AfterElton Briefs: A Broadway Hottie, We Want a Shorty, Super Bowl for Dummies, and More!

Lance Bass kicks up his heels in St. Maarten

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious.

• If you follow us on Twitter and like what you see, take a moment and nominate us for a Shorty Award for The Year's Best GLBT on Twitter.

• AIDS Health Resources website Gaylifenyc.org has named Daniel Robinson their Broadway Hottie of the Month. I can't figure out why.

• Watching the Super Bowl for the first time and don't want to look like a total n00b? Don't know a halfback from a flapjack? Not to worry, Outsports.com has their annual guide for the clueless.

• Below you can see Rachel Maddow talking with Lt. Col Victor Fehrenbach about the insane ramblings and nonsense puked out of the mouths of Republican Senators about DADT.

• Speaking of insane ramblings, below you can see Family Research Council poobah Peter sPRIGg finally admitting the truth we've always known about this group. They want us thrown in jail ... for existing.

• The BRIT Awards sponsored a competition to win a BRIT Award winner "playing live in your living room", and the lucky winner got just that, as Pet Shop Boys showed up and moved an end table and an ottoman to perform.

"What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?"

• Are you a straight man interested in a friendship with a gay guy? Gawker has a list of the rules that must be followed.

• The latest webisode of Then We Got Help is up, and out AE fav Nicholas Rodriguez's character Dan is this week's group leader.

• Finally, a very Happy 60th Birthday to the fabulous Morgan Fairchild, who's been a gay ally and AIDS activist since the 80's. Speaking of which, I will not yield in my assertion that her performance in the 80's classic The Seduction is one of the greatest of all time.

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