There are about 30,000 little people in America, according to Joanna Campbell, executive director of the largest little people organization in the country, Little People of America. Campbell estimates that the amount of little people are equally divided by sex. If there are 15,000 men with dwarfism in America, and like the general population according to Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, five percent of them are predominantly attracted to men, that means there are 750 gay little men in America. That’s .000233 percent of the population, or one in every 430,000 people.

As a gay little person, Joey Navedo, 30, lives one of the rarest of lives. Despite the incredibly low number of people who share his specific experience, though, he has plenty in common with the average-sized gay men he parties with frequently as a nightlife entertainer. This installment of Rare Lives features a very frank conversation about hooking up, fetishization, and the prejudice Navedo faces (and has roll off his back).

Finally, there are answers to the question that inevitably comes up when I watch Little Women L.A. with someone else and one of the cast's average-sized boyfriend's comes on screen: How do they...you know?

On last night's episode of Lifetime's housewives-with-a-genetic-twist reality show, Little Women L.A., the titular women frolicked around Las Vegas for dual bachelorette festivities. One of these was a scavenger hunt, which found them intermingling with the general public. There were two confrontations resulting from the rudeness of gawking average-sized people (or A.P.'s for short). In one instance, a guy openly took pictures of them, and in another, a woman referred to cast member Brianna as "cute."

Last night Lifetime debuted Little Women: LA, another Real Housewives style show that brings together a group of women to fight and occasionally feign compassion. The twist here is that instead of affluence, these women are bound by the fact that they are all little people.

With the U.S. unemployment rate holding steady at 9.1%, people are desperate for any kind of work. That's why Florida state legislator Ritch Workman submitted a bill earlier this month that would repeal the state's ban on dwarf-tossing, freeing up jobs for aerodynamic little people across the Sunshine State. While many have dismissed Workman's bill as both offensive and impractical, he picked up some A-list support tonight when Stephen Colbert laid out the case for re-legalizing "shorty shotput."

Citing his "quest to seek and destroy unnecessary burdens on the freedom and liberties of people," a Republican state legislator has submitted a bill that would repeal Florida's 22-year-old ban on tossing little people for sport at bars. He's doing it for job creation!

Alas, just when we thought reality television could not become more exploitative or absurd they come up with this. Behold, little people, a camel, and a relay race.

During a friendly game of pool on Spike TV's Half-Pint Brawlers, Puppet loses his match and therefore, must get shot in the nuts. Why? "Usually we don't bet money, we bet pain." Sure, sounds like a good enough reason...

The civil rights crusaders at Spike are empowering little people worldwide with its newest show. "Half-pint Brawlers" is a reality series about dwarf professional wrestlers, and it will undoubtedly some day be seen as the little person's own Negro League.

On Little People, Big World, father Matt elected himself to be the "manager" of son Zach's soccer team. He proceeded to impose his opinion on everything from uniforms to sponsorship, irritating and alienating both his son and his wife.

He might be starring in an old-people version of that comedic romp. Also today: Movie roles for Leslie Mann and Kate Bosworth, a TV role for a great Big Love actress, a new Gervais/Merchant joint (a small oen), and teens.

For such a tiny man, Nelson de la Rosa had so much to give. Now dancing with the angels, Nelson and his many moves (humping! grinding!) and moods (flirty! sassy! sexy! Michael Jackson!) are compiled here in a loving tribute.

This new series is about Becky and Craig (little people) and their infant son Charlie (average-sized.) More notable than the challenges they face due to their size is that like most reality-show couples, one party has a bad attitude.

Spike announced that it will jump on the little people bandwagon with what sounds to be a well thought-out, educational docudrama about dwarf wrestling. Is this too far? Inside, an examination at the success and malaise of tiny TV.

Today at Gawker.TV, time lapse footage of the weekend's snowpocalypse filmed in Brooklyn, graffiti outside of Serge Gainsbourg's Paris home, Charlie Gibson's sign-off, more "Little People" shows on TLC, and Kathie Lee Gifford once again says proves her ignorance on-air.

Little Chocolatiers is a new TLC show about a married couple who run a third-generation chocolate shop. As cute as the show looks, it leaves us wondering why TLC won't vary up their programming much beyond "people with physical ailments."

Gallup Poll results released yesterday: 51% of Americans consider themselves pro-life. "This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking..."

Mutual fund firm Fidelity Investments has to pay $3.75 million in fines because 13 of its brokers accepted many expensive presents from clients, reports the NYT. Things like free concert and Superbowl tickets and a wild 2003 bachelor party, paid for by clients, that featured a superstar dwarf that people eventually tossed! (He was consenting; must be an unapologetically mercenary son of a bitch!) It's true, little people are all the rage these days! They're the new strippers: paid to perform vaguely humiliating stunts as the the latest makes-you-feel-superior accessory for your bachelor's, office, or holiday party! To that end, Here is the City offers a history on "dwarf-tossing."