Morning Meme: All Aboard the Bigot Bus, Gays Are Going to Explode, and More!

Plus gay best friends as accessories, an unfortunate headline, rock stars through the years, L.A. Outfest begins, and who was hoovering in a catsuit?

Teen Vogue asks the question "Is a GBF (Gay Best Friend) the New Must-Have Accessory for Teen Girls?" Wait a minute ... did they out that Ryan character from High School Musical?

Defense Department officials have e-mailed surveys to 400,000 servicemembers as part of a special review to prepare the military for a potential repeal of DADT. I'd love to know what questions are being asked.

The theme on The Ellen Degeneres Show this season was "Ellen's bid for world domination," and it's slowly coming true.

She'll put the contacts in, think they make her look nice. She's gambling with her sight, but she's got Lady Gaga eyes.

Speaking of Gaga, the Grammy honchos have revised their rulebook because of her. She was denied a Best New Artist nomination this year because she had already received a nom for Best Dance recording last year. The change will "provide eligibility to previous Grammy nominees who have not released a full-length album and who have not won."

I recall a similar incident back in 1985 when Whitney Houston was denied a Best New Artist nomination because she had recorded the duet "Hold Me" with Teddy Pendergrass the year before. Pop Quiz, hotshot! Who did receive the Best New Artist Grammy for that year? (and no looking on Wikipedia, cheaters!)

American Idol has canceled eight stops on its summer tour, apparently because of low ticket sales. Darn, now I won't be able to see winner Whatshisface sing with runner-up Whatshername.

How Rock Stars have Changed. They seemed to pick the most unflattering "now" pics they could find, but at least The Goddess remains just as ageless as she's always been.

GLAAD is meeting today with Today Show Executive Producer Jim Bell to discuss the wedding contest debacle.

Of all the stupid reasons to oppose DADT, this may take the cake. Basically, allowing gays to serve openly would somehow lead to female soldiers being pressured ... to have abortions. Wow.

The 28th Outfest Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival kicks off today, and L.A. Weekly profiles some of the best bets.

I hate it when gay men fight ... unless it's rip-n-strip wrestling. Out UK actors Antony Cotton (Coronation Street) and John Partridge (Eastenders) are embroiled in a tiff about "stereotypical gay characters" and something about hoovering in a catsuit.

Can't we all just get along?

I have to admit to not knowing anything about Brazilian indie-rock band Cansei de Ser Sexy, but this tweet about their upcoming album makes me wonder what I've missed. Any of you have info on this group?

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All aboard the bigot bus! NOM will soon stink up the highways of the U.S., and they've set up a Flickr account to display their hate van. Some of the comments are priceless.

How many cubes? Are you sure? And where the hell is Q-bert?

Lady Gaga's Madison Square Garden concert got a rave review from the NY Daily News (although I was disappointed that the nod to Oz that the review alluded to didn't involve a pee bucket and Christopher Meloni.) Below you can see some excited Gaga fans.