Morning Meme: Matt Bomer Pleads For Tolerance, Sir Ian Reads Maupin, and Can Cookie Monster Really Host "SNL?"

AfterElton.com member and NY Post writer Eric Hegedus was granted the rarest of things: The chance to interview Kylie Minogue just before she sings in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kylie admits she’s going to wear more clothes than normal for warmth. She also has no idea why gay fans are so loyal, ““That’s the $64,000 question I am asked a lot. I really don’t have an answer that can fully quantify it. It’s just been a very organic relationship — basically, I had no choice!”

TSA Regulations and Etiquette for the Gay Traveler. Do: Moan if necessary when being groped; Don’t: Call the TSA agent “Daddy.”

I’m becoming increasingly fascinated with the blog entries of Matthew Cain, TV presenter and friend of Russell Tovey. After spending an evening with Rufus Wainwright (you know, like you do), he wonders if there’s any place for intelligence in pop music.

Sadly, the same-sex couple on Dancing With the Stars Israel has been voted off. Sportscaster Gili Shem Tov and her professional partner Dorit Milman made it to the third week.

The ratings for Sarah Palin’s Alaska dropped 40% for the second week. It seems those monstrous ratings were mostly curiosity, like staring at a car wreck as you pass by. But ratings for Sunday night’s other zombie show, The Walking Dead, held steady.

Michael Musto has found a new publisher for his book now that he’s wrested control back from the all-but-dead Alyson Books.

For high risk men who have sex with men, a PrEp regimen of common HIV treatment drugs reduced the chance of seroconversion by over 43%.

Apple has approved an app for all ages that lets users “sign” pledges based on the anti-gay, anti-choice Manhattan Declaration of 2009. But cartoon butts in gay comics still require you to consent to adult content on the iPhone.

I’m getting sick of hearing from apologists that maybe we should settle for civil unions, that no one will fight us as long as we don’t try for the word “marriage.” Because as soon as we move in that direction, entities like Illinois, NOM and the Catholic Archbishop come out against civil unions.

Admiral Mike McMullen distills the problem with Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell down to the very core. I’m a veteran, and honesty and integrity are vital. And as Admiral McMullen says “No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. For me personally, it comes down to integrity — theirs as individuals and ours as an institution."

Next week production begins on the Super Bowl episode of Glee. And rumor has it that they’re trying to get self-professed Gleek Katie Couric to do a cameo as herself in a scene with Jane Lynch.

Pink was fabulous on the American Music Awards, and probably the best performance of the night. So when she gets asked if the baby will slow her down, she says “As soon as the baby can say 'mama,' I'm going on the road."We are going to be a traveling family gypsy band with garlands in our hair."

Motor Trend delivers a verbal smackdown to Rush Limbaugh that has to be read to be believed. He really asked for it in this case, because he had to know he had no leg to stand on criticizing their naming the GM Volt “Car of the Year.”

Michael J. Fox is returning to The Good Wife. Now about that gay brother…