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Mind the Gap: Mark Harris wrote a fascinating article in the latest issue of New York about the gay generation gap (“we think they’re naive ...they think we’re old.”). I learned a lot and don't dispute any of his findings other than to say I've never actually witnessed or experienced any of the things he's talking about: “We’re just like our parents,” says a colleague of mine who came out right after college, in the mid-eighties. “We fought really hard so that our children would have things easier than we did, and now we resent them for it and sit around complaining that they lack character because they had everything too easy.” Granted, I rarely hang out with twentysomething gay guys. But the times I have I've always found them to be engaging and equally "up" for the fight. More than anything, though, I've been surprised at how LITTLE times have changed when you hear their equally difficult coming-out stories. I say, "Well, it must have been so much easier for your generation with 'Will and Grace' on the air and all," and they frequently still report feeling like they were the only gay person in the world. (NYMag)

A Rivers Ran Through It: With Johnny and now Ed finally dead and buried, Joan Rivers is moving back to Los Angeles. Anyone interested in buying her Upper East Side penthouse or her Connecticut country estate?

Home of the Whopper: Burger King courts Size Queens in its new ad campaign. (Gawker)

Power-full: This story about a Michigan teen with scoliosis and cerebral palsy making a 100-mile wheelchair trek for charity was really heartwarming until the last sentence. (AP)

Law of Desire: Antonio Banderas Says, “People were more upset that I kissed a man than I killed a man!” (PopWrap)

Season 22(!): Meet the latest gay cast member of "The Real World," Derek Chavez (an Arizona State student) from the new season set in Cancun, Mexico. (Too bad they can't all be Danny Roberts.) (Advocate)

State of Confusion: New York state voters have shifted their support for the first time to a slim majority backing a law to allow same-sex couples to marry, Quinnipiac University said in a poll released on Tuesday. The poll found 51 percent of voters supported gay marriage versus 41 percent who opposed it, with 8 percent undecided. Think this will have any impact on "marriage-equality scourge Ruben Diaz, who has a gay best friend, two gay brothers and a "soft spot for Liza"? What do you think? (Daily Intel)

AOL Inches, Blog Dollars: If Nikki Finke is telling everyone she sold her cute little Deadline Hollywood Daily blog for $150 million, could I at least get 150 grand? (Defamer)

Watch What Happens (After Dark): Bravo's head of programming and occasional on-camera personality Andy Cohen is set to star in a weekly talk show for the network. Congrats, Andy! (Advocate)

Douche Bag Central: I'm confused. Does anyone care what John Mayer thinks about anything? (Newsweek)

Resistance Is Futile: The real reason you can't resist another chocolate-chip cookie. (NYT)

Bunny Bixler Inc.: I'm not at all interested in teens (I don't even watch "Gossip Girl"), but I still set my DVR for "NYC Prep." Anyone watch it yet? (NYT)

Playing Doctor: You will thank Frank for digging up the Playgirl spread of Steve Bond, who played Jimmy Lee Holt on "General Hospital" in the 1980s. Adult link ----->(OMG! Blog)