Readers of AfterElton.com voted adorable actor Jake Gyllenhaal for the second year running. 2008 was a tough year for the Brokeback Mountain actor who lost his friend and co-star Heath Ledger and he wasn’t very busy. Nonetheless his appeal to gay men his remained strong.

AfterElton ponder why Jake is so appealing to gay men and submit that it could be his doe-eyed boy next door look, but then did they check out his very fit body recently? Not to mention the large bulge he is storing in his trousers. Grab some popcorn and rent Jarhead, Brokeback and more recent Prince of Persia and enjoy some Gyllenhaal skin.

Close runners up included big chart climber, the open gay John Barrowman and in third place, as I predicted (he would be somewhere high), ABC Brothers & Sisters gay lover to Matthew Rhys’ character, Canadian Luke Macfarlane.