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How do you let the execs behind your show know that you’re pissed about all the sweeping changes that they’re making?

If you’re Cindy McCain critic Tim Gunn and have the uncertainty of what lies ahead for Project Runway, you start sniping away at the brand any opportunity you get.

While Runway’s fifth season begins the march to its end on Bravo on Wednesday, Gunn, who has signed to remain with the show when it moves to Lifetime, can be seen planting seeds of negativity…

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Jackie Warner better watch her back.

Some of the lesbian gym bunny's fans were none-too-pleased with her performance on last night's Work Out, during which she fired one of her impossibly annoying trainers. And, as a means of venting their frustration, these "fans" are petitioning Bravo to cancel Warner and her "bad behavior." Here's what one mutinous lady-lover said about Warner:

Last night was the final straw for lots of fans. They feel that Jackie is a poster child for bad behavior, [a] very negative icon for the gay and lesbian community.

I am a lesbian.This woman’s behavior in the workplace is really awful.

Should lesbians act any differently, especially when being taped for reality television?

We don't watch the show - reality scares us! - but these people must be overreacting, right? It's television, people!

You can't have Warner running around being cuddly and cute, can you? That does nothing to quench the world's woeful interest in fabricated nonfiction.

We do, however, think that Warner deserves a finger-wagging for this terrible tan job! Shame on you, Jackie!

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The GLAAD Media Awards may be causing some residual drama.

Cable channel Bravo paid an unspecified sum to air the entire event next month, but a reader speculated that queer-centric Logo, an MTV property, decided to play a little game of "gotcha" with the awards.

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» Culture Wars.

Gays are worried that lady-loving (not like that) Lifetime will castrate the queer from newly-purchased Project Runway. Runway blogger Tom Fitzgerald kvetched, "It has a very large gay viewership. It has a very large straight viewership that likes the fact that it’s an urban, intelligent, creative reality show. Our hope is that they don’t forget that." They'd be complete fucking morons if they did… [Observer]

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Another day, another reality show gay porn scandal.

First we had American Gladiators' Militia's flaming film history. Then we had Idol contestant David Hernandez's stripper past. And now we have Michael Sila from Step It Up and Dance, who must have needed a little cash - or attention - because he stripped down for Latin Boyz.

The shots definitely give new meaning to Mike's motto, "life is my canvas, the beat is my soul, crank it up and watch me roll."

Dive into that there jump if you want to take a look at Mike's - well, everything…

The pictures are NSFW, obviously.

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» Project Run-Away?

The quiet media war over the gays took a bewildering turn today: 'gina-centric Lifetime snatched up Bravo's mega-hit, Project Runway. Meanwhile, Bravo owning NBC/Universal has launched a lawsuit against the Weistein brothers, who produce the show and called the lawsuit a way to ‘disrupt the series moving to Lifetime.’. [Jossip]

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Christian Siriano took the top prize on Bravo's Project Runway last night. What do you think, readers, did this pint-sized cutie deserve to win?

Also, on a related note, are you as in love with Siriano as we are? Too bad he's dating occasional Queerty photographer, Brad Walsh. Damn you, Walsh! Damn you…
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The Jossip kids are all sorts of gay today! We're always laming, but our siblings offer up some queer tid-bits, as well.

First up, Lance Bass loving Whitney laments the boy bander's visit to Bette Midler's The Showgirl Must Go On last night. You gossip mongers should note that Lance is pictured with Ben Thigpen. Glad to see they worked through that alleged skid.

Meanwhile, over in Jossip land, tongues are wagging over some love connection speculation: "After watching the Project Runway Reunion Special last night, did anyone else think that Chris March and Rami were together?"

And, finally, we have Janet Jackson on Vibe over at Stereohyped.

Jackson's not a lezzy, but we won't hold it against her.
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Iowa wore us out last night, so we decided to zone out with Bravo's Make Me A Supermodel. Honestly, there's nothing super about this Tyson Beckford/Niki Tayor hosted show. It looks low budget and neither model host has enough personality to hold our attention. In fact, the only person who piqued our interested was 22-year old model named Shannon, who's apparently a man.

My name's Shannon, and one of the most interesting facts about me is that despite my extremely feminine physical appearance, I'm actually a man…I'm one of the most masculine girls you'll ever meet. I'm like one of the boys.

