See this is the kind of store opening we can get behind.

Universal Gear's new store in Hell's Kitchen (Manhattan, NYC) is giving us everything we want.

And they've got clothes too!

Hot swimwear models? A fashion show. Universal Gear certainly knows its target audience. Check out the merchandise after the jump!

Boxers, the popular New York City gay sports bar looking to expand beyond its Chelsea homebase, is facing a bit of resistance as it prepares to open a Hell's Kitchen location. Details follow.

And the award for the best country-western bar name goes to the soon-to-open Flaming Saddles! Details after the jump.

On Saturday morning, New York City radio host Blake Hayes (pictured) and a friend were victims of an anti-gay assault in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood. The attack itself is deplorable, but Hayes' report of the NYPD's inaction is just as gut-wrenching.

"The cops -- the NYPD -- did NOTHING.  They wouldn't even take the guy's information so we could file a claim later, or even run the plates of the car whose body was dented from him throwing my friend into it.  'They're NJ plates, we can't do anything,'" Blake wrote in a blog post over the weekend.

But there is good news to report. Today Instinct heard from New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, who assures us that the New York City Police Commissioner will investigate the reports...