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AfterElton Briefs: Pee-Wee returns, Harvey Milk is honored, and more!

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snicks

Out Adamo Ruggiero with Degrassi co-star Lauren Collins at the Times Square Planet Hollywood last night.

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.

  • Spinner.com interviews Sandra Bernhard about her upcoming album Whatever It Takes.
  • Tom Gregory has a terrific video interview with out Young & The Restless star Thom Bierdz about his return to daytime.
  • Adam Lambert wants fans to stop throwing their whips, handcuffs, and underwear at his face.

  • Above you can see President Obama as he prepares to pay tribute to the sixteen recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including out tennis player Billie Jean King, late civil rights icon Harvey Milk, and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson (t/y to reader r_m_s).
  • Finally, congratulations to 80's gay icon Samantha Fox, who plans to marry her longtime girlfriend.

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

This guy!

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    • Submitted by
    snicks
    on Wed, 2009-08-12 17:29.
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    dback's picture

    OK, LOVING the briefs guy.

    Submitted by
    dback (1757 points) (360 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-08-12 18:04.

    The one the other day was astoundingly pretty, with a body to die for and designer briefs.  But there's something about this guy--great body but not overly built or cut, slightly weathered face, softly contemplative expression, plain ol' tighty-whities--that is just...whew.  Double "whew." 

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    r_m_s's picture

    Medals of Freedom

    Submitted by
    r_m_s (85 points) (21 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-08-12 18:05.
    Worth pointing out - one of the recipients in this batch of Medals of Freedom is Mary Robinson, a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and, prior to that, President of Ireland (the first female to hold that post). She was a major figure in the fight to have homosexuality decriminalised in Ireland, and in 2005 was awarded the first ever Outspoken award from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. I'll admit that my nationalism is showing through here shamelessly, but I hope you'll cut me some slack; she's one of the few politicians to emerge from my country who I'm genuinely proud of :D
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    snicks's picture

    Thanks!

    Submitted by
    snicks (12424 points) (4761 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-08-12 18:27.
    Thanks for the info about Mary Robinson!
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    Randommer's picture

    Not only was she the legal

    Submitted by
    Randommer (1155 points) (240 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-08-12 19:53.

    Not only was she the legal advisor for the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform (a position also at one point held by our current president) she was actually the lawyer who argued the case in the European Courts.

    She's pretty much as awesome as it gets. 

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    r_m_s's picture

    Plus...

    Submitted by
    r_m_s (85 points) (21 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-08-12 20:08.
    ...she did bollock-loads to advance women's rights (fighting for legal contraception, divorce, women being allowed to sit on juries and the overturning of a civil service regulation that made female civil servants resign when they got married) and the entire office of the presidency (which, prior to her election, was basically a retirement pasture for older politicians), though that's ever-so-slightly less relevant to this site.
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    Anthony's picture

    I got to shake her hand once

    Submitted by
    Anthony (235 points) (59 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-08-13 11:09.

    I got to shake her hand once :) I just wanted to join in this gathering of Irish readers here.... 

    "In spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition andsympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody"-AldousHuxley

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    Oracle's picture

    Yes, to This Guy.

    Submitted by
    Oracle (712 points) (148 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-08-12 19:11.
    No, to the diaper. 0_o
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    Johan's picture

    Ouch

    Submitted by
    Johan (58 points) (11 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-08-12 20:24.

    Sideways and Proud! Damn now I must go home alone!

    Well at least one of South Africa's Idols are also reciving a medal!

    Archbishop Desomnd Tutu like him or not atleast he did speak up for Gay  

    Marriage!

     

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    Adamo & Lauren

    Submitted by
    roni1133 (345 points) (76 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-08-13 01:08.

    Adamo Ruggiero and Lauren Collins were on It's On with Alexa Chung (that new daytime talk show on MTV) today.  They talked about how they're roommates and best friends in real life.  Adamo mentioned that Lauren gives him advice on guys and his lovelife.  It was great to see him totally out.

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_TiK7y7lQ

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    pee wee?

    Submitted by
    Fat bloated Fak... (42 points) (8 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-08-13 09:38.
    My penis is named Pee wee. WOW! On my face.
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    db's picture

    Pee-Wee!

    Submitted by
    db (3165 points) (658 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-08-13 10:31.
    Very excited about the return of Pee-Wee Herman.  The character is brilliant and so subversive.
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    Harvey Milk

    Submitted by
    poof (662 points) (135 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-08-13 10:55.

    Would he actually have been honoured if it hadn't been for the movie?  I hate to say, but he was killed quite a few years ago.. why now he is being recognized for his work?

    Same for Billie Jean King.. she ruled the courts back in the 70's.. Don't get me wrong, its great they are being honoured.. but seems like too little, too late. 

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