The AfterElton Hot 100: Nominations Wanted

After our sister site AfterEllen.com presented their Hot 100 list, a number of AfterElton.com readers wrote in to ask when AfterElton was going to do the same. It seems gay boys are tired of watching straight men get to objectify women in the pages of Maxim and Sports Illustrated without getting to take a crack at doing it to men as well. Turnabout is fair play, after all.

I'm happy to say that our time has come and we're giving our readers a chance to be entirely superficial and vote for the guys who most turn their crank. The timing seems perfect with People Magazine having just published their Hottest Bachelors issue (no gay boys as far I could tell).

Given how much of an influence gay men have had on the aesthetics of what makes a straight man hot -- sculpted abs, the smooth look, well-dressed -- it's about time we had a list entirely of our own making. (BTW, we love our lesbian and straight readers, but this list is for the gay boys, so we're going to ask you to sit this one out!)

Here's how it will work: Compile a list your top 10 favorite, smokin' hot guys -- gay, straight, or bi. You don't need to rank them -- in fact, please don't number them, just list them (makes it easier to sort hundreds of votes). You can either submit them to editor@afterelton.com if you're not registered (which would only take a moment to do here) or you can list them in the comment section below if you are registered. We'll compile votes from both emails and the comments to come up with your list of the hottest 100 men. Voting will be open until July 3rd and we'll present the list as soon as possible thereafter.

To get things started, I asked several AfterElton.com contributors to come up with their own lists.

Craig Young's list:
Ryan Gosling
Taye Diggs
Dave Koz
Tom Ford
Will Yun Lee
Cheyenne Jackson
Ryan Reynolds
Lenny Kravitz
Johnny Depp
Gael Garcia Bernal

Lyle Masaki's list:
Jensen Ackles
Naveen Andrews
Jamie Bamber
John Barrowman
Daniel Dae Kim
Taye Diggs
Jake Gyllenhaal
Adrian Pasdar
Jon Stewart
B.D. Wong

Michael Jensen's list:
Cheyenne Jackson
Jensen Atwood
Wilson Cruz
B.D. Wong
John Barrowman
Jake Gyllenhaal
Kurt Warner
T.R. Knight
Enrique Iglesias
Patrick Dempsey

Brent Hartinger's list:
Jared Padalecki
Paul Rudd
Mario Lopez
John Edwards
Alexander Despatie
Christopher Gorham
Barack Obama
Alexander Despatie
Max Greenfield
Howie Michael Smith

Let the voting commence!