The Top Male Couples Of Fantasy Fiction

After Elton has launched a tournament to pick the hottest of the 32 male-male TV couples that dominate the world of fantasy "slash" erotica. The elders of the genre, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, are pitted against their modern day counterparts from the latest edition of Star Trek.

HomoQuotable - Jane Lynch

"I don’t know when or if that will ever happen. I think because since most of the world is straight — and maybe we'll get to a place where this will happen — most of the world is straight and we want the audience to project their hopes and dreams for love and romance onto those actors. And if it’s not in some way possible, maybe never probably, in their mind that it could never happen, then they're not going to do it. You know, most people are straight, and I think that’s probably why."- Glee star Jane Lynch, telling After Elton why she thinks openly gay actors are rarely cast in leading roles.

Candy Panic

About the latest M&M's commercial, After Elton's Ed Kennedy says:

I don't know where to go with this, but M&Ms have been running a commercial for their pretzel M&M, and the Orange character. It's been driving me nuts, because the subtext is really not even subtext. Both are voiced by males, and what the script doesn't say is more explicit than what it does say. Surely I'm not the only person that sees what they seem to be implying?

HomoQuotable - Michael Jensen

"It's 2010 and CNN expects me to seriously sit here and expect that this issue is really still up for debate? It certainly is in some quarters, but those are quarters that at this point respectable journalists should stay out of. I guess this means we can look forward to other CNN segments including 'The Holocaust — did it really happen?' with anti-Semites invited to discuss the topic, as well as 'Race in America: Should African Americans go back to Africa?' with Ku Klux Klan leaders brought on as 'experts.' And just to be well-rounded, how about 'Is the earth really flat?'

"When I contacted CNN, I honestly assumed they'd at least issue an apology for the offensive wording of Phillips' question and admit Cohen was a poor example for an 'expert' to discuss this issue. Instead, they defend their actions as if they are actually behaving responsibly by doing this story and doing it this way. Oh, and CNN? Don't bother 'exploring other views and positions.' You've now got zero credibility on the subject anyway, so why bother?" - AfterElton blogger Michael Jensen, calling out CNN for yesterday's outrageous segment on "curing" homosexuality.

Quote Of The Day - Cheyenne Jackson

"Can you believe how big this thing has gotten?" - Broadway and 30 Rock star Cheyenne Jackson, speaking to Neil Patrick Harris while both were in their underwear in their gym's locker room. Go to After Elton for context and the full interview where Jackson also talks about his onscreen romance with 30 Rock's Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and what it means about stereotypes for out gay actors.

A Nice Mention From AfterElton.com

Entertainment/pop culture site After Elton has given JMG their 2009 Visibility Award as their "Website Of The Year." Very nice!

Like a little whiskey in your coffee and personality in your blog? JoeMyGod.com started out as an ever-changing Manhunt profile of cheeky observations that eventually started developing a following of its own, and became a full-fledged blog in March 2004. Author Joe Jervis, you have many fans among our staff.

Honorable Mention: You know you’re living in screwy times when you’re not sure if even the most bats**t insane rantings are real or satire – which is, of course, exactly the point of Christwire.com, some of the most insightful parody of anti-gay attitudes that we’ve seen in ages. And let’s not forget Andy Towle over at Towleroad.com, especially now that (curse him!) he’s even started blogging on the weekends!

Visibility Awards also went out to Hair (Best Musical Event), the story writers of One Life To Live (Men Of The Year), Tom Ford's A Single Man (Movie Of The Year), Adam Lambert (Musician Of The Year), Modern Family (TV Comedy Of The Year), and Jon Stewart (Straight Ally Of The Year.) My thanks to the team at After Elton!