• Luscious lesbian Portia de Rossi, girlfriend of Ellen DeGeneres, finally comes out to her 99-year-old grandmother. Grandma's response: "I knew you were living with Ellen and all this time I was thinking, I hope that lesbian isn't hitting on my granddaughter!'" [PinkNews]

• Big Love isn't doing well in the ratings--and that's too bad, because it is some good, twisted shit. And the constant shoutouts to the gays are much appreciated. [NYT]

• We were waiting for this one: Mandisa, who uses American Idol as her platform for spreading the word of Jesus, supports ex-gay ministries. Ugh. She could have been the next gay icon. [TheAdvocate]

• Apparently a lot of people in Phoenix have sex with animals. And be forewarned: to get a job with the police, they'll polygraph-test you about it. [EastValleyTribune]