• Fantastics Mag celebrates the boys who blow smoke.

• Project Runway's Jack Mackenroth sits down with HX's Brandon Voss.

• Democrats in close Iowa race.

• Mollygood editor Cord Jefferson doesn't like the suburbs. We have a feeling the suburbs probably don't like him, as well.

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• Recently arrested hustler Cody Castagna's mug shot makes us wonder why Republican Richard Curtis would hire him in the first place.

• Zoe Leonard's 1992 "I Want A President" still resonates.

• Did Canada's New Democratic Party drop a lawyer for being trans?

• HX editor Brandon Voss talks gay with Friday Night Lights' Kyle Chandler for The Advocate. The gays apparently urged Chandler to try the theatrical arts. Figures…

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Matthew Rhys has no qualms playing gay on Brothers & Sisters. In fact, the only down side, the Welshman tells The Advocate, comes when people find out he's not gay.

Dennis Hensley writes:

At a burger stand in the heart of West Hollywood, Calif., Matthew Rhys was straight-bashed. Sort of, anyway. "This huge, muscley guy came up to me and went 'gay power' and sort of punched me… Then the man went, "You're gay, right?" I went, "No, I'm not." he went, "You're not? Oh, I feel betrayed…"

Rhys also tells Hensley that playing gay has some unforeseen romantic advantages.

When you’re in a relationship with a girl, you go to set and you go, ‘I’m going to make out with [Sex and the City’s] Jason Lewis.’ And they go, ‘Oh, you lucky thing,’ and they feel totally secure about it. But if you go to set and you have to make out with a hot blond girl, then you have the argument.

And what of that kiss with Jason Lewis, who reportedly didn't dig the idea. "He was a consummate professional."

In addition to the Rhys piece, the next issue of The Advocate includes a handy guide to gay-friendly businesses and a chat with actor Bobby Cannavale, who played gay on Will & Grace and in The Night Listener. Like so many journalists before him, Brandon Voss asks the requisite "dude crush" question. Cannavale's response: Derek Jeter.

We have a feeling that could be arranged…

• See these two men? They're Brazilian actors named Sérgio Abreu and Carlos Casagrande and they're totally playing lovers on a new prime-time sudster, Paraíso Tropica. How do you say "very hot" in Portuguese? [Made in Brazil]

• Viktor and Rolf are so avant-garde! They totally strapped lights to a model. [IHT]

• We totally inspired Kenneth Hill to make a super-hero. He didn't name it, though. Perhaps you can help. [QueerSighted]

• Meanwhile, HX editor Brandon Voss has been spending some time with Sarah Silverman. The result? An eye-opening interview. Did you know you can say "cunt" on Comedy Central after 1am? Now you do. Thanks Voss and Silverman, you just made our day. [The Advocate]

• Here's another tough question: if you're on American Idol and have an initialed name, does that make you gay? It certainly looks that way. [Brace Face]

• A Swedish club's been ordered to pay 30,000 kronor after asking a lesbian couple to stop snogging. Yeah, that's basically all you need to know… [The Local]