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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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 make up. "Lance has been phoning Ben a lot, hoping that he will forgive him," says a source.

Let the Shiv'ah sitting begin!

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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Lance Bass doesn't appreciate when potheads clog up the potty. Page Six reports that the former boy bander got combative at Hiro recently when "folks smoking funny-smelling cigarettes" barricaded themselves inside the bathroom. And, as we know, Bass can mean serious business.

One witness squeals: "He was banging on the door like a diva, yelling, 'What the [bleep] are you guys doing in there? Finally he just yelled, 'I just have to pee!'…" Bass then went in, came out and shook everyone's hand - sans hand sanitation. Maybe he just forgot…

Meanwhile, in other gay gossip, The Simpsons reportedly no longer employ Star Trek star George Takei because he got a little creepy.

[Producers stopped hiring him because] he "creeped out the staff" and kept calling one of the interns "sweetie." So said [multi-voiced] Hank Azaria…

[Azaria also] shared his theory on what happens to "many, many" supporting Simpsons characters, including Old Sea Captain and Lenny and Carl: "They start out delightfully wacky and then they get really stupid - and then they turn gay."

That Old Sea Captain always did seem a bit light in the peg leg.

Lance Bass may have found himself a new man, but his drama with ex-beau Reichen Lehmkuhl reportedly continues. The current issue of tab-rag Star claims that Reichen, who Bass dated post-coming out, threatened to sue Bass for some unflattering commentary.

Heidi Parker writes:

Star has learned exclusively that the Amazing Race winner sent a letter to Lance's rep on October 25 that threatened to sue the pop singer, claiming his remarks in the November issue of GQ were defamatory. In the interview, the ex 'NSYNC-er claims Reichen cheated on him, adding: "I thought, 'Why does everyone hate him?" At the end, I was like, 'Ok, everyone was right.'"

These comments angered Reichen so much that the actor's attorney allegedly wrote to Lance's rep, saying "demand is made that Mr. Bass immediately cease and desist commenting on our client. In the event that Mr. Bass declines…you are advised that we expressly reserve the right to address the circumstances in the appropriate forum in the appropriate time."

Awesome! We can't wait for Reichen to come out and tell us all the gory details of his Lance Bass romance. It'll be like walking on our grandparents having sex, only much, much worse. Much.

It's a meeting of the minds in this week's HX when journo Lawrence Ferber faces off with former boy bander Lance Bass.

In addition to discussing Bass' new role in Hairspray, the politics of outing and Bass' recently released memoir, the boys also find time to talk Britney:

Ferber: Ever say to yourself, Oh, Britney?

Bass: [Laughs] Yeah. I think that's just the typical thing to say every day when you wake up and read AOL news page. You have to admit it's entertaining. I always hope she's just doing it as a joke and we're all going to be Punk'd in a couple of years—like, "You know all that stuff I did, it was all a joke!" I think she's been doing this documentary for years, where she's like, "Today I'm going to shave my head and see if they buy it!"

Yes, wouldn't that be nice? We'd love for Britney to shout, "Fooled y'all!"

Unfortunately, the idea of Britney Spears possessing a shred of sanity seems pretty implausible. What's more, we seriously doubt that girl has the imagination and ingenuity to pull off such elaborate feats without the aid of some internal turmoil.

• Dog The Bounty Hunter erroneously imagined himself to be "down" enough to use the word "nigger". He was wrong.

• Radar tests naughty t-shirt limits, proves New Yorkers have thick skin.

• Andrew Sullivan takes on the Clintons:

Democrats, it seems to me, also have a right to know whether the Clinton team expects another out-break of the kind of scandals that rocked and roiled the country the last time this couple occupied the White House together. Are we headed back to marital psychodrama as public spectacle?

Well, it's more interesting than the frigid Bush family.

• Joey "Fat One" Fatone warned Lance Bass of mother's wrath.

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How does he do it?

Less than three months since booting ex-love Pedro Andrade, former boy bander and forever homosexual Lance Bass managed to snag himself another uber-attractive love interest.

Writes Jared of Just Jared: "Lance Bass show[ed] off his new man, hairdresser Ben Thigpen, at the fifth anniversary bash for downtown hotspot Butter on Monday night."

Now, we don't want to doubt Thigpen's intentions, but - well, look at that picture. Remember that game "Something in this picture doesn't belong"?

Yeah, this definitely falls in that category…

• Garden State Equality and Blue Jersey will start airing some pretty clever gay marriage ads tonight.

• A hefty paycheck ain't the only thing Rosie O'Donnell wants from potential employer MSNBC. From Jossip:

Sources tell us the network is frantically trying to scrounge up the cash to bankroll her outlandish list of demands (Think a gold-plated trapeze and a private chopper to take her to and from 30 Rock every day. Seriously). But why now? Because MSNBC’s on the eve of renegotiating their contract with their cable provider and landing a big star (no pun intended) and proving they can go toe-to-toe with O’Reilly will give them infinitely more leverage.

If anyone can take on O'Reilly, it's O'Donnell.

• Michigan Supreme Court mulling university benefits.

• The Scottish Socialist Party wants you to put pressure on Stagecoach buses, which attempted to boot a gay teenage couple last weekend. Re-read the original story and check out comment number two.

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Out magazine asked readers to vote on who they find to be the gayest person*: Lance Bass, Stephen Colbert, Big Bird, Zac Efron, Gandhi or Bill O'Reilly. Note that O'Reilly's in the lead and Bass hasn't even ranked. This makes us wonder, of course, which definition people are using…

*The magazine's lawyers must have stepped in, because they have a disclaimer: "Obligatory ridiculous reminder and disclaimer: Only their hairdresser knows for sure who they're sleeping with!"

Former boy bander Lance Bass made headlines today when he let another secret out off the closet: he married a girlfriend in Las Vegas.

Says the gay entertainer:

People do stupid things in the heat of the moment. I've been in Vegas where I've gotten married for like five minutes, but no one talks about it, though. In fact, the only reason we did it is because we wanted to get free drinks all night…and we didn't get one. We're like,`We just got married,' and they're like, `Ah, whatever.'

The earth-shaking news no doubt pained Jossip's sweet faced intern, Whitney Little. The Texas transplant recently revealed to us that she's been nursing a ten-year crush on Mr. Bass.

After laughing for about an hour, we asked Ms. Whitney to elaborate on her imaginary love affair with the gay singer, an affair that continued until just last week.

Read Whitney's lovesick ramblings, after the jump.

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