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The Ladies' Choice Hot 50 Results

We may be a predominantly gay male entertainment site, but we always try to look out for the ladies here at AfterElton.com. We felt bad that we had to ask our female readers to sit out the Hot 100 voting last month (for that list we wanted a fair representation of whom gay men find attractive), so to make up for it we ran a special poll just for the ladies in last week's BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER!  We wanted to hear from our female readers about which gay men they find hot.

Call it The Ladies' Choice Hot 50. You'll find the results after the break!

If there's one thing women and gay men can agree on it seems to be Neil Patrick Harris, who headlines both the regular Hot 100 and this list. After some further Hot 100 similarities near the top (John Barrowman, Luke MacFarlane, etc.) things start to diverge considerably.....

1. Neil Patrick Harris

2. John Barrowman

3. Luke Macfarlane

4. Matthew Mitcham

5. Adam Lambert

6. Randy Harrison

7. Robert Gant

8. Cheyenne Jackson

9. Chad Allen

10. T.  R.  Knight

11. Wilson Cruz

12. Dustin Lance Black

13. Russell Tovey

14. Darryl Stephens

15. Ben Daniels

16. Simon Amstell

17. Scott Gill

18. Rufus Wainwright

19. Peter Paige

20. Jay Brannan

21. Will Young

22. Lance Bass

23. Stephen Fry

24. Ian McKellen

25. Alan Cumming

26. Charlie David

27. Dennis Grabosch

28. Darren Hayes

29. Daniel Leary

30. Mark Feehily

31. Stephen Gately

32. Tom Lenk

33. John Amaechi

34. Nate Berkus

35. David Burtka

36. Daniel Boys

37. B.  D.  Wong

38. David Paisley

39. Adamo Ruggiero

40. Matt Alber

41. Rupert Everett

42. Patrick Wolf

43. George Michael

44. David Bromstad

45. Dan Savage

46. Ronnie Kroell

47. Sam Sparro

48. Nick Adams

49. Guillermo Diaz

50. George Takei

So what do you think? Anything that really surprised you about this list? Please share in the comments.

Whitetee's picture

Amazing list!

Love it!Clearly the afterelton ladies have great taste. ;-)
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Gravity81's picture

Not really surprised...

...since I voted for Harris, Allen, Cruz and Barrowman. :) Interesting results though, I admire Stephen Fry for his witty books and great acting but sorry, I don' think he's hot. "To each his own now, we say here" to quote my favorite movie Big Eden! :)
Randommer's picture

I got a text from my mom

I got a text from my mom last week, reading 'I just saw Stephen Fry in the bookshop. He's beautiful'

Most of my list made it! Still no Jeremy Sheffield though. Dammit.

 

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Darrien's picture

Jeremy swoon Sheffield

The man is plain and simple gorgeous. I couldn't believe it when he came out as gay. He has that ability to reduce gay men and women to smouldering puddles of moaning lust. The only reason I can think he's not made any lists is because he's not done much lately. But I'm sure he'll be back on our TV screens sometime soon - it's a sin not to have him hunking up medical or police dramas.
Markie27's picture

i didn't know he was gay!!!

that is why i was sooo damn head over heals lusting for him when i first saw that hunk of a man in Natalie Imbruglia's video "Torn".... i could have sworn he was straight. If i only knew he was gay i would have voted for him even though i lusted for that man some 10 years ago. thanks darrien for the info! wish there were more sites of him in the net though.
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Darrien's picture

If ever you're in London

I can tell you where to see him naked, too :-)
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trishj's picture

Some excellent choices

A very good list, I was so excited to see that Simon Amstell made the list. I figured I was going to be the only one voting for him.
polkadotwings's picture

yay

I only voted for Neil Patrick Harris, Adam Lambert, and Wilson Cruz so I'm happy they made it :)
AddisonDewitt's picture

I like...

...how the adorable Matt Alber made the list!  The ladies made sure our overlooked men were taken care of. Thanks Ladies!
atweaver's picture

I agree

Most of my gay friends think he is very hot.  Of course, I do too.  Besides that, he is a very nice person.
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blooddrivendream's picture

Ladies' Choice

Wow, some of the people I voted for made it (Simon Amstell, Rufus Wainwright, Alan Cumming, and Patrick Wolf). Definitely different then the original list. I never realized I have typically female taste before.

And I have to say I agree with Jay Brannan and Adamo Ruggerio.  

giovannif7's picture

Comparision

I think a far more fair comparision would be between the Ladies' Choice list and the Hot 100: Out Gay Men list, since the main Hot 100 was open to votes for hot straight men as well. When comparing the Top 10 of those two lists, the only major difference is that the ladies placed Adam Lambert, while pushing Lance Bass further down the list. If the published Hot 100: Out Gay Men list had included the top 50 vote-getters, I have a feeling the lists would be very similar.
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Sparkfire's picture

What I like most about this list is...

... there are so many hot out men to choose from!  We've come to the point that ladies can be asked to vote on which gay/bi guys they find attractive and we can make a diverse amazing list of 50 with lots left over!

I'm hoping this signals a change. 

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Frank's picture

Stupid me

didn't see the gay in the ladie's choice and wondered why the ladies only chose out gay men on their top 50. lol

Great choices though. I like that Scott Gill made it on the list because I voted for him in the Men over 40 poll.

