Seems like I’m on a roll and have just been honoring out gay men lately in our Gay of the Week category.

What?

He didn’t come out yet?

Oooops, my bad. Never mind.

So then, let’s just pretend Taylor Lautner is a straight boy for a minute. LOL. Sorry, can’t do it, cant even keep a straight face for that one. Preteen girls who haven’t reached puberty yet may fall for that one, but anyone above that age, anyone who has sprouted a few curly hairs, knows that the only moon that boy howls at is a pink one.

And for proof you need look no further than Taylor’s recent V Mag cover shot with the boy obliviously channelling Grace Jones. Um, Taylor? I don’t think that’s quite what they had in mind when they told you that you need to butch it up a bit.

Seriously, does this boy have a publicist?

Not being a teenage girl, I’d missed Taylor initial emergence onto the scene. He starred in the Twilight vampire movies, which being marketed to the aforementioned teenage girls was of no interest to me. But after seeing a few shirtless shots of the boy and realizing he’d become legal over the last few years, I took a closer look. Nice bod. Killer abs. Obviously gay.

I rented the first Twilight movie. It sucked as badly as promised. But it did answer the is he or isn’t he question. First scene Taylor lights up the screen in he’s wearing hair extensions that’d make Lindsay Lohan jealous, and tossing his hair and flicking it out of his face in a manner that would make Richard Simmons look straight. I mean not a little bit gay, but full on fuck-me-daddy-fem-boy-god-I-love-dick gay. What had been rumor, became truth. Is he gay? A better question might be is he a top or a bottom. Uh, then again, I guess the answer to that one is fairly obvious too. Maybe a better question is. “If you name your son Taylor shouldn’t you buy him knee pads as well?”

Hollywood insiders of course can spot a rainbow colored gerbil a mile away, so as for Taylor’s sexuality it’s not so much an open secret as a much alluded to fact. Or outright acknowledged. At this year’s MTV Movie awards while teeny bopper fans were breathlessly waiting for the big kiss between Kristen Stewart and Taylor’s Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson, Rob turned to Kristen, looked deeply into her eyes, and said, “I don’t feel like kissing you!”

And then added, “I just think there’s someone else in the audience who I think will appreciate it a little more.” And headed into the crowd to lock lips with Taylor. Yup, it really was Taylor’s big night.

Several months later at the MTV VMA awards, referring to the kiss, Taylor was asked if he kissed or was kissed by Pattinson. “I was definitely kissed. It was quite a shocker…I honestly have no idea how I’m going to top that,” replied Taylor. Uh, babes? You won’t be topping that. Half of your appeal is that you’re a natural bottom.

Publicist? Hello? Do your job!

Then consider Taylor’s infamous interview in Rolling Stone Magazine, where the interviewer pressed him about his sexuality:

“Another possibility is that maybe you’re just sort of discovering yourself,” Rolling Stone asked.

“OK,” Taylor said.

”…As a young person trying to figure out his sexual identity in the world,” the mag continued.

“OK. I see where you’re going,” Taylor said. “Interesting choice.”

“It is a possibility,” the mag pushed.

“There’s a lot of rumors out there,” Taylor replied.

What’s telling about that exchange is not Taylor’s lack of denial, but that the interviewer felt justified in asking about the boy’s fondness for dick. And that the magazine felt justified in publishing the exchange.

Taylor too must realize the fag’s out of the bag, feeling comfortable enough with what everyone already knows to attend a party recently thrown by openly gay X-Men director Bryan Singer who is known for throwing bashes with loads of gay Hollywood types. Taylor partied his ass off along with a houseful of other gay men, staying into the wee hours of the morning. Seriously, he’s gotta be using Britney Spears’ publicist.

At the age of 19, Taylor is a bit young for my taste, but there is no denying he’s a little hottie. In 2010, Lautner was ranked number two on Glamour’s 50 Sexiest Men of 2010 list. Men’s Health ranked him at third on their list of Top 10 Summer Bodies. He was ranked fourth on People’s Most Amazing Bodies list, and was named number one on Access Hollywood’s Top 5 Hollywood Abs list. And came in on the top spot of Ricky Martin’s Top Guys I’d Like To Do If Only They Were A Top list.

Taylor’s bod is quite impressive, but age has not been as kind to his face. Cute kid is quickly being replaced with WTF? Ricky could wait until he was in his 30s to come out, he’s still a hunk. Taylor needs to open the closet door before his looks fail further. It won’t be long before the only role open to him is Frank the Pug in the next Men in Black movie.

Taylor has a new movie opening tomorrow, Abduction, which has been heavily promoted on Amber Alert highway signs across the country. And it was the promotion of his new flick that finally prompted me to honor him with a Gay of The Week post. There is an on-line sweepstakes with the top prize being a trip to NYC to meet the boys of the A-List, a reality TV show that follows the lives of a group of ‘A-List’ gay men. The contest is being brought to you by Taylor’s new movie. The only possible tie-in between the reality TV show and Abduction is the sexuality of the respective stars. The boy really does need to find a new publicist. Or just bend over and own up to playing for our team.