AfterElton Briefs: "The Queens of Drag", "Uranus, The Queer Planet", and more!

Out boybanders (and couple) Mark Feehily and Kevin McDaid at the MTV Staying Alive Foundation launch party in London.

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.

• As he's about to make his debut on 30 Rock, latimes.com has an interview with Cheyenne Jackson about his burgeoning career, and how the idea of playing Rock Hudson appeals to him.

• The Alabama school that had canceled the entire prom because they couldn't bar a lesbian student from bringing a date has relented. The prom will go on, and the student can bring her date, as soon as she's "vetted".

• Gay sprite Michael Ausiello is reporting that Minnie Driver will be guesting on Modern Family soon. This is important for two reasons: You can always tell a show is hot when famous guest stars start appearing, and I can't see Minnie Driver's name without shouting out "Minnie? Minnie Driver? Is it a dwarf?" (my undying love to whoever gets that reference). On a more serious note, a certain blogger and I are at loggerheads about how to refer to Michael Ausiello. I say "sprite", he says "Smurf". I guess the only way to resolve this is to combine the two. So it's either "spurf" or "smite". The latter sounds biblically harsh, so I guess we'll go with "spurf".

• Above you can see Joy Behar chatting with Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black about being a "gay ex-Mormon Oscar winner".

• The world needs more ten-year olds like Will Phillips.

Um ... a reunion of 80's Soap divas?

• Above you can see the first promo for The Queens Of Drag, a pilot for a reality series hosted by out Project Runway alumni Jack Mackenroth.

• Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri is a horrible person.

• Astrologist Jack Fertig is interviewed about his upcoming presentation "Uranus, the Queer Planet".

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