• Jeff Gannon pays a visit to the Log Cabin Republicans — and wonders why we're interested in the sex lives of journalists. (Our answer? A.C.) [Towleroad]

• Just because Lance Bass visited a gay bar doesn't mean he's gay, right? [ABC News]

• Meanwhile, is the saga of Lance and Reichen Lehmkuhl already over? [Perez Hilton]

• In Provincetown, it's not the straights being accused of throwing around prejudice slurs. [Boston Globe]

• The AFA puffs its chest and declares its boycott of Ford – for the car company's continued ad spending in the gay market – has had a financial effect on the company. Or, you know, Americans aren't buying American cars as often these days anyhow. [Advocate]

• A freshman Texas congressman introduces a new gay marriage ban amendment bill, only this one wouldn't prohibit domestic partnerships and civil unions. [NY Blade]

It may be that the gay ghetto of Provincetown, MA will soon become uninhabitable by straight people. With local residents yelling things at passersby like "you breeders coming here and bothering us," they may in fact drive away even the last speck of straightness from the region.

We suspect that residents are sharing the rage felt by those protesting outside the Massachusetts State House yesterday following the decision by the highest court in the state to allow the legislature to approve a ballot measure on the question of legal gay marriage in the state.

If Massachusetts is the one bastion of equal rights for gays, then Provincetown is the main fortress, and the soldiers within are taking that seriously.

Gay Rage Concerns In P'Town [365 Gay]

• Having wrapped up its annual conference, the National Education Association is still sticking to its talking points: it does not endorse gay marriage. It just wants to. [CNS News]

• It took Out a little while to get around to the Ryan Smith gay bashing story, and now that the magazine finally did, readers are livid the story came so uncomfortably close to blaming Smith for his own attack. [Out]

• Now that New York's highest court has made its decision regarding gay marriage, the question begs: Is that it? [Advocate]

• Forget how you'd feel if Jake Gyllenhaal or Vin Diesel came out. What would it mean to their straight girl fanbase? [After Elton]

• It's not a summer in P-town if Andy Towle isn't there. [Towleroad]

• D.C.'s most narcissistic gay explains the rules for playing Kings when your white ass isn't surround by your frat guy-cum-yacht club member crowd. [VividBlurry]

We were first introduced to gay filmmaker Gregg Araki in high school when we saw The Doom Generation, but it was a few years later that we were truly won over by his earlier film The Living End. It's a tale of a street hustler and a filmmaker, both HIV+, driving across the country on the run from the cops and having lots of hot sex along the way. It's fraught with danger and sexual energy, has very spare dialogue, and requires some degree of interpretation.

Araki takes risks, and consequently his films aren't for everyone, but they are thought-provoking and always feature incredibly hot guys. Because of his groundbreaking work in gay cinema, he is being honored at the Provincetown International Film Festival with the 2006 "Filmmaker on the Edge" award. The festival started yesterday and continues through June 18, if you live nearby and want to catch a movie and see some crazy film queens running around in thongs (at least that's how we imagine it).

Gregg Araki is a filmmaker on the edge [In Newsweekly]
Provincetown International Film Festival [Official Site]

• A Republican Representative from Wisconsin argues that "allowing gay marriage will force schools to teach children about alternative families and make their teen years even more confusing." As if their straight parents impending divorce wouldn't already take care of that.

• Desperate Housewives' James Denton who usually surrounds himself with 5 catty women will instead surround himself with 50 catty women.

• We always thought straight football fans only debated NFL stats and strategies. Turns out they also weigh in on a player's fit-for-porn facial hair. (Via Kenneth in the 212)

• Girlfriends has selected Provincetown as the best place for lesbians to live. Shouldn't that be the most gentrified place for lesbians to live?

• Here's some cheer for gays living in New Orleans: free wireless.

• Ratings for Anderson Cooper's newly expanded show on CNN drop in its second hour. Probably because all of the guys fantasizing about him only need the one hour to finish themselves off.

• After Hurricane Katrina, bigots raced to say her impact was divine retribution for the openness of homosexuality in New Orleans. Grant Storms, an evangelist pastor from Louisiana, has in the past advocated the murder of gays and lesbians. This online shop allows you to purchase undies with his face pasted quite conspicuously.

• Nakedconcierge.com is one of the best sources on gay cruises. Though you already know too much about gay cruising, one thing this site can't do for you is get your ass into the gym so you'll have the body of your dreams for an actual sea-going cruise. Whether you want to tour the coast of Alaska or float in luxury in sight of Borneo, this site will help you do it with lavender pride.

• The charms of Provincetown don't end with the waning summer; indeed, hot sex between utter strangers takes place there even in the dead of winter. Here you will find a solid introductory guide to travel in Provincetown, including information about off-season attractions.

• It's never too early to think about how you'll dress on Halloween. About.com's GayLife has gay-specific costume ideas as well as links to related topics such as the making of a Halloween costume. Look for me at the parade this year; I’m going as Amanda Lepore.

• Out counter-tenor sensation David Daniels has his own web site with useful tidbits about his recordings and appearances. You can even send him a personal message, but don't confuse this class act with the "bargain counter-tenor" of P.D.Q. Bach fame.

The Sunday Styles section of the New York Times featured a story on the gentrification of Provincetown and the battle between the haves and the have-nots. With housing prices sky-rocketing and many hotels and businesses closing to be made into condos, the transient population of Provincetown, its artists and bohemian free spirits, are finding it hard to keep up.

Film director John Waters is interviewed in the piece and boils the problem down to a larger shift in American culture. "We live in a much less bohemian time," He states. "Outsider is such a tired word. There's no great youth movement happening; there are no hippies today, no punk rockers. The world has changed. Some gay people are straighter than my parents."

Conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan is also interviewed in the story calling the changes in Ptown part of the "bourgeoisification of the gay world." Apparently, the wharf where Mr. Sullivan lives was once a "seedy sex-and-drugs party spot." We bet he misses the old neighborhood.