I, for one, love the fact that former US figure skating champion Johnny Weir is so flamboyant. As Christian from Project Runway might say: "He's a fierce tranny and he's not apologizing for it!"

But I *don't* like how he's been so cagey about his sexuality. It's his decision, but I wish he would just come-the-f**k-out of the closet (if, in fact, he is gay). And, if so, he's just perpetuating the sterotype that being gay is something to hide. And REALLY not doing a very good job.

Dlisted gives a nod to the New York Times, which interviewed both Weir and his totally bro, hetero, X-games-wannabe rival, Evan Lysacek, who "would rather skate in sweat pants." (They got exactly the same score at the most recent US championship.) And when Weir was apparently asked the big question:

“There are some things I keep sacred,” Weir said. “My middle name. Who I sleep with. And what kind of hand moisturizer I use.”

Wink-wink, nudge-nudge. It's a hilarious story; I think Lysacek and Weir should just consummate their relationship in a fit of wild locker-room abandon. My bet's on Lysacek on top; but Johnny seems like he'd be pretty bossy!

The New York Times Magazine has a huge story this week on a phenomenon that I've certainly noticed myself from my time in gay media: trans people—epspecially trans boys—are all over the place these days, and coming out and undergoing hormone treatments at a relatively young age.

(The picture here is of the band Le Tigre, which includes JD Samson, probably one of the most recognized genderqueer women in pop music today.)

The story opens with a transman, Rey, who entered Barnard (a women's college) as biologically female:

When I asked him why he wanted to start hormone therapy so soon, he replied simply, “You live your life and you feel like a boy.” Of course, living life like a boy is not what an elite women’s college has historically been about.

Quite interesting. And given the trans community's long record of invisibility, the fact that this story is in the New York Times is pretty incredible. What do you think?

That's what people are saying, anyway. Even though the presidential election isn't until 2012, openly gay -- and hugely popular -- Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe won re-election by a landslide over the weekend. Apparently, he's the most popular politician in France.

Additionally, his Socialist party won key seats all over the country, a signal that people are already over newly-elected president Nicolas Sarkozy. From the folks at 365gay.com:

Since becoming mayor Delanoe has been hugely popular, particularly with the poor and middle classes.

But his popularity also is high outside Paris and a growing number in the Socialist Party see him as their strongest hope for defeating Sarkozy in the next election - scheduled for 2012.

Maybe the unflattering shirtless pictures of Sarkozy, completed with airbrushed lovehandles, also had something to do with it?

Or the fact that, immediately after taking office, Sarkozy dumped his wife and married Italian supermodel Carla Bruni? (See, in France, you keep your wife and just date supermodels on the side. Duh!)