New York residents Evan and Addison (left and right) recently became domestic partners. Our editor sat down with them to talk about growing up gay in Texas, Devo and how things get slippery…

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Ad rolls sure can offer queer results. Check out this advert found by a MySpace loving reader. He's not loving their ex-gay inclusion:

Here’s a little something I came across last night… give em hell! Why they would promote (make money) off of some outdated notion (APA-1973) that someone can change their sexuality is totally unacceptable.

We would give them hell, dear reader, but we're laughing too hard. Look at it this way: at least the ads are 3/4 gay.

That's more than headline loving "half-homo" Pete Wentz!

Ug, everyone has a MySpace page these days. Even our grandmother has one and she's dead. (It's totally gross, she's got pictures of her rotting corpse. A bit distasteful, no?)

To combat such unfashionable social networking, John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood - both of whom are giving our dead grandmother a run for her money, if you know what we mean - have partnered with a group of fashion-forward techies to launch their own trendy virtual space: IQONS. Stylists, designers, models and various followers can join the site for free, thus ensuring they will never have to interact with the plebes ever again.

Of IQONS, co-founder and former Comme des Garcons employee Rafael Jimenez had this to say:

The fashion world was sometimes a hostile and competitive environment so this is a tool to help young designers get involved. If you are talented someone will spot you and you will get through.

In other words, fatties, uglies and smellies need not apply. Unless you have a really ill blow hook up. Or have loads of money. Or, maybe, some more attractive friends. Although, really, no self-respecting attractive hangs out with uglies. That sort of charity's for the MySpace set. Losers.

(PS: The site's name has to be in all capitals because, you know, it's THAT monumental.)

Obviously we were intrigued by the headline, "Atlanta teen charged with murder in suicide attempt". How can you not wonder exactly how a girl's botched self-snuffing would end up with her being charged with taking another's life? And, the fact that we found it over at The New York Blade means there's a queer twist. Incredible!

Our demented thirst for media violence, however, was quelled as soon as we read the lead paragraph:

Louise Egan Brunstad, 16, reportedly distraught over being rejected sexually by another female student at her high school, now faces felony murder and aggravated assault charges for allegedly trying to commit suicide by crashing the Mercedes she was driving into an oncoming car and killing the mother of three driving the other vehicle.

The headlining irony collapses under such tragedy, don't you think?

Initially, police were treating the incident as a routine traffic accident. The lesbianic truth, however, came out from a series of text messages from Brunstad to a friend and her Sapphic crush saying she was going to kill herself.

Yikes. Technology strikes again, huh? Actually, it seems as if technology strikes twice in this particular case: Brunstad's so-called dyke-persona comes only from this high school crush and a MySpace survey in which she says "of course" she's kissed or hugged another girl.

Regardless, another terrible example of the closet's nasty powers.

If this were yesterday, we'd find a way to say it was "totally frightful" or something, but it's not…

Even though we're hunting through MySpace to find some lookers, not everyone's convinced the social networking giant's pretty factor is high enough. Enter 24-year-old model Jesper Lannung. So turned off by "poseurs and wannabes," he's starting his own social networking site — but only the hotties need apply. ModelsHotel.com is taking the Friendster trend to a new niche; the same way A Small World is only for the wealthy, Lannung's site is only for people who wouldn't look out of place walking a runway. In fact, if you don't walk the runways, you probably won't make it past registration: you need to be registered with one of the "top 50" modeling agencies to snag a username. Is Models Hotel taking superficial to a new level? Certainly. But it sure makes finding a hot housemate that much easier.

Models Hotel
MySpace, But For Models Only [NY Mag]

Just a reminder that we're still accepting submissions for the Men of MySpace. Read our earlier post about it. We're looking to scope out the most all-around appealing guys on MySpace when it comes to personality, looks, and, of course, their ability to personalize their MySpace page. Nominate friends, boyfriends, ex-boyfriends, or even yourself. Just let us know who we need to be clicking on! Send your nominations to holla@queerty.com (please don't leave links in the comments, they'll be ignored) and be sure to include a link to the guy's profile and any additional information you think we should know about him.

