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.

• One of tonight's episodes of the PBS documentary Carrier is called "Super Secrets" and discusses life on board the USS Nimitz for gay and lesbian servicemembers. Towleroad has an interview with Brian Downey, one of those servicemembers.

• Britney Spears is coming back to How I Met Your Mother (yawn) and what's up with Barney's (Neil Patrick Harris) kiss with Robin?

• The American Family Association (aka The Winguts of America) are getting in Procter & Gamble's face because As the World Turns "has resumed using explicit, open-mouth homosexual kissing". Really? Gosh, we hadn't noticed! Naturally, this calls for another one of the AFA's "successful" boycotts and they are encouraging folks to write letters to P&G. I used the AFA's own form letter to tell P&G to ignore these loons, but you should probably drop them a note as well.

• The out Rhys Bobridge came in second in Australia's first edition of So You Think You Can Dance.

Rhys Bobridge, Jack Chambers

• Steve Rothaus is blogging the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival including an appearance by the always fabulous Jennifer Tilly.

• Greg Hernandez of Out in Hollywood ran into Marc Cherry at the GLAAD Awards in LA and Marc told him Brothers & Sisters' Kevin and Scotty aren't the only ABC gays exchanging vows.

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