After last night’s performance, some folks are saying openly gay American Idol contestant Adam Lambert has positioned himself as a front runner. Sorry, but I’m just not feeling it yet. And where are this year’s trainwrecks? Where’s Sanjaya 2009?

(Via – Towleroad)

Via their website: THE PLANShow up at a Starbucks on Tax Day at 7:15 AM, 12:15 PM, 5:15 PM, or 8:15 PM , buy a cuppa joe, then share a kiss with your sweetie, or a friend, or even a long-time crush! RAWR! INFOLGBT couples have yet to be granted the same rights to file our taxes jointly on a …

The 60-story luxury condo One Madison Park, started in much better times, is nearing completion on East 23rd Street. The 7500 sq. foot penthouse triplex is “holding firm” at an asking price of $45M – good luck with that. Curbed has some great photos of the unfinished space at the top, the views are astounding.

“Oh, it didn’t pass? OK. So we still need to pass it? OK. So we’ll try to pass that one for you, too. But that’s why we need it. And of course Obama supports that, our Congress supports that, our Senate supports that. I thought we did pass it, so we will try to get that. But that’s exactly why …

The Federal Trade Commission has issued the above parody video as part of their just-launched campaign to warn against a certain “free” credit report company with an incredibly annoying TV ad. The Federal Trade Commission is getting hip and cool. Today the federal agency launched a series of silly videos to clear up confusion about which Web site offers truly …

Christianist groups are calling for a nationwide student walk-out in public schools that participate in next month’s annual Day Of Silence, an event designed to call attention to the bullying of LGBT students. From Americans For Truth spokesdouche Peter LaBarbera: TAKE ACTION: spread the word about the student walkout to protest the pro-homosexual-activist “Day of Silence” — on Friday, April …

New activism in West Virginia! Via press release: Today, West Virginians announced the formation of a new statewide civil rights organization committed to ensuring fair treatment for all gay and lesbian people in the state. Fairness West Virginia’s mission is to ensure gay people are treated safely and fairly in their homes, at work and in their communities. “Discrimination in …

Two new California groups are working on 2010 marriage equality ballot amendments, but they have very different goals. The first is aiming for a straight-forward (heh) repeal of Proposition 8. “Our logic is that we should not put all our eggs in one basket and wait for the Supreme Court,” said Charles Lowe, who after campaigning against Proposition 8 founded …

I didn’t do a recap of RuPaul’s Drag Race last week after Ongina’s very untimely departure. And while last night’s hour-long Absolut infomercial was certainly tedious in portions, there were a few highlights – most notably Charo’s terrible “Spooning leads to forking” joke. No spoilers in this clip. Y’all know who went home.

Equality California sent out the above photo with its latest donations pitch yesterday, saying this sign was displayed at the Supreme Court hearings in SF last week. But Dan Savage has some questions: Who took the picture? Where? When? Is the person holding the sign standing inside a building? Weren’t the demonstrations outside? And who is holding the sign? Why …

YouTube users in the UK cannot see music videos at the moment, thanks to another breakdown between Google and the major music publishers. Google Inc. said Monday it will block U.K. users from watching music videos on its popular video-sharing site YouTube after negotiations with Britain’s music royalty-collecting body broke down. Google said it would begin blocking British users starting …

Here’s the first single from Röyksopp’s upcoming album Junior. With extra Space Invaders coolness.

“One characteristic of cults is that they strongly believe they alone are right in their beliefs and everyone else is wrong. Thus they reject the central truths of the Bible that Christians have held in common for almost 2,000 years and substitute their own beliefs for the clear teaching of Scripture.” – Billy Graham.

I posted a Morning View of Madison Square Park’s Shake Shack a couple of years ago, but today’s is just to show that Gothamites are willing to stand in a one to three hour line for their Shack burgers, even when it’s 40 degrees outside. (You can check the status of the line on their live cam.) Next month Shake …

Courtesy of the Saint-At-Large, today’s swag prize is two tickets to Rites XXX: The Black Party, the 30th annual installation of the most legendary gay dance party in history. Black Party XXX takes place Saturday, March 21st at Manhattan’s Roseland Ballroom in Times Square. This year’s Black Party DJs are Eddie Elias, Boris, and Junior Vasquez. View a special (NSFW) …

This clip seems appropriate today in light of my earlier post about the doubling number of non-religious Americans. It’s also amusing to read the angry comments by atheists on YouTube who clearly didn’t watch the clip long enough to get the satire. (Tipped by JMG reader Jennifer)

All those protests and rallies about the NYC gay men falsely arrested for prostitution at the city’s adult bookstore have seen results. Duncan Osborne at Gay City News reports on the latest development: Activists who met with Robert Morgenthau report that the district attorney said he would investigate the 2008 prostitution arrests of at least 30 gay and bisexual men …

If you work in downtown Manhattan, you might enjoy Scanwiches, a site devoted to scanned photos of sandwiches made by the various lunchtime eateries below Houston Street. The above photo there is captioned “Parisi Bakery: Salami, Cheddar, Lettuce, Roasted Red Pepper, Oil and Vinegar on a seeded roll.” (Via Jen Chung @ Gothamist)