AfterElton Briefs: Rupert headed for Broadway, stars stand up against Prop 8, and more!

Thomas Roberts and Patrick Abner came out against Prop 8

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.

• On Saturday night a host of celebs converged for the Heroes & History Makers Gala, an effort to raise awareness for same-sex marriage and build forces against Proposition 8, which seeks to eradicate the right of gay couples in California to marry. Above, newsman Thomas Roberts smiles for the cameras with his partner, Patrick Abner.

• Was George Michael really dropped from receiving a 2009 Brit Award for Contributions to Music because of his recent drug arrest? Well, maybe High Times can give him one for pulling off a hard-to-master Cannabis Charge Hat-Trick.

• Chicago may be getting a school designed with gay students' education and safety in mind, and CNN's story about the news puts it in plain terms: "... harassment and violence are causing gay students to skip class and drop out at alarming rates."

• Outspoken (prickly?) gay actor Rupert Everett will make his Broadway debut opposite Grey Gardens' Christine Ebersole in a revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. The show bows in February.

• And speaking of celebs against Proposition 8: Activist Jacob Reitan (who was one of the gay Christians profiled in For the Bible Tells Me So) wrote an open letter to Ellen DeGeneres asking why she hasn't donated to the cause, as T.R. Knight and many straight celebs have.

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

This guy!