You probably remember the classic commercial above, which was made last year by Chemistry.com as a response to the "no homos allowed" rule by rival dating service eHarmony.com.

The story was covered extensively but eHarmony refused to budge, and we've had to endure countless commercials of allegedly happy straight couples shoving their lifestyles in our faces.

Unfortunately for eHarmony they couldn't escape the lawsuits that were filed, and today they agreed to provide same sex matches as part of a settlement agreement:

Under terms of the settlement, the company can create a new or differently named Web site for same-sex singles. The company can also post a disclaimer saying its compatibility-based matching system was developed from research of married heterosexual couples.

The question is, with all the dating services who happily provide for gay customers, will anyone choose a service that's forced to? Would you?

A few weeks back, we first mentioned the 2008 AfterElton.com Gay/Bi Short Film Contest, and since there are less than three weeks left to submit an entry, we're giving you another heads-up.

If your short film is chosen as one of the winners it will be featured on AfterElton.com and possibly on Logoonline.com. And the grand prize winner will be featured in a short promo on the Logo TV channel directing viewers to watch their film online.

The deadline for submission is November 15th, and here are the rules:

Scripted films only (no documentary)

All lengths and all genres allowed

No restriction on the number of entries per person

The winner and runner-up(s) will be announced at the end of November/early December. If you have any questions, post them in this forum thread. When you're ready to submit your film, email us at afterelton@gmail.com and we'll provide the URL for uploading the video.

Oh, and I know what you're thinking (I was thinking it, too), so I asked TPTB, and they said that naked butt shots will be frowned upon.

So go forth and create! I'm about to film my own entry; it's an original story of a couple of sheepherders who meet on a mountain and fall in love. I'm calling it The Sheepherders Who Met on a Mountain and Fell in Love.

I know it's going to be hard to top that, but I'm looking forward to seeing what all the creative people here come up with!

Michael Rosenbaum, Nathan Fillion

I tend to go back and forth about straight-guy channel Spike TV. The network has certainly earned space on the DVR for series like the frequently-inspired Joe Schmore Show and the gay-inclusive Kill Point. On the other hand, whenever those shows hit a commercial break I'm reminded that I'm not really in Spike's target demographic.

Spike is getting ready to debut a web series that could be a new reason for mixed emotions ... James Gunn's PG Porn will have Nathan Fillion and Michael Rosenbaum performing in porn parodies (minus the sex scenes) with a variety of porn actresses. (I'm reminded of the defunct Trio network's Good Clean Porn specials, which aired actual porn movies with the sex cut out.) Doesn't that sound way campy for a network so full of macho posturing?

I wonder if there's any chance we'll see some gay porn performers join the PG Porn mix. Gay porn performers seem to be a part of the current zeitgeist, after all, and it is all being played for a laugh. And doesn't a certain Mister Ridge claim to have trained with the Second City comedy troupe? We can hope, at least.

Another bit of trivia regarding this project: Gunn previously directed Fillion in the sci-fi comedy Slither, in which he also cast then-wife Jenna Fischer (The Office) as a lesbian policewoman. 

Dee, Charlie and Nicole smile pretty for the Shear Genius finale

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.

• First and foremost, don't forget to tune in tonight for our liveblog of the Shear Genius finale, starting at 10PM EDT. Livebloginatrix snicks will be talking you through every rinse, snip, and snipe, so be sure to tune in!

• Holy awesomeness: Jay Bakker, Judy Shepard, Atticus Circle and Soulforce are among those behind Seven Straight Nights for Equal Rights, a weeklong demonstration in which "straight allies across the nation demand equality for LGBT Americans."

• George Michael's final tour is winding down, with a two-part finale in London and a Final Show this weekend in Copenhagen. (Memo to George: Take it from us Yanks. You can totally do another tour in a few years and no one will mind. See also: Cher, Barbra, etc.)

Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin on their big day

• Our hearts, thoughts, prayers, and whatever else good we still have left in us go out to the family and friends of Del Martin. The gay rights pioneer was 87 years old and had been married twice by the mayor of San Francisco to her long-time lover Phyllis Lyon when she passed away this morning ... with her legal wife at her side. 

• For lovers of musical theater and haters of meth: Pushing Daisies fave Kristen Chenoweth sings a crystal meth intervention to a gay party boy in this hilarious, NSFW, and utterly bizarre short video.

And today's Briefs are brought to you by...

Update: Looks like it's back up, but the clip isn't embeddable, so head on over to the official site to enjoy! 

After long last, the first chapter of Joss Whedon's webseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, starring Neil Patrick Harris at the titular meanie, was released today.

And guess what?

It's awesome.

No surprise, the site crashed around 10AM Eastern and has been pretty much down since. Such is the combined draw of Hollywood's favorite gay singing television doctor and the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! But we're obsessively refreshing and will embed the clip for your enjoyment let you know when it's back up. Check back every five minutes, k?

Last March, the team of fans behind Star Trek Phase II began producing "Blood and Fire" a gay-themed script originally written for The Next Generation in 1988 by "The Trouble With Tribbles" writer David Gerrold. The story would have included the franchise's first gay couple and dealt with a deadly disease that worked as an analogy to AIDS, but the episode never was filmed. The gay couple -- who were mostly written as good friends and only referred to as a couple in a couple lines -- stirred debates among TNG staff to the point that it was deemed easier just not to bother with the episode.

Tomorrow evening, "Blood and Fire" will finally be screened by an audience. Fans at the Shore Leave 30 sci-fi convention will get to screen a "smooth cut" -- which will be missing the final special effects.

This version of "Blood and Fire" has changed a bit from the original script. The era of the script has been pushed back since Phase II is set on the "Classic" enterprise with new actors playing the familiar characters and one of the gay characters is the nephew of Capt. James T. Kirk, Peter. Also, the couple -- who's relationship status was only confirmed when someone asks "How long have you been together?" in the original script -- get to behave a little more like a couple this time around.

There's no word on when the final cut for the two "Blood and Fire" episode will be available for a wider audience to download and view, but we'll keep our ears for news on that.

Earlier this week a news site owned by the American Family Association (can I put quotation marks around "news site" like they do "gay marriage"?) became the laughingstock of the Interwebs when their auto-replace system, which was set to replace any instance of "gay" in the syndicated newsfeed articles that it re-runs with the word "homosexual", changed the name of Olympic track and field hopeful Tyson Gay to "Tyson Homosexual".

According to PageOneQ, who first spotted the goof and brought it to the attention of both the news site and the Associated Press (whose article was mangled), this is what their version read:

"Tyson Homosexual easily won his semifinal for the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials," the article read, "and seemed to save something for the final later Sunday." The headline read "Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic events."

So this got me thinking: What would be the best imaginable headlines, words, or phrases to reach the AFA's Magical Mystical Dehumanizor? Here are a few suggestions; drop your own ideas in the comments!

Marcia Gay Harden becomes ... "Marcia Homosexual Harden"

Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart are ... Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Homosexualheart"

The historic flight of the Enola Gay is ... "The historic flight of the Enola Homosexual"

Mount Gay Rum becomes ... "Mount Homosexual Rum"  

and Dick Van Dyke is, of course ... "Penis Van Homosexual"

Update: The folks over at Good As You have been tracking the AFA's "gay switch" for a while, and this isn't the first time that they've mistakenly homosexualized someone's surname. It also isn't the first time that they've distorted the news, but hey, that's what makes them so special.