Last weekend I found myself in an improbable position: on a bicycle, in Valley Forge. Biking isn’t really my thing. It was once, when I was far younger, but I’ve always preferred two legs to two wheels. Call me a naturalist.

But, I had signed on to a press trip for a gay weekend in Philadelphia. Group activities are also not something to which I’m inclined and I needed some time away from New York City, with which I was falling out of love.
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In honor of California’s gay marriage ruling, the kooks at 23/6 have cooked up a handy very dandy satirical planning guide. Best tip for the big day: “Don’t cause a scene.” [23/6]

If there’s one thing Michael Lucas knows how to do, it’s nipping things in the bud.

The porn mogul got a bit of a surprise yesterday when rival studio Spunk alleged that Lucas has been secretly funding and distributing a line of bareback porn. Well, Lucas flat out denies it. But a simple denial wouldn’t be dramatic enough to suit Lucas’ style, so he issued his “disinterested” reaction from South America, where he’s presumably on vacation. Lucas Entertainment never had and does not have any intentions to produce bareback videos. Our company is also not concerned about Spunk Video’s motives to issue such a baseless press release.

When informed of the press release, CEO … Continued…

At the risk of being phallocentric, we’d like to dedicate yet another post to the ever-mysterious penis.

This little video features Amy Sedaris as a cartoon prick who explains the ins-and-outs of puberty. Some of you may have seen this before, but it’s worth another shot.

May qualify as NSFW.

From the editor: While The Simpsons will always be my first prime time, illustrated love, the long-running sitcom can’t compete with Family Guy’s outrageous musical interludes.

Remember the AIDS song that had you lot seething? Well, this one - “Prom Night Dumpster Baby” - may beat it out as my favorite Family Guy tune. It’s not nearly as offensive, however. Unless you’re a prom night dumpster baby…

American Gladiators and its ultra-gay international spin-offs present themselves as athletic competitions. Homo-journo Mark Simpson, however, sees something a little more “tarty.”

From the daddy of metrosexuality: Some of the men…seem to be wearing bras. It’s difficult not to wonder they’re a bit lacking in the tit department but have good abs, so they gave them something to cover up their saggy breasts or over-large nipples.

Or maybe, along with the skirt, it is just more evidence that the male body is now as packaged and fetishised, not to mention scrutinized, as the female variety - at least on Prime Time TV.

Actually, on the basis of the new Gladiators, you could argue … Continued…

The marketing team behind Brussels-based Passage Fitness know why men go to the gym: to get head in the steam room!

[Via Copyranter]

Introducing “The Curve,” just one of the new-fangled male chastity belts available from CB-2000.

What’s so special about this particular model? Size, of course: “Designed for the longer male. The natural flow of lines in this model naturally conforms with the penis and body. The slim lines makes it easily worn under clothing. It is vented with curving lines and custom openings making it 100% hygienic.”

Sheesh, what’s the point of hygiene if you’re not going to use it?!

We haven’t the foggiest what the German actors are saying in this Braun commercial, and, quite frankly, we don’t think it matters.

Sexy soldiers performing some personal hair care? We’re sold!

On Sunday night, a new gay men’s strip club opened at 440 Broadway.

It’s called Magnum 54 and it was to be only the second serious entry of men-for-men strip joints in recent memory.

The gays who frequent this sort of thing were very excited about the new venue, particularly because it described itself as upscale, guaranteed muscled men, and was to offer “No G-STRING LAP DANCES.”

And, unfortunately, the “grand opening” turned into an utter disaster.
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“Barney Frank’s funny.”

That’s basically the thesis of a New York Times collection of the homo-politico’s classic knee-slappers, which the paper says gives him the top spot as the Hill’s “master of the one-liner.” A sample: • “I am grateful for the obscurity of the opposition’s argument.”

• “So, apparently, same-sex marriage is the V8 juice of America.”

• “I am afraid that this bill is becoming the legislative equivalent to crack. It’s going to give people a short-term high, but it is going to be dangerous in the long run to the system and expensive to boot.” That last one came in relation to a bill authorizing $4 billion for the mythical war on … Continued…

Britney Spears made her triumphant return to CBS’How I Met Your Mother last night and surprises us yet again with her comendable comedic abilities. Veteran actor Neil Patrick Harris shined, as usual.

Get a Towleroad-provided taste, after the jump…
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Oh, to be young in post-war New York! William Shatner certainly got that experience - and ended up nearly having a close encounter of the queer kind after moving here to become an actor: I was wandering around Times Square and this guy says, ‘I’m going to Radio City Music Hall, would you like to come?’ And I said, ‘Oh, yes’ - [I thought] wow, New York is everything I heard it was going to be! We’re in the audience, I’m a young hot-blooded Canadian and out come the dancing girls, a plethora of women - and I feel his hand brush my knee. I thought, well, it’s an accident, then I felt … Continued…

Another addictive digital short from Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samberg, with host Shia LaBeouf, was only one gay puzzle piece of one of the gayest jigsaw puzzles of a gay episode of the series, like, ever.

Even Macgruber went gay this week!

These are the silly videos you missed on Saturday night, or the ones you watched on Sunday afternoon on TiVo, and you’re going to watch them over and over again, because you like seeing Shia in a dress.

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Barbara Walters and her vagina have been quite a hot topic since the legendary journalist revealed a past affair with married Senator Edward Brooke.

In honor of Walters’ revelation, The Soup produced this wildly hilarious/horrific commercial for One Decade in Barbara: The Barbara Waters Sex Tape.

You may want to wait until after breakfast…