Darrien's picture

Hat tip to the women

Ladies, my hat is off to you. A brilliant set of choices. Actually, i think it's better than the gay men's Hot 100 - far more diverse. It seems to have brought in ideas like wit and humour and intelligence as factors of hotness in addition to physical appearance. We have way cool women reading this site. I love it.
Wheeler's picture

Daniel Boys

A mention of Daniel Boys! Here on Broadway-visioned After Elton! I thought I'd never see the day!
Allyndra's picture

Darn, Bryan Singer didn't

Darn, Bryan Singer didn't make it on. I was, however, excited to see Tom Lenk's name. A testament, I think, to how many of us are geeks at heart.

This is a fun list, Thanks for letting us play, AE!

Glósóli's picture

I like this list better

I like this list better than the Hot 100 :P; it has Rufus Wainwright, Jay Brannan and Patrick Wolf on it.
Jywoi's picture

I'm not good at voting^^Only

I'm not good at voting^^

Only two of my favorites are on the list...Adam Lambert and Chad Allen

I voted for Colbert, Stewart, Gareth David-Lloyd (I don't really see JB's attraction..sorry;), the two guys from Love Songs, one I don't remember (probably Keith Olberman, edit) and the politician guy (when you faked JB's twitter reaction to losing to NPH...can't remember his name..He is hot though^^) I have been looking for this article for half an hour but can't seem to find it!

edit: There you have it: Rahm Emmanuel!

Well I'm not so sure about my top10, can't remember it clearly.. 

sarah's picture

but

we were supposed to vote for hot gay men.
Jywoi's picture

You're right! My

You're right! My mistake...Now I feel stupid ;)
Rich's picture

The Ladies Have Excellent Taste!

Scott Gill,Simon Amstell,Daniel Boys,Sam Sparro,Charlie David...oh yeah,i love this list better the 100.
new_dawn's picture

Damn

Damn! I knew I had forgotten something over the weekend. Dammit! But luckily, the other ladies took care of creating a fantastic list. I am so glad so many different guys made the list. Congrats.

Flame's picture

Damn, I wish I'd known

Damn, I wish I'd known about it, I would have voted too!

But unfortunately, somehow I missed it.

Not bad choices, though sorry, there are a few who keep making it high up on these Hot lists that I just don't get -- men who are wonderful guys that I adore, but I just don't find the least bit hot. Overall, I'm totally fine with about 90% of this list, though i'd have rearranged them a bit. And no Gale Harold?! That's a crime. As is the lack of men of color.  But the ladies put a few points back in their win column by adding Rufus and Jay -- good call ladies!

There are just so many hot men and women out there, it's hard to pick!

Darrien's picture

Colourful ladies

It was noticeable that the women's list had far more men of colour - and a greater variety of races - in it and in higher positions than the men's list. You girls are stars! 
Flame's picture

Oops, I just noticed why Gale didn't make the list.

I hadn't noticed that the poll requested specifically which gay men women find the hottest!
Aussie54's picture

Interesting list

I'm happy to see that six of my choices made the list, but disappointed the other four didn't.  Can't win them all, I guess.  ;-)

(I'd have to say that I don't know almost half of the winners.)

Thanks for letting us have a vote - I enjoyed participating.

Miz Liz's picture

Interesting results

Diversity does seem to be the word for the Ladies Choice Hot 50.  There are a few names on the list I wish had remembered to include with my vote.

I considered Rupert Everett, but after seeing photos of his plastic surgery results, I just couldn't.  He looks normal enough, but it creeps me out that he's completely unrecognizable.

See before/after photos:

http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/48045/rupert-everetts-shocking-plastic-surgery

And then there's George Michael, who I adore as a singer, but, lets just say he gets my vote for Hot Mess of the Decade.

BTW, how many people voted?

And, thanks for the chance to put in our two cents.

purple_squirrel's picture

i totally missed this

i totally missed this :(

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Bountiful's picture

The only one that surprised me

was Dan Savage. I always hear other women say he's hot. I don't get it. I always thought of him as the Simon Cowell of advice columnists, albeit a funnier, more charismatic version of Simon Cowell. I enjoy Simon Cowell a lot (more on Brittish shows than American ones, for some reason), but I don't find him attractive.

It's cool to see this list. It's nice to see Luke MacFarlane was high up on this list too. I'm also glad that some of my runners up, who I didn't have space for, such as Chad Allen, Adamo Ruggerio and B D Wong also made the cut. I thought making the list would be fairly easy, but it was cool to realise that I had more than ten that I really liked. I was glad to be able to vote for guys, such as Mark Feehily or John Amaechi, who I would have liked to see in the regular hot 100, but couldn't vote for. (I could posted suggestions in the comments, but I didn't think about that at the time.) This was really interesting and fun, overall. :)

belinda's picture

9/10 my choice was on list except.......

Marc Jacobs,i don't no why he didn't on list and he really hot .

Ladymacbeth's picture

All my choices made it. I

All my choices made it. I didn't vote for Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry (don't think they're hot, not into older men), but I'm very happy they made the list: my number 1 and 2 on my list of favorite men in the world
notoriouslyunique's picture

EVERYBODY I VOTED FOR IS ON

WOW do i have good taste or what?

I voted for: Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, Dennis Grabosch, Adam Lambert, Nate Berkus, Rupert Everett, Randy Harrison, Robert Gant, Peter Paige, and Cheyenne Jackson.

I totally forgot that Darren Hayes is gay...

I see that some of the girls voted for Ian McKellen and George Takei. While I really respect them as actors and rolemodels, I don't find them attractive. They're too old. Does that make me shallow?

rory_215's picture

Pretty good...

Pretty good list, but I'm so sad that the lovely Mark Gatiss didn't make the cut :-(