Morning Meme: Silvio Horta Says ABC Was Fine With Justin's "Ugly Betty" Kiss, Ben Cohen No Gay Icon, and Adam Lambert Loves Gaga

Someone is going to have to explain Lil B to me. He announced on the stage at Coachella that he intended to make history by titling his next album I’m Gay. Evidently it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. But he’s from San Francisco. I’m so confused.

Rep. Jared Polis is set to endorse Fortis Q, the first national GLBT first responders and service memorial.

Pretty soon, people are going to be claiming to do Natalie Portman’s grocery shopping for her. First, her dance double from Black Swan makes a stink about how much dancing the star did, and now we have a coed claiming she’s the butt double from Your Highness.

As more thought is given to the Out Power 50, not only are there a mountain of people on the list who aren’t out, but the list is shockingly white, and completely lacking in transgender representation. Does no one think of this during editorial meetings?

There’s nothing new in this post from TV Guide about spring break on 90210, but I just loved the headline from this mainstream publication, “90210 Spring Breakdown: Adrianna Is Burned, Girls Go Wild, and Teddy Gets a Boy Toy!” It’s got to count as progress.

A new study has dated HIV to at least 100 years old, not 30 as previously thought.

Adam Lambert loves the Lady Gaga cover image with her morphed into a motorcycle, calling it “camp.” Not to disagree with Adam, but that’s not camp. He needs a gay refresher course.

In a rather interesting interview with out Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta, Deadline discusses the shrinking representation of Hispanic characters on broadcast television. He also says that of all the storylines on Ugly Betty, the only one that made the network squirm was the transgender storyline. At least it’s good to know that the gay teen love story for Justin was good from the start.

For unknown reasons, the Apple Employees It Gets Better video disappeared for a time from YouTube for “depicting harmful activities.” Some have speculated a coordinated effort from anti-gay groups upset over Apple’s removal of The Manhattan Declaration and Exodus International apps from the App Store, triggering a manual review.

In a new meta-analysis of surveys, the shows with the strongest online fandoms have been ranked, and for the most part, the Top Ten are lower rated fan favorites, with Supernatural coming in first. Glee came in #12.

It looks like Rio will finish slightly higher than expected at around $40 million, with Scream 4 failing to crack $20 million. As was pointed out over the weekend, The Conspirator, with Jonathan Groff, squeaks in as a wide release with 707 screens, and clocked a very respectable $3.9 million on them.

It’s an interesting question: Should live coverage of sports end now? That’s considering Kobe Bryant’s homophobic slur and Marco Andretti bursting out with “I have no f**king idea!” over the radio during the Toyota Grand Prix Sunday. And obviously they aren’t equivalent, but for purposes of this discussion they fit nicely.

In the wake of Kobe Bryant’s outburst, Phoenix Suns’ Grant Hill has already taped a PSA for GLSEN called “Think Before You Speak" that will air during the NBA finals. The concept, according to Hill, is "I think back to when I was a kid. And if an NBA athlete or an NFL athlete or someone I looked up to and admired told me something was not cool, then I'm going to pay attention."

Ben Cohen doesn’t see himself as a gay icon. I’m not sure I do either. But he’s definitely a gay hero. And quite hunky.

46 years ago Sunday, the first gay rights protest at the White House was held. Have we come so far, or not far enough?