In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual 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.

• Mattel is upset over lesbian Barbie. And all this time they’ve had no problem with Ken?

• Rod 2.0 wants you to know that the Reverend Wright, Barack Obama's pastor, whatever his flaws, is most definitely not homophobic. And he marshalls some pretty strong evidence. Definitely worth a read if that ranting vid of the pastor had you worried.

• An Oregon man is 22 weeks pregnant. Which is really cool if it's not a hoax as some people are claiming. Thomas Beattie, the transgender man at the center of this story gave The Advocate a first-person account of how it feels to be pregnant, and how his family and doctors are reacting.

• Mario Lopez flexes his abs for the cover of his ghostwritten and completely beside the point fitness book. Come on admit it, you'd just be buying it for the shirtless pics of Le Lopez because no amount of crunches is ever going to give you abs like that.

• Shakesville is offering "More 'Gay Looks' for Leno!" It's an ever expanding collection of photos responding to Jay Leno's most recent gay hack humor idiocy.

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