The Twin Cities' gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents have two new Web-based information sources:

Big Gay News (www.biggaynews.com), a downloadable podcast from Minnesota's Lavender Media, offers global news headlines catering to the GLBT crowd.

Also, New York-based GLEE Groups (glee.com) has launched as an online place for GLBTers to socialize, compare notes on common interests, and even job hunt. GLEE stands for "gay, lesbian & everyone else."