AfterElton Briefs: Dan Savage has a plan, burning gay books, and more!

Out singer Stephen Gately wearing a hideously unflattering outfit last night in Birmingham, England (Pic: Getty)

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.

• Dan Savage has an intriguing proposal: A one-year "civil disobedience" plan for gay rights that involves 365 couples willing to be arrested.

• So it's come to this: burning gay books.

• Adam Lambert has responded to being named one of People's Hottest Bachelors.

• Above you can see out Michelangelo Signorile, the out (and adorkable) Jonathan Capehart, and Katrina Vanden Heuvel discuss the President's "olive branch" to the gay community.

• Speaking of the President and the gay community, you know that DOMA brief that's caused so much outrage (because it reads like it was written by Focus on the Family)? According to Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, the President stands by it.

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