Michael was also spotted hanging out at several gay bars and was also seen partying on a boat with a ripped gentleman. Fortunately, since Grindr displays where a user is located, it should be easier than ever to stay out of his way.

[From Gawker]

If you’d like to see photos of George’s pasty body partying with a really hot Aussie dude, go here. Australia’s Daily Telegraph notes that George “ditched industry invitations on the night of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade to visit Oxford St cafes and make new friends.” Translation: he ditched Australia’s establishment gays to troll for strange in a series of seedy bars, yachts, public toilets and back alleys. You know what? I kind of love George Michael. He’s so unapologetic. And he seems like he would be a lot of fun!

Oh, and I really want this suitcase:

Colin Farrell has a gay brother. His name is Eamon (above), and Eamon is his older brother, and he recently married his long-time boyfriend Steven in Canada – because Ireland doesn‘t let gay couples marry (although Eamon and Steven had some kind of wedding celebration in Ireland). Colin was Eamon’s best man! Which is really cool, I think. Anyway, Colin has always been pretty vocal about his love of his gay brother, and his support of gay rights and LGBT tolerance and acceptance in general. Now Colin is working with an Irish LGBT rights group called BeLonG To (BLGT – I guess in Ireland they mix up the acronym from the American “lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgendered”). Colin is working with a special campaign, the Belong To Young Service’s STAND UP! Campaign, which is about teaching tolerance and acceptance of LGBT kids, and to help stop the bullying of LGBT kids. Colin wrote an open letter for the Belong To website, and I just love Colin even more now – he talks a lot about being a kid and seeing his brother bullied and beaten for simply being honest about who he was:

“I can’t remember much about the years of physical and emotional abuse my brother Eamon suffered. I was very small. The thing I do remember though, quite literally, is blood on his school shirt when he came home in the afternoon. The beatings and taunting were very frequent for my him and a constant part of his school years. I didn’t understand at that time the concept of ‘difference’. Back then, as now, he was just my big brother. If I did understand what difference was I understood it in the most pure and unaffected childlike way. To me then, as a child, difference meant being left out. Joy and laughter came with being included, being embraced , and BELONGING to.

People are often afraid of difference. They feel that anything that causes fear, should be turned away from. My brother represented fear for so many people, but caused joy in my life. From a very young age he made me laugh with his intelligence and wit, made me aspire to his strength and goodness. He was to be embraced. To many of the students of his school however he was to be feared. He was to be turned away from. I didn’t understand it then, and I still don’t know.

As a race we humans are united and divided by emotions. The mother and father of all emotions, the queen and king are love and fear. Love unites, it brings us closer to an understanding of the possibility of beauty amidst all the confusion and pain that life can bring. Hate is a disease. It is fear’s messenger and it makes us do terrible things in a shadow of our better selves, of what we could be.

Intolerance is not genetically encoded – it is taught. It is learned at home. It is learned in the classrooms and it is learned anywhere else we gather as a group. But it is usually learned early and added onto from there. If there is nothing to feared, there is nothing to hate. If there is nothing to hate there is no pain.

My brother was so forceful in standing up for who he was, and for the good that he knew was inside of him. Many people missed out on an opportunity, not only to enjoy him, but to enjoy themselves by embracing his “difference”. They missed out because they saw him as a threat – not as a testament to the kaleidoscope and diversity of this beautiful world.

Bullying is torture, it is another betrayal of basic human decency and its scars reach way into the future of its survivors. But the saddest truth is that not all children survive it. It is a potentially fatal societal illness and must be respected and not feared. Respected and dealt with as a very real problem and as an adversary of a potentially harmonious world, that should have no place for bullies or bullying.”

- From Colin Farrell

[Colin Farrell’s open letter, courtesy of the Belong To website]

I am of the generation who remembers the Matthew Shepard murder, and the national coverage it received, vividly – Shepard was only a few years older than me, and he was murdered when he was in college, and when I was in college too. I really believe that one incident shaped a lot of people’s perspectives on violence against the LGBT community, although crimes against LGBT kids and adults still occur with startling frequency in this country and abroad. The statistics I found indicate that violence against LGBT kids and adults has been on the rise over the past decade, and as gay rights becomes an even more hot-button issue in the political landscape, more hate crimes will likely be committed in the coming decades. So…it’s great to see Colin do his part to speak out and draw attention to such an important cause, and one that he’s so personally involved with.

