It is funny that the author of the article considers the Austin Chronicle to be a real newspaper.
It is the weekly "alternative lifestyle" tabloid that every city has (Artvoice in Buffalo). It is free and you won't find it anywhere except in vending machines downtown. And the back 1/3 of the paper contains classified ads for the usual clientele (escort services, gay dating ads, strip clubs, etc.).
I'm not sure what everybody's getting so worked up about. These types of ads and articles have been appearing in these types of tabloids for years. The only difference is that now this stuff makes it onto the internet as well.
LOL, ad from this week's Artvoice in Buffalo:
http://www.verican.us/cod6/adlisting.do?catalog=artvoice&view=true&category=17&aid=114631071