AfterElton Briefs: NFL players supporting same-sex marriage? Has the world gone mad?

T.R. Knight in Parade (Pic: Craig Schwartz)

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• Congratulations and good luck to out actor T.R. Knight, who will debut this Sunday in the Los Angeles production of the play Parade.

• Distressed about finding the right gift for that special someone this upcoming holiday season? No need to be, for we have the perfect stocking stuffer ... the Great American Conservative Women Calendar! Yes, each month in 2010 you can gaze adoringly at such bright shining stars as Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Phyllis Schlaffly, the adorably loony Michelle Bachmann, and of course that great defender of "opposite marriage" Carrie Prejean. Act now and we'll send you the official AfterElton gold-plated dart set.

• PFOX (Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays) confuses me. First, they celebrated the fact that a D.C. judge said they should have protection under sexual orientatation laws (specifically hate crimes), now they're campaigning against hate crime legislation. Pick a side, people!

It takes a confident man to color-coordinate his shirt with his desktop

• AE reader David N has an interesting observation on his website about Melrose Place's alpha-gay Caleb (Victor Webster) and his ... peculiar office. Specifically, what the hell is up with the nauseatingly pink computer desktop? It doesn't really fit in with his description as an uber-macho he-man. Or does it? Maybe Caleb is so secure he doesn't care that his computer looks like it belongs to a 12 year-old girl. What do you think? Yay or nay?

• Yoplait has a series of bizarre promo spots on its website, advertising different flavors of yogurt. They're spoofs on typical soap opera scenes, with different acting groups interpreting the same scene. The Capital Fund Global Investment Group Players are an all male group, and portray the male ... and female characters. The result is ... bewildering. Sadly the group is the only one of the four to refrain from doing the kissing scene, but one of the upcoming segments is a wedding, so like it or not, they'll be giving us same-sex nuptials.

Scott Fujita/Brendon Ayanbadejo

• We're so used to seeing professional athletes make boneheaded homophobic statements that it's positively shocking to see the opposite. In the last two weeks, NFL players Brendon Ayanbadejo and Scott Fujita have both made heartfelt, wonderfully supportive endorsements of same-sex marriage.

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