AfterElton Briefs: Gavin Creel, Scientology, Male Nudity, and more

Who else could these two share their clothes with?

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.

• Above are Gavin Creel, and newly out Jonathan Groff, who are being tagged as Broadway's new power couple.

• The Gay Gamer puts forth the concept of "hate credits" for people who want to play games based on homophobe Orson Scott Card's work. Personally, not buying it - and neither should you.

• The White House is finding a way to note the passage of The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act after all.

• The director of Crash, the film that beat out Brokeback Mountain for the Oscar, Paul Haggis, has resigned the Church of Scientology. And it's over their treatment of gay rights. Karma, may indeed be real.

• Above, Ambre Lake, from VH1's Rock of Love, takes her shirt off at the Los Angeles Mormon Temple in support of gay marriage. Not a sentence I ever expected to write.

• Our friends over at the politically minded Bilerico Project took a look at their Top 10 Out Male Pop Stars, from Sir Elton John to Mika.

• The True Colors Cabaret in NYC has its first show tonight, hosted by gay fav/goddess Cyndi Lauper, and featuring Gavin Creel. Upcoming shows will be hosted by Van Hansis and Rufus Wainright, and feature Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, and Jason Mraz.

• Above you can see the odd story about the...themed gay Halloween party John C. Reilly stumbled into when he was 18 and drunk in Chicago. It was broadcast television on Jimmy Kimmel, but beware the story delving into acts that are out of the mainstream.

• There was an interesting piece on the history of male nudity in science fiction. From Bruce Willis to Russell Crowe (whose behind was amazing), they show when it's been acceptable. *Beware, link has images and video that may be NSFW from movies rated PG to R.

• Over at The Daily Dish you'll find video from The Late Late Show and a writeup on Donal Óg Cusack, the Irish hurler who came out last week. I admit to the Irish accent being a bit dense to my ears, but it's nice hearing the story from Donal.

• Oprah's going pretty gay on her reality show special Thursday with Christian Siriano and Adam Lambert featuring big.

Adam Lambert and Christian Siriano on Oprah?

• It's official, not only will Kristin Chenoweth be returning to Glee, she's also joining Sean Hayes in the Broadway revival of Promises, Promises come spring.

• Ther's a somewhat odd story in in The Independent about whether British television's gay characters are as realistic as their American counterparts. Is the grass always greener?

• Levi Johnston can't shut up about taking his clothes off. And since he says he's going to show all the goods, he better be able to back up all this talk.

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