Lance Bass’ new boyfriend, Sebastian Leal, has a wife. Yep, you read that right. The personal trainer, who has been dating the former boy bander for a few weeks, married a woman nine years ago and failed to get a divorce. Leal, who is Italian but was born and raised in Brazil, married US citizen Jessica Gannon nine years ago - and never got a divorce. The two separated three years ago, due to what Gannon told us through a rep were “irreconcilable differences.” She added, “We continue to love each other. He was, is and always will be my best friend.” One pal of Bass and Leal told us the news will … Continued…

“Lance Bass is locked and loaded for the next season of Dancing With the Stars, says an insider. But we hear network execs are already fretting over whether or not to pair the openly gay pop star with a male or female dance partner.” [NYDN]

Posting two music videos a day can get a little tiresome, so we often ask our colleagues whether or not they have any aural suggestions. Actually, we usually just send them an instant message that says “aural?”

Most of the time they just ignore us, but little Whitney Little - Jossip intern turned Mollygood associate editor - usually offers us all sorts of enthusiastic suggestions, most of them bad. (She did declare her love for Lance Bass, remember?)

Today, however, Whitney surprised us and suggested a song we actually like: “Hard To Handle” by the Black Crowes. And she’s absolutely thrilled to itty-bits that we agreed to post this 1990 single, that … Continued…

The hip-hop scene’s about to be rocked!

Well, that’s if you believe Terrence Dean’s book publicist. The former MTV executive will soon release Hiding In Hip-Hop, which will allegedly expose the genre’s biggest homos. From the release: “Hiding In Hip-Hop” uncovers a hidden and well-known unspoken secret. Deep within the confines of Hip-Hop is a prominent gay sub-culture. A world that industry insiders are keenly aware of, but choose to ignore.

According to Dean, “This book is filled with intrigue, sexy celebrity bed partners, abundance of drugs, and of course, the down low/gay men and celebrities in the entertainment industry. This tale’s a long time coming. Honky homos have been forced out in recent years, like Lance Bass, Neil Patrick Harris and TR Knight. It’s only fair that black folk take some heat, too.

We have no idea who Dean will name, but we’ve got some theories…

We’re not psychic, but we do have some theories…
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Former boy bander and forever homosexual Lance Bass came out against homophobia for this year’s Day of Silence, which commemorates those lost to anti-gay violence.

This year’s Day - which will be held on April 25th - honors 15-year old Lawrence King, who died after being shot by an allegedly anti-gay school mate.

Bass was apparently quite touched by King, saying “I heard about Lawrence on the news, and it was just incredible to me that kids that age that would have such an issue … with the subject of being gay.”

In the PSA above, Bass insists that gays are “brothers and sisters” and that we must all work to educate the rest … Continued…

We have to agree with Dlisted on this one: “Lance Bass is missing the whole point of dating. The point of dating is to be seen with someone that is at least twice as hot as your last boyfriend.” For real: Bass’ new man ain’t as cute as his last one, Ben Thigpen.

That said, this matching makes a bit more sense…

Like so many courageous people before him, JC Chasez gathered his strength, put on a brave face and had a heart-to-heart with Tyra Banks.

The girls had some small, publicist-approved talk about the singer’s dance show, career history and the like, but things soon veered toward the queer when Banks brought up Chasez’s former bandmate, Lance Bass.

Like the self-proclaimed pro she is, Banks repeatedly presses Chasez on whether he suspected Bass like boys. Chasez is for more experienced, however, and rebuffs her efforts by saying he never likes to make presumptions. Well played!

Having struck out on the gay angle, Banks then delves in Chasez’s much gabbed about love life. He claims … Continued…

Dumbledore’s the Lance Bass of fictional magicians!

The wizard seems more famous now that’s gay than when people thought he liked old witches. You can be sure, then, that Mr. D came up in a recent chat between Harry Potter creator JK Rowling and a Scottish paper. The paper delves deep into gay Dumbledore, who Rowling says lost his moral compass after falling in love. Funny, we lost something else…

Rowling also addresses the outrage following Dumbledore’s outing: It is a very interesting question because I think homophobia is a fear of people loving, more than it is of the sexual act. There seems to be an innate distaste for the love involved, which … Continued…

Lance Bass may have sacked boyfriend Ben Thigpen. The singer’s MySpace page now declare him officially single. Tragic, no? [Pink Is The New Blog]

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 … Continued…

Potentially single Lance Bass believes that perpetually crazy Britney Spears could benefit from some Justin Timberlake love: Justin could really help. I hope that she gets good people back in her life. It would be nice to see those old and familiar faces from back in the day back in her life. Hopefully this is as low as it will go.” That’s not likely. [Us]

All may not well for former boy bander Lance Bass. Tab rag Star reports that the 28-year old and his latest boy toy, Ben Thigpen, are having some relationship woes.

From the most recent issue: Lance Bass is in deep water with his hairstylist beau, Ben Thigpen. On Jan. 27, the day before they were to fly to LA and move in together, the two had a huge fight.

Sources tell Star that furious Ben stayed in New York because during a brief mini vacation to Miami Beach, Lance locked lips with another guy at a bar - right in front of Ben! [Ed. note: OMG!] But friends predict the men will kiss and … Continued…

Wired magazine’s website recently spilled some virtual ink on gays in space. It’s out of this world.
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Lance Bass loving Intern Mollygood’s Whitney thinks we Queertians pick on her. And we do - with love, of course.

It’s been quite a year for The Advocate. Not only did the news mag celebrate it’s 40th year and a new, controversial design, but now they’re celebrating their 1000th issue.

And, as you can see, they decided to put Lance Bass on the cover. But, like a true champ, former boy bander Bass rationalizes popular skepticism: You know, every community is hard to please. Our community is very fickle. It’s a touchy community because it’s the last civil rights movement we have left here in America. So when someone new like myself comes along and says off-the-mark things, yeah, I can see how people would get pissed. The performer also gabs about former love Reichen, saying, “We’ve already established that Reichen is someone who wanted the fame and the spotlight…” Touchy?

While some of us may doubt Bass’ validity as a cover boy, homo-journos Sean Kennedy and John Cloud duke it out over where we queers stand…
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