• We love New York. We love sex. We love condoms. Finally, the perfect souvenir for our out of town tricks. [Jossip]

• Rich finally gives us his Project Runway recap from last week. [Four Four]

• Yet another attack at a gay bar. This time the victim, Sal Vonatti, of Windsor Ontario Canada, is in a coma after being shot heading into a gay bar. Thanks Jordy. [WXYZ]

• Visit Phoenix. Get beat with a bat! [Towleroad]

• Why not look for an inmate to date this Valentines Day? Our friend Matt is at it again. [Tha Punk-Code]

• We love Varla Jean Merman. This is just more proof as to why. [Frontiers]

• Poor members of the AFA. They go through so much just to hate us! [Manhattan Offender]

• Pete Burns continues to prove he is the UK’s Janice Dickinson. [WOW Report]

• Rich has schooled us on Italo Disco, the “heavily synthesized, heavily arpeggiated, Moroder-inspired post-disco disco that thrived from about '79-'87.” The Sylvester track posted is pure heaven. [Four Four]

• Justin Timberlake is set to open a LES restaurant. With one announcement, the Lower East Side is officially over. [Gawker]

• Robert Mapplethorpe makes it to Cuba finally. The exhibit of iconic photographer's work is a symbol of just how far attitudes towards homosexuals have changed. [ABC]

• Rich over at Four Four dissects Throbbing Gristle’s classic and Billie Ray Martin’s cover of “Persuasion.” We love both versions, but definitely choose Billie. And it has nothing to do with that fact that she reads Queerty. [Four Four]

• Is this a joke? Or is this queen serious about his desire to win weblog awards? Oh wait, he advertises with us. He must be serious. [Brat Boy School]

• And now we cannot wait for the biggest bitch in blogging to attack. We smell a blog bitch fight! [Vividblurry]

• Like American Apparel, we are all about sodomy during the holidays. Except not with reindeers. [American Apparel]

• Though he dissed us in his diss of Madonna we are still loving Rich’s site. His Madonna commentary is not our feelings exactly, but we think he makes many valid points. But coming from a Janet Jackson fan, you gotta take it all with a grain of salt. Check out the comments section in the Madonna thread for more on the subject of Madge and The Gays.

• Two women with better vocal chops and songwriting abilities than Madonna are releasing albums today. Run and get the new stellar albums by Kate Bush and Cyndi Lauper. Rolling Stone agrees with us. Then again, they like the new Madonna a lot too.

• The B Squad is back. Their movie is titled Valtrex, and obviously it’s not safe for work.

• Club Fly is just what the homo traveler needs. It’s Google Maps for gay bars and will be a valuable travel companion when you’re in a foreign city and want to get friendly with the locals.

• Last week we told you about Jackie Beat’s garage sale. Tickets for her Christmas show are now on sale. It is the funniest show of the year.

• “When he told me he was gay I wanted to take a lamp and bash him in the face with it," is what author Terry McMillan says about her husband’s outing himself. Oprah will hear the whole story on Wednesday.