It's a sad day to be a theater queen. After twelve years on the great gay way, Rent producers announced the musical will close up shop on June 1st. The adaptation of La Boheme not only inspired a generation of young dramatists, but raked in serious dough: "Rent which cost $240,000 to put up downtown, has gone on to gross more than $280 million on Broadway and another $330 million on the road. Productions have been mounted on six continents."

Alright, alright, that headline may be a little misleading. Of course Rent didn't make Neil Patrick Harris gay, but it definitely helped him along.

[NPH] says he has known he is gay since he was 15 or 16. His status as a teen celebrity made for some early disorientation: "Sometimes, I didn't really date much because I wasn't able to go to bars and clubs," he said.

But he credits a stint on the Broadway musical "Rent" for opening his eyes about how to interpret his sexuality. "That's a show all about celebrating life, living in the moment, appreciating diversity on every level."

It's also about AIDS. And, as we all know, AIDS is totally gay. So, in a way, one could say AIDS made Neil Patrick Harris. (Shit, can you imagine what anti-gay conservatives would do with that piece of flippant, wholly insensitive humor?)

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Last week's So Gay! wrap-up left off with this past year’s best coming out stories. Today we’ll cover the best in gay movies. We think you’ll recognize some films you forked over 10 bucks to see.

5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Whether it’s their ability to relate to young Harry’s sense of isolation or his oversized magic wand, The Gays just love Harry Potter. Like the book series, the films are getting progressively darker as Harry himself matures into a man. Soon he'll be legal.

4. Rent. Musical numbers? Check. An AIDS storyline? Check. Director of first two Harry Potter films? Check. A Sex in the City connection? Check. That and more make this movie one big ol’ gay event.

3. TransAmerica. One of our favorite Desperate Housewives straps on a penis in order to portray a character who only wants to get it lopped off. Felicity Huffman is the pre-op tranny who finds out her long lost son is gay hustler. The only thing that would have made this any gayer would have been a cameo by Madge herself.

2. Capote. Phillip Seymor Hoffman turned in a sublime performance as Truman Capote, one full of nuances and all too accurate mannerisms of the famous writer. But let’s not forget Catherine Keener. Her portrayal of carpet muncher Harper Lee was an absolute scene-stealer.

Which brings us to the number one So Gay! Film of the year…

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• A group of uppity parents have their chastity belts in a bunch over a Rhode Island high school's field trip to see Rent because it "promotes homosexuality." Hey, West Side Story promotes heterosexuality (sort of) and you don't see us complaining.

• Stephen Bennett and his beard, er, wife, Irene, are at it again. She says she would give Brokeback Mountain “a 'thumbs down' for its message. Second, I give it an Oscar for the number one homosexual propaganda movie of the year." No word on which award she gave her hair. (Via Good As You)

• We spotted Bruce Vilanch (with some older guy) at the Grove this morning. No doubt he was on his way to check out Brokeback Mountain at the only LA-area theater you can catch the movie.

• Of all people, San Francisco cops are in trouble for recording videos that poke fun at African-Americans, women, and even trannies.

• Four Bulgarian athletes have been booted off their soccer team for participating in an orgy in the team's locker room, dispelling all doubt that Bel Ami videos are unrealistic.

• GE has a new print ad featuring a gay male couple for their high-end monogram line. Seeing as though we're the ones who either buy them or are responsible for putting them in chic kitchens, we think it couldn't be better. GE…You really do bring good things to life.

• Mariah Carey will make an appearance at the Virgin Megastore in LA tonight. We encourage all you Angelenos to be there before the imminent nervous breakdown causes her to once again disappear from the scene. Bitch is due.

•We've heard the Eddie Murphy/Johnny Gill rumors but we're not sold just yet. We always thought Eddie was into trannies. Unless Johnny Gill becomes Johnny Girl at night.

• Q Network joins Logo and Here! as the trio of gay cable channels in NYC making it the hottest threesome this side of Chelsea.

• A ship goes down in Titanic. In Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal go down on each other. But that isn't the only thing these two movies have in common. (Via Defamer)

• Gender-free bathrooms seemed to work just fine on Ally McBeal.

• Rent doesn't come out until next weekend but being a card carrying queer you're required to whet your appetite with this preview.

Taye Diggs talks about his comfortability with running around in the buff in this month's Genre. Let's hope he's comfortable enough to bare all in this month's Rent.

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• Barra Magazine, the first Arabic gay magazine, has been published. Bush’s camp will be labeling it terrorist reading material any day now.

• A cross-dresser is protesting his being denied into the priesthood. Girl, please rethink this. Haven’t you seen the hideous black robes you’re forced to wear?

• We can think of a few people (um, Jake Gyllenhaal), we would liked to see get x-rayed with these newfangled machines.

• Q Television is debuting a new gay debate show. Just what we need. A bunch of queens talking over one another.

• Sing along to the trailer before Rent is unleashed next month!