Thanks to LaineyGossip for the link!

A few weeks ago, Howard Stern and Jamie Foxx got into a heated war of words. I think it may have actually started with Stern’s comments about Gaby Sidibe, actually. But it didn’t take long for the war to become less about Sidibe’s honor and more about two douches whipping out their wangs and trying to prove who was bigger. Jamie and his friends got on Jamie’s radio show (The Foxxhole) and bashed Howard and Howard’s sidekick Robyn. Then Stern said something, something, blah, blah, Jamie Foxx is GAY. And then Jamie responded about the gay thing. But Jamie might have given us more questions than answers.

Here’s the audio clip of Jamie answering Stern’s gay jibes, but basically it boils down to this quote from Jamie: “I’m not gay…A lot of people say that I’m gay and that doesn’t bother me, because I could eat a pizza in a male shower and not feel anything because I’m secure with myself.” What the pizza shower what? I think the pizza shower thing must be on the cusp of the current gay culture, because I’ve never heard of it until now, and I really can’t wait to have this explained to me. What sex act is “pepperoni”? How about “extra cheese”? Do I not want to know?

Honestly, though, I think I understand what Jamie is trying to say, maybe. I think he’s saying that he could stand around eating pizza as he watched a lot of hot dudes get all sudsy and clean and lathered up and wet and bending over to pick over the soap… just thinking about it makes Jamie hungry. Hungry for pizza. Meat lovers pizza. And dick.

My first thought when I read the headline “Anna Paquin: I’m bisexual” was “Well, that’s interesting. Why is she telling us again?” But now that I know the context, it’s actually kind of cool. Anna is one of several celebrities participating in a new GLBT campaign called the Give a Damn Campaign. The celebrities are filming PSAs where they talk about how they feel about the GLBT community, and they’re connections to it. In her PSA, Anna tells the audience, “I’m bisexual, and I give a damn.” Oh my God, does Bill know?!?

Anna Paquin has come out of the closet.

The True Blood star says “I’m bisexual, and I give a damn,” in a new online public service announcement for the Give a Damn Campaign, aimed at promoting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality.

Now 27, Paquin dated actor Kieran Culkin in 2007, and has never discussed her sexuality with the press. She became engaged to True Blood costar Stephen Moyer, 40, in August 2009. The couple hasn’t yet announced their wedding date.

“We always take the p— out of each other and are silly with each other, and it is great,” Brit actor Moyer has said. “We’re very, very happy. She’s the best.”

Launched Thursday, the “Give a Damn” campaign — featuring Elton John, Whoopi Goldberg, Sharon and Kelly Osbourne, Wanda Sykes and others — is part of singer Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund.

“In my life I’ve crossed paths with many different people and I’ve seen firsthand what it means to be discriminated against,” Lauper says. “As a straight person, I have a responsibility to stand up for gay and transgender people each and every day. We all have to get involved; we all have to give a damn.”

[From Us Weekly]

So, Anna really is bisexual right? It’s not like one of those “We are all…[New Yorkers, Ukrainians, Londoners, bisexuals]” movement where you just say you are something as a way of expressing solidarity? I think she’s really is bisexual. Good for her! I mean, whatever. It doesn’t make a difference to me, but I’m sure Stephen Moyer “gives a damn” about that little fact.

Shocking absolutely zero people, Ricky Martin has come out of the closet. Finally! I’ve known he was gay ever since he gasped when he met Madonna live at the Grammys back in 1999. I knew he was gay when he tried to come halfway out of the closet by sort-of admitting he was bisexual. Don’t lie, he beeped on everybody’s gaydar. Anyway, Ricky chose not to come out on the cover of The Advocate or in one of the respected gay publications. Ricky didn’t even go the People Magazine route (aka, “pulling a Lance Bass”). Instead, he decided to come out on his website, and he wrote a long explanation for this whole thing too. Drama queen! No, I get it. He wants to explain:

A few months ago I decided to write my memoirs, a project I knew was going to bring me closer to an amazing turning point in my life. From the moment I wrote the first phrase I was sure the book was the tool that was going to help me free myself from things I was carrying within me for a long time. Things that were too heavy for me to keep inside. Writing this account of my life, I got very close to my truth. And thisis something worth celebrating.

