Chris Kluwe: Salon's Sexiest Man Of 2012

Vikings punter and delightfully foul-mouthed LGBT ally Chris Kluwe has been named by Salon as the sexiest man of the year.

Chris Kluwe knows how to write an angry letter. After Maryland delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. attempted to silence an NFL player’s same-sex marriage activism, the Minnesota Vikings punter responded with a profanity-laced missive in which he referred to the politician as a ”narcissistic fromunda stain.” He also sarcastically reassured Burns that legalized same-sex marriage won’t “magically turn you into a lustful cockmonster.” The letter wasn’t just hilariously inappropriate: It deftly took the pol to task for homophobia, hypocrisy and disrespect of free speech. Kluwe even name-checked COBRA and Social Security benefits. But let’s be honest: He had us at “lustful cockmonster.”

The rest of Salon's fascinating Top Ten contains a few men that some might not consider classically handsome. Definitely worth a look.