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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Ryan Gosling shows of his back art in a behind-the-scenes clip from "Place Beyond the Pines".   BY SAM GREISMAN A look back at today's top stories WINGNUTTERY Boy, when Anthony Weiner attempts a comeback he does it in a really public way. Two years after the former Congressman stepped down over a sexting scandal, he has announced his intention to run for Mayor of New York City. Voters think he shouldn't be running at a rate of nearly two-to-one. Former Defense Secretary and overall cretin Donald Rumsfeld was recently asked what he thought about gay marriage and he replied that he worries it will lead to polygamy.  Wolf Blitzer embarrassed himself in front of a tornado survivor as he discovered that she is an atheist after asking her if she thanked the Lord. The Vatican is denying that the Pope performed an exorcism recently after a video emerged of him laying hands on a wheelchair bound person. And NOM's Brian Brown has condemned the recent anti-gay violence in New York City, though no word on if he also condemns the hate speech that can often lead to such violence.  ** GAY NEWS An arrest has been made in one of the several attacks during this recent rash of anti-gay assaults in New York City. The gay former Boy Scout who took his case against the Scouts' anti-gay policies all the way to the Supreme Court in 2000 recently spoke out about the efforts to end the ban on gays. Also voters in Tennessee are not entirely as anti-gay as one might assume.  ** VIDEOS OF THE DAY Check out a man performing a dance-duet with his younger self set to the Dixie Chicks' cover of "Landslide". Oh he's in his underwear by the way. Buzzfeed gives us a video of unbelievably real facts and Jon Stewart is a huge fan of Toronto's wonderful crack-smoking Mayor!

The annual Broadway Beauty Pageant took place on Monday night in New York, and raised more than $50,000 for the Ali Forney Center, the city's largest LGBT homeless youth shelter. The evening featured Callan Bergmann (Silence! The Musical), Julius C. Carter (SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark), Yurel Echezarreta (Matilda), Matthew Goodrich (The Nance), Orion Griffiths (Pippin), and Paul HeeSang Miller (Mamma Mia!). Nathan Lee Graham (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) also performed. The judges were Andrea Martin (Pippin), Billy Porter (Kinky Boots), and Michael Urie (Buyer and Cellar), and the evening was hosted by four-time Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh. The winner of the pageant, selected by the audience, was Pippin's Orion Griffiths. Matthew Rettenmund of Boy Culture shot a video of Griffiths' unique performance. That screenshot above is Griffiths before his clothes started coming off. And most of them did. Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP...

from LACMA to MUSAC, portugal-based artist, andré chiote, illustrated a mighty cool collection of museum architecture for us to enjoy, covet, and put onto our "i-swear-i-will-visit-this-place-soon" list. see andré's entire collection here. {via ISO50.}

When you get lemons you make lemonade and it'll be a sweet drink for Damien because his friends are sugar. Damian spent the day with friends instead of attending graduation ceremonies after his Catholic high School refused to allow him to wear a man's black robe despite his legal name change. The school based that decision on the fact Damien's birth certificate has female annotated on it. For Damian to change that in New Mexico he would had to have sexual reassignment surgery, a costly and sometimes unneeded medical operation for transgender people. Damian wrote about his decision on facebook “I’m fully respecting this and myself by not walking and/or attending the ceremony at all." Damian's friend Kayla Cano commented on the ABQ Journal article "I just want everyone to know...and Damian, his seat was left empty, his classmates wanted him there and made that known..."And indeed we do care.The University of New Mexico’s LGBTQ Resource Center will host a graduation ceremony for Garcia on May 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. in a courtyard next to Scholes Hall on main campus.UNM LGBTQ Resource Center presents:1st NM Lavender High School Graduation Reception Facebook pageMay 30th, 20135pm-7pm... Keynote Address:Damian GarciaSt. Pius X Graduate 2013The LGBTQ Resource Center at the University of New Mexico honors all LGBTQ & Ally High School Graduates for their academic achievements and graduating as their whole selves.We invite all family, friends and advocates to join us in celebrating NM's LGBTQ & Ally High School Graduates.The reception will be located near the LGBTQ Resource Center courtyard on University main campus next to Scholes Hall. If you have questions please feel free to call 505-277-LGBT (5428).All High School LGBTQ & Ally graduates, please RSVP by calling 505-277-LGBT (5428) or email lgbtqrc@unm.edu with the following information:subject line- HS Lavender GraduateName:email:address:High School:Awards/Achievements/Activities or Student Groups:Who would you like to thank:Reception Location:LGBTQ Resource Center608 Buena Vista NEABQ, NM 87131(UNM main campus, enter at Las Lomas & University)Google map

What's the best concert you've ever attended? Artist and year.

That Paul Giamatti is so smart.

As evidenced below, there is such a surplus of birthday fabulosity in the universe today, that on behalf of the celebrants, we wish for you, dear readers......the rare, admirable knack for being being unfailingly upbeat, without ever being "perky." BETTY GARRETTMay 23, 1919 - February 12, 2011...the talent for knocking back bottomless martinis without ever losing your composure. Or balance. HELEN O'CONNELLMay 23, 1920 - September 9, 1993...the resolve to insist upon the best possible lighting under all circumstances. ROSEMARY CLOONEYMay 23, 1928 - June 29, 2002...and, most important, the ability to stand on a pedestal with worshipful minions at your feet. JOAN COLLINSMay 23, 1933

JOHN PAYNEMay 23, 1912 - December 6, 1989

“I was like, “Look, dude, I love you guys, I really want to be a part of this, but I can’t play a slut in front of millions of people around the world.” I’d rather go back to Jersey City, doing my small little indie movies.” - Fast 6 (The Fast and The Furious — Part 6) star Michelle Rodriguez, explaining how apprehensive she was about returning to the movie franchise. via YouTube