For many years, there has been only one place where I am in touch with my emotions fearlessly and that’s the stage. Being on stage fills my soul in many ways, almost completely. It’s my vice. The music, the lights and the roar of the audience are elements that make me feel capable of anything. This rush of adrenaline is incredibly addictive. I don’t ever want to stop feeling these emotions. But it is serenity that brings me to where I’m at right now. An amazing emotional place of comprehension, reflection and enlightenment. At this moment I’m feeling the same freedom I usually feel only on stage, without a doubt, I need to share.

Many people told me: “Ricky it’s not important”, “it’s not worth it”, “all the years you’ve worked and everything you’ve built will collapse”, “many people in the world are not ready to accept your truth, your reality, your nature”. Because all this advice came from people who I love dearly, I decided to move on with my life not sharing with the world my entire truth. Allowing myself to be seduced by fear and insecurity became a self-fulfilling prophecy of sabotage. Today I take full responsibility for my decisions and my actions.

If someone asked me today, “Ricky, what are you afraid of?” I would answer “the blood that runs through the streets of countries at war…child slavery, terrorism…the cynicism of some people in positions of power, the misinterpretation of faith.” But fear of my truth? Not at all! On the contrary, It fills me with strength and courage. This is just what I need especially now that I am the father of two beautiful boys that are so full of light and who with their outlook teach me new things every day. To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly diminish the glow that my kids where born with. Enough is enough. This has to change. This was not supposed to happen 5 or 10 years ago, it is supposed to happen now. Today is my day, this is my time, and this is my moment.

These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn’t even know existed.

What will happen from now on? It doesn’t matter. I can only focus on what’s happening to me in this moment. The word “happiness” takes on a new meaning for me as of today. It has been a very intense process. Every word that I write in this letter is born out of love, acceptance, detachment and real contentment. Writing this is a solid step towards my inner peace and vital part of my evolution.

I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.

[From Ricky Martin’s website]

I love that sentence: “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.” It makes me giggle because I keep thinking that somewhere in this world, some dude is coming out of the closet by telling his parents “I am an unfortunate homosexual man.” I also liked that Ricky name checked his “fears”: “the blood that runs through the streets of countries at war…child slavery, terrorism…the cynicism of some people in positions of power, the misinterpretation of faith.” When you put it like that, how can we not accept his gayness, right? It’s not like he’s not a terrorist!

Anyway, congratulations to Ricky. Well done! Here’s what I want to know now – does he have a partner/boyfriend? I’m thinking he does, just because you never hear about Ricky going out to gay clubs and hitting on men. I would also bet that the partner/boyfriend is helping Ricky raise those cute little twin boys!

Normally, I couldn’t care less about anything having to do with O.J. Simpson. I’m not of the generation that saw O.J.’s trial as some kind of cultural touchstone. To me, it was just a story about the failure of the judicial system, and there are enough stories like that to fill thousands of books. The last we heard from him, CB reported that his girlfriend was afraid of what he might do to her if and when he gets out of prison, where he’s been since he was convicted of armed robbery (or attempted armed robbery, or something like that, I don’t care enough to look it up, blah).

Anyway, this story is thankfully not about his girlfriend, it’s about his “Girls”. Meaning “The Girls” in prison. That’s what the gay posse call themselves in prison, apparently, and it seems like O.J. and The Girls get along quite famously! I know I shouldn’t find any of this funny, but I do!

O.J. Simpson is despised around the world, but inside prison, he’s treated like royalty by his gay posse! That’s the startling revelation of a former inmate, who recently served time next to the disgraced football hero at Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Center.

With the help of adoring prisoners and guards, O.J. is able to gamble on sporting events, get special privileges – and even receive massages from a group of gay inmates known as “The Girls,” says the source.

“O.J. may be a pariah on the outside, but in prison, he’s still a somebody,” his fellow jailmate told The ENQUIRER exclusively.

“He’s really tight with ‘The Girls,’” said the source, referring to the openly gayl transgender part of the prison population.

“Whenever we’d be let out to the yard, O.J. would almost always hang out with them. The ‘girls’ treated him like he was a king.”

And “Daddy Juice” really knew how to take care of his “girls”, the source said.