Cue snickers from gawking, lanky models and hosts.

Design Offers New Details On Past, Present and Future

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Jack Mackenroth needs no introduction, we're sure.

We all know the designer from Project Runway. We all know he left the Bravo reality show after developing a antibiotic resistant staph infection, but bounced back like a champ. And, of course, we all know he looks good naked.

We bet there's plenty you don't know about handsome Mackenroth. For example, do you know how many siblings he has? Do you know what went down when he found out he's HIV positive? Why doesn't he talk to his father? What's his next step? These questions and many more will be answered in this installment of The Home Issue!

(PS: Mackenroth appeared on NBC Nightly News last night to talk about MRSA. The video's after the jump - on page three, to be exact.)

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There's some "incestual" gay love in the air. Bravo's OutZone nailed the "exclusive" that Top Chef's Dale Levitski and Project Runway's Jack Mackenroth have come together. No word on whether they've cum together. Here's what the boys have to say about their publicity-ready romance:

Jack: "It's very baby steps. I really like him a lot. And geography is a bit of an issue, but we'll see where it goes. I like him a lot. I assume he likes me a lot. Unless he's lying…(laughter)… He's adorable. I like keeping it incestual, keep it in the Bravo family."

Dale: "Yeah, we randomly met over Myspace. And then we bumped into each other at the Out 100 party and clicked. He's hilarious. We're just gonna roll with it and see what happens. And he's cute as %&#@. We have the same sense of humor. We giggle a lot, and you know, anytime you end up going through the Bravo-reality-show…we just looked at each other and said, 'yeah…'"

Alright, Dale, you sort of lost us toward the end, but we're picking up what you're laying down, except for the "%&#@". We don't speak censored, unfortunately.

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William Sledd's certainly moving up in the world. Bravo executives are apparently so captivated by his minstrel act, they're extending his internet act into a half-hour train wreck, Hey, Bitches!. It should be called, "Hey, GLAAD, can you do something about this?"

Production honcho Frances Berwick couldn't contain Bravo's collective excitement:

With over 80,000 subscribers and more than 3 million channel views to date, William's sense of humor and style have clearly struck a chord with the American public. The response to William on OutZoneTV.com has been overwhelming. His charm and sense of fun are infectious. People are asking to see more of him and his life.

We New Yorkers will be seeing a lot of Sledd: he's reportedly packing it in and headed to the Big Apple. You've been warned.

For this week, anyhow

By now you've already seen plenty – and we do mean plenty – of Jack Mackenroth, the HIV-positive Project Runway hottie, Gay Games competitor, and Sex and the City movie cameo-er.

Last night's episode, however, was his, so we gotta mention it. Not only did he (SPOILER ALERT!) win the challenge, but in the opening of the episode he also acknowledged his HIV status; viewers could see his bottles of pills inside a ziplock bag. But that's beside the point — because what else did viewers see? From our vantage point, it looked like he and fellow contestant, the pint-sized Christian Siriano, were quite the flirtatious item. Just sayin'.

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Project Runway's HIV positive hottie Jack Mackenroth made many a pretty picture for photographer Frank Louis.

Too bad we won't see that much of Mackenroth on Bravo's sartorial reality show.

Check out some more NSFW shots after the jump.

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Lesbian Lawyer Stirs Up Police, Police Rise To The Occasion

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Lesbian lawyers know how to get justice started!

Frustrated by weeks of inactivity in the investigation in Top Chef lesbian Josie Smith-Malave's September attack, New York lawyer Yetta Kurland pressed police to whip up some suspects in the Bravo star's assault. Said Kurland: "[You need] to treat the vicious attack … as the violent hate crime that it was." Though the had already nabbed one person, there were still about eleven people of interest. And, by some policing miracle, two arrests were made this weekend!

Melissa Trimarchi, 21, was arrested Saturday night on a misdemeanor assault charge, police said. She was released on an appearance ticket until a Nov. 30 court date. No working telephone number could be found for Trimarchi at the Sea Cliff address police gave, and they didn’t know whether she had an attorney.

Police also said Saturday that Elizabeth Borroughs, 20, had been arrested Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of aggravated harassment. She also was released on an appearance ticket and is due in court Friday.

Those girls' respective birds may be cooked.



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