GAY BLOGGERS FULLY BEHIND ‘BRUNETTE’ MATT LEINART: Gay blogs (male and female) are agog over Matt Leinart after his recent comment about former gay NBA baller John Amaechi - in a recent Q & A with ESPN Magazine.

Leinart: “My favorite article recently was the John Amaechi piece (ed. note: in ESPN Magazine, whatta coincidence!). That was excellent. I appreciate and respect people who are open. That’s hard, especially being an athlete.”

A thoroughly thoughful reax from gay male blog AFTER ELTON on the ‘brunette’ NFL quarterback: “Up until now it was admittedly very difficult to find a reason to admire the hunky six-foot-five brunette, unless you’re into muscles and athletic ability and baby browns and chiseled jaws and tousled hair and all that. And we don’t just fall for a nice lobby, do we fellas?

Meanwhile, in a related story from the EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE: