AfterElton Briefs: Gay rap operas, gay Christian TV hosts, and other things you weren't expecting

Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow, stars of BASH'd

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.

• Gay rap opera BASH'd, which tells the story of a gay man who retaliates when his lover is gay-bashed, is getting an Off-Broadway run this summer at the Zipper Theater (starting June 12). Let's see ... yep, this is the only white, gay, and Canadian rap opera running this season.

• Neil Patrick Harris for President? Now there's a nominee we would ALL agree on!

• I can't link directly to it (this is a family site!), but Towleroad got wind of some photographic evidence that queer Step It Up & Dance contestant Mike has a gay porn past. And here when snicks referred to him as Parole Officer Perez from the Latino Fan Club series, I thought he was kidding!

• Christian TV host Azariah Southworth (I know, mouthful, right?) has come out as gay, and is pretty much prepared for his career in Christian television to be over, despite the fact that he knows of a lot of other gay folks behind the scenes who are too afraid to live openly. Good for him!

• Tori Spelling, star of the upcoming gay romantic comedy Kiss the Bride, loves her the gays. But we knew that, as her roles in Trick, So NoTORIous, and pretty much everything else since 90210 can attest.

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Model Kerry Degman, via OhLaLaMag.