[From The National Enquirer]

Well, it was either Nation of Islam or the gay posse. No comment on the wisdom of O.J.’s choice. But I would love to know how “Daddy Juice” takes care of his girls. I’m letting my mind wander, and something tells me it involves a lot of toilet wine and lube. Sigh… prison. Where the men are men, unless they’re Girls. By the way, the Enquirer called this story, “O.J.: King of Queens”. Which is remarkably clever!

O.J. with some ladies on November 17, 2006. Credit: ROC/Fame Pictures.

Several weeks ago, there were some reports that Real Housewife of Atlanta Kim Zolciak was now in a lesbian relationship with DJ Tracy Young. After those reports, it seemed like Kim was trying to backtrack and deny, and I read from a few sources that she was still with Big Poppa, who of course is still married. I don’t know if she is still with Big Poppa, or what the hell is really going on around that whole situation, but Kim is now confirming her bisexuality to Life & Style Magazine. Oh, and she confirms that her relationship with Tracy began as they were remixing “Tardy for the Party”. I’m seriously laughing my ass off over here.

As the buzz around her relationship with DJ Tracy Young reaches a frenzy, Real Housewives star Kim Zolciak finally speaks! In an EXCLUSIVE interview with LIFE & STYLE, Kim shares the truth about her sexuality and feelings for Tracy:

L&S: Was there chemistry the first time you and Tracy met?
Kim: Well, we were both going through heartbreak at the time. I had split up with Big Poppa, and she had just ended a relationship she had been in for three years. The first night we met, we just connected on a different level. We ended up talking for two hours. After that, we started working in the studio together, remixing “Tardy for the Party.” We gradually became closer.

L&S: Can you pinpoint the moment when things became romantic?
Kim: There were sparks, but [physically] it was a gradual situation. Tracy made the first move. Our first kiss was passionate and exciting.

L&S: Were you ever tempted to deny your relationship with Tracy?
Kim: No. I’ve never denied anything. I don’t lie. I’m not embarrassed by anything I’ve ever done in my life. But I wasn’t ready to discuss it when the story broke. I hadn’t even had the chance to talk to my family about it. It was so unfair.

L&S: Do you feel you’re giving a voice to other bisexual parents?
Kim: I’m among the millions of parents who have been in a gay or lesbian relationship. It hasn’t been an easy road lately, but I feel there are no mistakes in my life. Everything happens for a reason. To have the opportunity to speak for myself and to have people understand what I’m going through is really special. I myself was confused and scared at first. Being able to speak from my heart and get this all out, it’s a huge relief for me.

[From Life & Style]

Look, I know this woman is a golddigger who will literally “fall in love” with anyone who will support her financially, male or female. That being said, it doesn’t really seem like she’s harming anyone. Except her daughter. But beyond that, Kim amuses me. I can’t wait for the new season of the Atlanta Housewives. They’re my favorites. They’re so much more interesting than those dumbass Orange County Housewives. My mom loves them, for some reason. Ugh.

Here’s a little vintage “Tardy for the Party” for your listening pleasure. Just think… this song was playing, and it was the Sapphic siren call for Tracy and Kim…

Okay, so a few weeks ago Mike Walker, the National Enquirer’s resident gossip columnist, wrote a little piece about how Alec Baldwin had yelled at Tina Fey while they were filming a scene for 30 Rock or something. I can’t find the piece online, but I believe that Walker probably reported something like that. I mean, is it such a stretch? Alec Baldwin is a angry, intemperate man. He could conceivably yell at Tina, although I think she would probably yell right back. And she would probably punch him too. And it would all go down in a gossip column somewhere. Anyway, Alec heard about the gossip column, and he decided to take Mike Walker to task, calling him a “whore” and a “queen”. Walker is threatening retaliation against “homophobic” Alec, in print. So Alec decided to one-up him, by doubling down on the insult: “Yes, he [Walker] is a goat-footed, wheezy, old queen, and all my male lovers agree with me.” Here’s more:

Alec Baldwin, who once had a feud with Page Six — we made up — is now at war with Mike Walker of the National Enquirer. The day before he co-hosted the Oscars, Baldwin — angry at Walker for reporting he’d screamed at Tina Fey on the set of “30 Rock” — told the Times of London the veteran columnist was a “whore” and a “queen.”

Walker vents in this week’s Enquirer: “Here’s my headline: ‘Alec Baldwin — Raging Closet HOMOPHOBE!’ Grab your pitchforks and torches, Hollywood — the monster lurks among ye!”

