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.

• Today is the 68th birthday of Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank. Frank is one of two openly gay Congressman (the other being Tammy Baldwin) According to Washingtonian magazine, a survey of Capitol Hill staffers named Frank the "brainiest", "funniest", and "most eloquent" member of the House. He is also credited with the "Frank rule" which holds that it is acceptable to out a closeted gay person, if that person uses their power or notoriety to hurt gay people. As Frank himself has described it:

I think there's a right to privacy. But the right to privacy should not be a right to hypocrisy. And people who want to demonize other people shouldn't then be able to go home and close the door and do it themselves.

• The Beckham's waxy buildup in nation's capitol. Madam Tussauds has loaned wax replicas of David & Victoria Beckham to man a "kissing booth" at the Cherry Blossom Soccer Tournament in Washington, D.C. Are we sure these aren't the real mccoy's? With Posh in particular it's hard to tell.

• Matilda Rose may not be the only progeny of Heath Ledger. She might have an older sister.

• Sony Pictures television officially launched C-Spot yesterday, which is a new online comedy channel. One of the series running for the next thirteen weeks on C-Spot is Gaytown which chronicles the travails of a straight man trapped in a gay world — pointing up all the little injustices gays face in the real world, except in reverse. Here's the second episode, where closeted straight dudes are busted in a Gaytown public restroom in the middle of their fantasy sports draft:

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