The Reading List: Fred Connors and NBC, behind the scenes with Gossip, and more

You never know what you can find out on the internet.

First off, Halifax mayoral candidate/hair designer/urban farmer/etc Fred Connors is apparently in talks with NBC to create a possible television project. (Via Open File HFX)

Earlier this month, I shared a new clip from Gossip. Check out some behind-the-scenes footage here. (YouTube)

If you’ve been watching RuPaul’s Drag Race, then you know that viewers have to wait until next week to see who is the next drag superstar (Team Sharon, FTW!). Well, Ru is asking for viewers’ choices on her Facebook page, and as of yesterday afternoon, they were close to 50,000 comments and had more than 1,800 shares.

There is a great little Tumblr blog called The NYC Gays, but really, you could subsitute for any city. It’s probably one of the best uses of gifs I’ve seen in a long time. Case in point:

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