Baldwin, who says he never screamed at Fey, doesn’t seem to be afraid of a gay backlash. He told us yesterday, “Yes, he [Walker] is a goat-footed, wheezy, old queen, and all my male lovers agree with me.”

Walker states, “Just for the record: I am not gay, as my wife will attest. Right honey? . . . HONEY?? Hey Alec: Stay tuned.”

[From Page Six]

I mean, yes, this is funny. This makes me like Alec a little. “Goat-footed, wheezy old queen” is almost poetry. But it also underlines the simple point that Alec is a crazy, angry, intemperate bastard. And you should never pick fights with gossip columnists. Especially over something so trivial, like a random report that you yelled at Tina Fey. Unless, of course, there was truth to it and Alec didn’t like that. Hmm…?

I know it seems like we’ve got a lot of gay-issued themed posts today (see this and this and this – haha, I got you to click on Mel Gibson!), but this one I just had to do. Because this one is about my gay boyfriend Johnny Weir. Apparently, Weir is not good enough to appear on “Stars on Ice”. Not that he can’t ice skate – I mean, the bitch can ice skate! No, Johnny’s problem seems to be that he’s viewed as “not family friendly”. Because, you know, he’s Johnny “I rock the pink tassel” Weir and apparently people who pay to go to ice skating tours don’t realize that many of these men are gay? Here’s more from Gawker:

That would be ironic. GLAAD says the Lady Gaga-loving Olympian was excluded from the money-raking figure skating tour because he is “not family friendly.” GLAAD blogger Lauren Mattia writes, “GLAAD has learned from a source that wishes to remain anonymous that sponsors of the Stars on Ice Tour, which include Smuckers and IMG Entertainment, have refused to allow 3-time US National Champion and 2-time Olympian Johnny Weir to participate because they claim that he is “not family friendly.”

“To say that Weir is “not family friendly” would be a clear jab at his perceived sexual orientation. Weir is extremely involved with his family. He is putting his younger brother through college, and supports the family financially because his father’s disability prohibits him from working. [...] Weir’s performance and costume style is sometimes considered flashier than those of other skaters, leading to questions about his perceived sexual orientation.”

GLAAD’s post doesn’t specify whether Weir was invited or had an interest in joining the Stars on Ice tour, which will feature teammate and Olympics gold medalist Evan Lysacek, no-longer-competing Sasha Cohen, and Japan’s Miki Ando. Weir has said he’s taking a break from performing to train privately, and has yet to comment on GLAAD’s claim. Stars on Ice also has yet to comment, though we’ve invited their spokeswoman (and Johnny’s) to comment.

[From Gawker]

This isn’t the first controversy regarding people’s reactions to Weir’s perceived sexuality. During the Olympics, Canadian commentators made “jokes” about how Weir was probably a woman, after which Weir gave one of the most brilliant press conferences about his (or anyone else’s) sexuality ever. Weir basically told the world, “Look, I am who I am, I’m not out to censor anyone or get anyone fired, but this isn’t cool because there are kids out there who need to grow up in a world where they feel safe to be who they really are.”

Now, as for the actual issue of Weir appearing on “Stars on Ice”… well, we don’t even know if Weir would want to go. He’s been popping up all over the place lately, and he’s definitely going to be around as a “celebrity” for a while, I think. There was some talk over at Gawker that Weir might make more money if he does European and international gigs, rather than just skate stateside, but I have no idea about those markets. We’ll see. Honestly, I’m fully expecting him to begin designing clothes and show up in a Lady Gaga music video any day now.

UPDATE: Johnny Weir has confirmed the speculation, telling Access Hollywood (via Towleroad): “It’s for real. All because I am not family friendly enough. I understand I am a little outrageous but I wish I could perform for the fans…Maybe right now, just artistically and creatively, I’d love to have my own show, with musical acts, like maybe getting Lady Gaga! I don’t like to think there are any boundaries. Anytime you get men in glitter it’s flamboyant!” Bless his heart. I love him for his positivism. If I was Weir, I would have been like, “Dude, we’re ice skaters. All of us love glitter and sparkles and being fabulous, that’s why we became ice skaters! And if that isn’t family friendly, then you need to suck my big glittery d-ck.”

Johnny Weir at the Independent Spirit Awards on March 5 and the Elton John post-Oscar party on March 7, 2010. Credit: WENN.