Alan Cumming

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

• "Hunky, sexy guy" Cheyenne Jackson continues his hilarious self-spoofing trend in the Legally Brown online series, which seeks to find a replacement for "Piragua Guy" in the Broadway smash In the Heights. (And fellow out theater stars Robin De Jesus and Seth Rudetsky are pretty damn funny as well.)

• Out actor Alan Cumming penned an essay about how the US political system has split the country into "people who think it's their duty to care about other people, and those who think it's every man for themselves."

• Here's a photo gallery of the butt-hugging goings-on at this past weekend's UnderGear Model Star 2008 Pageant. If, you know, you're into that kind of thing.

• Above, from our news sibs at 365Gay: Is the economy forcing gays back into the closet when it comes for job searching?

• Here's a charming LA Times piece on West Hollywood's "gay museum", which despite its description does not contain the preserved remains of noted homosexuals but instead seeks to shed light on forgotten elements of gay history.

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