"Str8-Acting" on Reality TV

When some gay guy calls himself "straight-acting," do you have the slightest idea what he means? Neither does Romeo.

But it's an act that has some value, apparently, since two new reality shows will offer prizes to queer boys who can effectively pass for hetero.

Lifetime's Gay, Straight or Taken?, premiering Jan. 8, introduces a female contestant to three men, and it's her job to figure out who's single, who's taken, and who plays for the other team.

If she guesses correctly, she and her guy win an exotic trip; if she doesn't, the guy and his significant other will travel instead.

Then there's GayDAR, still in the casting stage for an as-yet-unnamed network, which is looking for gay guys whose straight-boy camouflage can fool "a panel of experts."

Maybe they can get Abercrombie & Fitch to be sponsors..