Now that Anthony Weiner has officially jumped into NYC's mayoral race, get ready for plenty of headlines like this one. A lot of gay people and progressives in general seem disenchanted with Christine Quinn, who was once thought all but already elected, so he or Bill de Blasio might stand a chance.

Weiner's first ad is after the jump...

City Council Speaker announces bid for NYC mayor; would be first woman, first LGBT mayor

SHE LAUGHED, SHE CRIED: Christine Quinn is in. (But no mention of her wife???)

Oh, and by the way...so is Ashley Judd. (Probably.)

I don't know if he's blank-loathing, but I sure hate his guts.

Vince Sant's washboard abs.

TMZ to January Jones: "People think you're a homewrecker."

SNL hosts/alums welcome Timberlake to "Five-Timer's Club."

Rivers on lesbian kiss: "I'll do just about anything for ratings."

The contrived nature of the "selfie."

Homophobic "Harlem Shake" video from Jamaica.

DANCING IN THE SHEETS: In bed with Bowie & Jaggie.

Interview with I Want Your Love and Interior: Leather Bar director Travis Mathews.

An actor appears to contemplate documenting Val Lauren's Interior.

Please sing "Gambler" or "Rescue Me"

"Proud" Adam Lambert "excited" to cover Madonna on VH1 Divas.

Atlanta mayor is for marriage equality.

Michael Clarke Duncan: Branding 101.

Google's top celebs of '12 are dead.

Must the rest of Chic die to enter the Rock Hall of Fame?

New queer performance series hits NYC.

A free song for gay heroes of the past.

Hillary Clinton has the world by the balls.

For Russians who don't GET Americans.

A clubtastic "White Christmas".

Christine Quinn vs. at Injustice Scalia.

Cool Hunting's annual gift guide.

Taylor Swift Yoko Onoing One Direction?

What happened on the last 12/12/12.

Wonder what they were doing on 12/12 in 12 A.D.?

Blacklisted actress Gale Sondergaard's career was ruined by that witch hunt

Hollywood Reporter's mea culpa re the '40s/'50s blacklist era.

Stone Fox: Emma Stone has a sex tape, and "that's a fact."

FOX News shits on Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Good As You does far better.

Dean Geyer continues to be cute.

Chick Flick: Emily's List video thanks supporters.

Scarborough semi-apologizes to Nate Silver.

Teen students routinely sodomized during hazing.

Jared Leto is a poor man's Lucy Punch as a girl.

Pretty enough to be a girl?

Kylie does "The Loco-Motion" on Strictly Come Dancing.

The Naked Truth: SF bans nudity.

Normalizing sex talk.

Christine Quinn well-positioned to be NYC's first out mayor.

Voting her out

Participating in a recent forum on how to effectively market at-home HIV testing, I got a $200 gift card. Not wanting to spend it on a hustler, I instead gave $150 of that to The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead's Planned Parenthood, I Am Here for You fundraiser that happened here in NYC last night—and it was not only a good investment but also a good investment.

Joan Walsh & Lizz Winstead

I showed up at 6:30PM at the Gramercy for the VIP reception to find a handful of non-famous women spiked with the evening's famous females—Winstead, Salon editor Joan Walsh, Sandra Bernhard and Lisa Lampanelli. I was the only dude for the longest time in a room filled with women and several womyn.

Adding Sandra Bernhard to the mix

Lisa Lampanelli (L) and Judy Blume (R) join a mom and her baby, Rosie

My new friends with the A-list

All together now!

Talking to a few attendees about the art of the photo op, I figured out we were supposed to meet and greet the stars on our own—there was no formal line happening. This makes it a bit awkward because you don't really want to shoehorn yourself between Winstead and Bernhard when they're engrossed in a conversation about their bodies/their selves. Especially when you're announcing that you blog at something called Boy Culture.

Oh, Fudge! Fawning over Judy Blume

Ms. messaging

But it was totally fine and the women were absolutely gracious and eager to pose for photos and chat. Winstead is the ultimate feminist to me—unswerving on principle, unbothered by political correctness, utterly hilarious. She was in boots and a dress that looked macramaed from a distance. She reminds me of Laurie Metcalf and Barrie Longfellow.

Both Christine Quinn (facing lots of criticism lately) and Tom Duane have stated they have private assurances from enough lawmakers (at least 32) to ensure passage of marriage-equality by the New York Senate. However, NY1's poll of senators is far less encouraging—if 13 senators are either "undecided" or "wouldn't say" when asked, that means 12 of them (or some of those currently claiming they "would vote 'no'") must vote for the measure in order for it to pass.

I guess one encouraging sign is that homophobic pig Ruben Diaz seems awfully jumpy.

Quinn (right) with her partner Kim Catullo.

A very interesting CNN piece on marriage equality in New York quotes Christine Quinn as being cautiously optimistic about its passage.

Of her visits with undecided and leaning-against lawmakers, she says:

"It was amazing how much openness there was. We just all have to create a moment for them to step forward. So I really think it is going to happen this month, before the legislative session is over." (Our enemy, Maggie Gallagher of NOM—a woman who took cash from the Bush Administration in exchange for writing what they wanted her to write—says, "I don't think they will be passing a gay marriage bill this session.")

Also of interest is Quinn's pragmatic take on President Obama's position on marriage:

"He's not perfect on this issue and I want him to be perfect. And I'm fairly certain that pretty soon he will be perfect on this issue and what we just have to do is keep talking to him and keep educating him and keep working on him."

Meanwhile, the prez was in New York to see Joe Turner's Come and Gone with his wife (Republicans are bitching about the cost, as if Bush's jaunts to Crawford were free or something) and I actually had a ticket in the orchestra purchased...then the agent called to say they didn't have the ticket after all and they'd refund my money. Would have been fun to attend with the first couple and report on what happened inside...