AfterElton Briefs: Matthew Mitcham speaks, Mitchell Gold battles the gay teen "Crisis", and more!

Michael Urie (Ugly Betty's Marc) at a recent PAPER style party

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• GLAAD just announced that in honor of National Coming Out Day this Saturday, a handful of networks will be airing PSAs from GLAAD's "Be an Ally & Friend" campaign. Fox Reality Channel, USA Network, IFC, Lifetime, The N, SCI FI Channel, Sundance Channel, and various ABC affiliates will be among the nets airing the celeb-filled spots. Very cool.

• In his first press conference since wiping up Beijing with his Speedo, out Aussie diver Matthew Mitcham noted that he was "surprised" and "sad" to be the only out gay man at this year's games but is proud to carry the responsibility.

• Queen Latifah (she of the hilarious SNL appearance) was profiled in-depth by The New York Times, and the ever-present questions about her sexuality didn't surface until the last page: "Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway." Well ... we don't have much of a choice, do we?

• Above, from 365Gay: Gay businessman Mitchell Gold speaks about his new book Crisis, in which he and 40+ others share their coming-out stories and call upon the conservative right to stop demonizing gay teens.

• Drew Barrymore says in an upcoming Bazaar interview that she cried when Barack Obama spoke up for gay couples having equal spousal hospital visitation rights, as it represents the kind of world she wants to live in.

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