Earlier: The Men of MySpace: We Need Your Submissions

How often do we call on you, our fair readers, to help us out? Okay, perhaps daily — asking you to continue visiting Queerty every damn day is a pretty big favor to lay out there, but damnit, our paychecks aren't going to sign themselves. All that aside, we need your help in finding the most attractive – good looking, good personality, good friends, good musical tastes, good MySpace page personalization, and did we mention, good looking? – guys on MySpace. Forget their age (though we know how MySpace skews), race, chest hair to head hair ratio, and number of piercings. Just show us who your favorites are. They can be your friends. Your brothers. The kid you picked on in sixth grade. Hell, you can nominate yourself if you're that maniacally big-headed. Grab the link to the guy's MySpace page and send it along to us at holla@queerty.com (please don't leave links in the comments; they'll be ignored). It might help if you gave us a few superlatives about the person, and let's get more creative than "good kisser." Especially if you're nominating yourself.

Even if you're only a casual observer of all things MySpace, you've probably come across a few news articles about the social networking realm. Friendster is passe, MySpace is the shit, and a whole new crop of competitors, like TagWorld, are gaining momentum as the next "It" social site. And while all of these sites seem to be overpopulated with hipsters, the gays have taken to 'em from high school age to professionals. Who needs Gay.com anymore when MySpace can link all your previous partners, help you find news ones, and let you blog about it at the same time?

While MySpace might sometimes seem like a homo haven (especially if you only click the profile links of young gay men), there are others betting it's not being all things to all gays. Enter EffinHot.com, a social networking service aimed specifically at gay men (and, we're guessing, the younger set). As the name might suggest, EffinHot is all about showing off.

Nothing about the new contender seems to rival MySpace's hoard of features, however. You can upload photos, add friends to your profile, list an item in the classifieds, and publish your own blog on both sites. You can customize your EH profile page with the same means as MySpace. Meanwhile, EH seems to suffer the slow speeds of Friendster: an immediate turn off.

All that said, the site seems to be in its baby phase. Its forums only have a total of 100 posts, though its photo gallery is already chock full of 20-somethings showing off. We're willing to revisit in a few months. Until then, you can find us, and your mother probably, on MySpace.

Today we tribute the MySpace "Gay Athletes" group. For our first member: let's meet Eric. He has a weakness for sex, he fears being hurt again, and he likes to sing in the shower.

Read a few more Gay Athletes profiles below:

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• A West Virginia police chief allegedly blocked life-saving measures for Claude Green, pictured, because Green was gay. Unbelievable. [SF Chronicle]

• Ryan Seacrest undresses a 17-year-old boy. With his eyes. [Aanthems]

• A celebrity comes out of the closet. On Pinoy Big Brother. [The Manila Bulletin]

• The Da Vinci Code and Load will be released on the same day!. [The Book Standard]

• Myspace the movie. Brilliant. [You Tube]

Many of The Gays are obsessed with hair: highlight, product, and styles. And many of The Gays have a deep appreciation for comic books: the hulking heroes, the chiseled bodies, and the secret life storylines.

Thanks to the dear Chris over at Uffish, we’ve stumbled upon the The 2006 MySpace Legion Of Extraordinary Stupid Hair Super Heroes! We can’t stop laughing. Bad hair and comic books: A big gay dream come true!

The 2006 MySpace Legion Of Extraordinary Stupid Hair Super Heroes! [Demonbaby]

• A trans male is raising money for his surgery by selling merchandise on Café Press. The “Self Made Man” shirt is hilarious. [Café Press]

• In England it’s good to be gay. On average we make £10k more a year than straights. [The Guardian]

• Genre Magazine's John Polly is blogging Sundance. But he has not blogged since Thursday, so the parties must be really good. [Genre]

• Midnight Lounge has begun a Hot Myspace guy of the week column. And you know how much we love hot guys. [Midnight Lounge]

• The GLAAD Awards have been announced. Though we wonder why they have not incorporated blogs into the event. [Good As You]

Continuing to prove that gay men have the same exact interests as 15-year-old girls, we have decided to launch our MySpace profile. Yes, we know it needs work, but we’re still new to the MySpace scene. We were original Friendsters, after all.

Those Queerty readers, who have a life away from their computer desk, may not know about MySpace. Basically it’s a great way to get laid. Just kidding. Well, not really.

So go check out our little MySpace page and become one of our friends. Send us photos and we’ll add them to our MySpace page. And check the page out to see who else has the same fine taste in blogs as you.

Queerty Profile [MySpace]

Bruno Campos plays the asshole, cokehead, and bisexual surgeon on Nip/Tuck. We have a sneaking suspicion though that he is The Carver. We'll find out on next week's season finale.

Bruno Campos [IMDB]
The Carver Official Profile [Myspace]

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