• Jude Law is playing gay onscreen. Again. We’re crossing our fingers that one day he'll see the light and convert to our side offscreen. [Pink News]

• Stephen King’s new novel Cell is supposed to be his first book with a gay hero. But we’ve always had our suspicions about the namesake in Carrie. That is if you consider a telekinetic murderess a hero. [After Elton]

• RIP queer Curious George collaborator Alan Shalleck who was found murdered in his trailer. [Miami Herald]

• Al Reynolds sings show tunes to Star Jones. No surprise there. [Gawker]

• Zulkey chats with drag king/lesbian/author Norah Vincent (whose book is most definitely on Al Reynolds’ nightstand) about what were the most difficult things about acting masculine. [Zulkey]

What do you do when you’re a butch dyke who wants to gain a better understanding of straight guys and their visually obsessed brains? Well you chop off your hair and throw yourself into the macho world of door-to-door sales, monasteries, and blue-collar bowling. Um, yeah. Sure.

But that’s just what NYC lezzie Norah Vincent did. For 18 freaking months.

Vincent (why she adopted the name Ned as her male alter ego and not Vincent Vincent, we don't know) has now returned to her female life (with a book, natch) and tonight gives 20/20 the lowdown on how and why she went down with her experiment:

"This wasn't just a stunt. & It was about finding something out about the human creature, and I learned it the best possible way because I went through it."

We don’t think she had a problem with the “going to the strip club with the guys” part, though.

We at Queerty still don’t fully understand straight guys. We might consider picking up her book, Self-Made Man, if it explains why we keep falling for them.

My life as a man [Salon]

20/20 [Official Site]