Battle of the Network Gays! for December 19

Every Friday we pick the gays in television who have had the best week and leave it to you, the keepers of the flame, to decide who will be crowned Gay of the Week and enjoy their own fancy button over on the left. We'll announce the winner on Monday, and that champ will reign until a new set of challengers are introduced the following Friday to try to steal his title.

Reigning Gay of the Week Andrew Van De Kamp (Desperate Housewives) voluntarily forfeited the crown for this week by not delivering us a new episode of his beloved soap. Either that or he just went to the bathroom and left his crown on his seat, but we're taking it anyway! Either way he's out of the running, so our three new contenders will be vying for your attentions without him.

Meet the new contenders and find out why they rated this week, after the break!

This week's contenders:

Peter Kirk from Star Trek: Phase II (Why?)

Harvey Milk  (Why? ... and yes, we know he's not the subject of a TV project but he's getting lots of press)

Neil Patrick Harris from How I Met Your Mother (Why?)

To have your voice heard, vote in the below poll by 8AM EST on Monday, December 22nd. And may the best gay win!