AfterElton Briefs: Dancing cowboys, naked catwalks, and much more!

In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual 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.

• Happy birthday to George Michael, who turns the 45 today while on his first US tour in over a decade. Nice way to ring in the late 40's, eh?

• Salon has a cute essay by Sarah Bird titled, "Why can't my son just be gay?" that addresses the heartbreak some mothers experience when they realize that their sons are indeed heterosexual.

• Al Sharpton made a not-so-vague reference to Anderson Cooper's personal life when he defended the anchor's right to sin. Coop's response? "I appreciate your concerns about my afterlife." Translation? "Thanks, but no thanks."

• Save a horse, ride a dozen cowboys: The DC Cowboys bring their "Brokeback meets Broadway" to America's Got Talent, and the judges unanimously vote them through.

• As loath as I am to link to this ... He Who Blogs Behind the Rows somehow got his mitts on the first TV spot from the Neil Patrick Harris Old Spice campaign that we posted yesterday.

• And finally, a fashion show I'd sit through: Rodrigo Rothen strips and showers on the catwalk at a Sao Paolo fashion show after Naomi Campbell no-shows.

And today's Briefs are brought to you by...

This guy!