It's time once again for the egregious link bait known as The Advocate's list of the 'Gayest Cities in America.' Last year, they crowned Minneapolis the winner. And this year, who might it be? Salt Lake City! Yes, using an asinine formula that involves awarding points for the number of WNBA teams, International Mr. Leather semi-finalists, gay softball teams, elected gay officials, and Imperial Court chapters, they make the provocative and pointless gesture of ranking Mormon-and-gay-hating Salt Lake City, Little Rock, Knoxville, and Grand Rapids f**king Michigan higher than San Francisco on this list. Where do we rank in 2012? EIGHTEENTH! more ›

The Advocate, a gay magazine born of struggle for equality back in the day but which has seen better days itself, just published a list of the 'Gayest Cities in America,' and you know what? San Francisco came in at number 11. ELEVEN! How is that possible, you ask, when by some accounts one in five men in this town prefers the penis to the vagina, and where we basically invented gay marriage AND glory holes? Well, it's possible because the Sadvocate used some asinine formula involving Gay.com memberships (hint: no one uses that site anymore), yellow pages entries with the word 'gay' in them (no one uses those either), number of openly gay elected officials (we have lots), number of Tegan and Sara concerts in the last five years, and the number of gay wedding officiants, which they obviously got wrong. more ›

But that's the entire point! Anyway, RicardoSF tells us in the comments section here that: more ›

The film adaptation of the popular book The Kite Runner has been delayed. According to The Advocate, "Paramount Vantage delayed the debut for six weeks, until Dec. 14, after three of its adolescent male stars said they could be targeted for their participation in a homosexual rape scene." more ›

You think it was rough to live up to your parent's expectations? What if your mom was acclaimed author Anne Rice, and your pop was not quite as famous but still critically lauded Stan Rice? It's enough to make you want to go to med school, to try to master a craft as far from theirs as possible. more ›