Blind Prophecy

Voting is open for the 2009 AfterElton.com Hot 100. It’s sorta like those sexist men lists you see in some magazines, but driven by gay/bi/queer men, and often reflects a very different aesthetic than the targeted-at-straight-women lists.

If you’re a gay/bi/queer guy, I’m sure you don’t exactly need help coming up with your own top ten hottest guys, but what kind of queer blogger would I be if I passed up an opportunity for gratuitous beefcake. Also, I want to promote some maybe-not-so-well-known names who are also openly gay/bi/queer (and, in one case, transgender). The list tends to be dominated by movie stars year after year, and I’d like to see a little more Broadway, music and politics mixed into that list.

Here are 7 endorsements for your consideration (you’re on your own after that):

(credit Peter Brown for Instinct mag 10/08)

Darryl Stephens, twitterer and actor from Logo’s “Noah’s Arc,” and movies like Another Gay Movie and Boy Culture.

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(credit aphrodite-in-nyc)

Jake Shears, singer, dancer, twitterer, Scissor Sister.

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(credit from Nick’s Flickr photostream, photographer not identified)

Nick Adams, Broadway hunk, singer, dancer, underwear model, blogger.

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(photo credit unknown – publicity still from past show)

Tom Lenk, actor, Buffy alum, comedian, online video clown

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(credit Marilyn Humphries)

Diego Sanchez, politico, long-time activist for queer rights and health care issues, Rep. Barney Frank’s senior policy adviser.

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(credit NBC/Universal Photo: Paul Drinkwater)

B.D. Wong, actor, author, public speaker, and father (and sorta blogger although he really needs to add an RSS feed)

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(credit Duane Cramer)

Keith Boykin, author, activist, speaker, politico, pundit, blogger, Outgames athlete

Filed under: unnecessary beefcake by Jere Keys