AfterElton Briefs: Silence is Golden, Bryan Safi Goes to the Prom, Neil Patrick Harris Teases Us, and More!

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. each Friday Briefs will also feature a pic up top that desperately needs captioning. We'll pick our fave suggestion from the comments and run it in the following week's post. Have fun! Drop your caption ideas in the comments, and check out last week's winner at the bottom of the page!

"I challenge you to a strip-off at the next Broadway Bares!" "Oh, it's on, Doogie!"

• Above you can see the first teaser pic from the upcoming Neil Patrick Harris guest shot on Glee. Hmmm ... tense.

• Irish "TV presenter" Brendan Courtney, who hosts a show called Off the Rails, opens up about the physical and verbal abuse he suffered in school for being gay. Can our UK and Irish readers fill us in on him? Does "TV presenter" mean Ryan Seacrest?

• Spurf has some scoop on the "explosive" season finale of Desperate Housewives.

• Below you can see the latest webisode of That's Gay, in which Bryan Safi takes his dirty pillows to the Prom.

• Michelangelo Signorile is hosting an "Emergency Summit" next week in D.C., which will look at the "critical next several weeks and months in Washington" when it comes to GLBT rights.

• Below you can see Joy Behar chatting with Kathy Griffin about ...um ... well ... um ... lady stuff. I'm sorry, but I couldn't get through this clip without thinking "Must kill Papshmir." (my undying love to whoever gets that reference.)

• Silence was golden today. Did you participate, or know anyone who did? And do you think the "National Day of Silence" is an effective concept?

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

Drop your caption ideas in the comments (And please remember to keep the captions PG-13!), and check out last week's winner below!

Thanks to everyone for participating! The winner this week (because anyone who references MPATHG deserves recognition) is ...

"We are the knights who say, "Hello Sailor!" "

Thanks to virgo108 for this week's winning caption.