In The Gay Old Summertime

It seems like only yesterday that Will and Grace was called daring. Bravo's reality show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, in which gay style specialists make over grooming-challenged straight men, is shaping up as the surprise hit of the summer. Picked up by NBC, which aired a half-hour rerun last Thursday (after Will and Grace, naturally), the show is the latest highlight in what has turned out to be a grand old, gay old summer.

Television
BRAVO Along with Queer Eye, left, the network will push the envelope with Boy Meets Boy, a dating reality show with a twist: a gay bachelor looks for a mate, not knowing which of the candidates are straight

Law
COUPLING The Supreme Court struck down a ban on gay sex, and Canada okayed gay marriage. Now a Pew survey says opposition to gay marriage has dropped from 65% to 53% since 1996

Corporate Culture
WAL-MART Tolerance on aisle 5: the retail giant extended employee antidiscrimination protections to gays and lesbians

Idea
METROSEXUAL
The suddenly ubiquitous term for the stylish, urban, hetero male who has no fear of salons, it's been applied to George Clooney and soccer star David Beckham.