Former Baltimore Raven Brendon Ayanbadejo may have just leapt to the top of our list of LGBT allies, based solely on the RIDICULOUSLY hot pic he posted on Facebook a few hours ago.

Needless to say the NFL star isn't slacking off in the wake of his dismissal from the Ravens. He's certainly inspiring us to do more than just workout. 

Take a peek after the jump!

Brendon Ayanbadejo stopped by Anderson Cooper 360 and clarified his statements regarding the alleged four NFL players that may come out at the same time, as well as whether or not his outspoken LGBT advocacy had anything to do with the Baltimore Ravens releasing him from the team.

See what he has to say after the jump.

Super Bowl champ Baltimore Raven Brendon Ayanbadejo hasn't backed down from his promise to use the high profile Super Bowl coverage as a platform to promote LGBT equality!

Ayanbadejo debuted a new "Time For Marriage" video today and joined LGBT-ally Russell Simmons for an interview on equality! 

Watch his new video and check out his interview with Simmons after the jump!

Brendon Ayanbadejo, the Baltimore Raven who moonlights as one of the gay community's staunchest straight allies, is hoping to leverage Super Bowl attention to benefit marriage equality. And swoon. 

Christmas did not end well for Kenni Shaw. The 30-year old was outside an East Baltimore liquor store when a group of five men attacked him for seemingly no reason—except for his perceived sexual orientation. Details follow.

The Raiders may have lost to Brendon Ayanbadejo's Baltimore Ravens, but they were nothing but great sportsman on field and in the locker room.

Brendon tells TMZ that on Sunday, three Raiders congratulated him on marriage equality's win in Maryland in a move that squash's the already-stale NFL locker room stereotype. 

Outspoken straight ally and Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo thought that waking up in Maryland on Wednesday was a lot like waking up on Christmas morning. But some of his teammates are feeling more like the Grinch. Check out what the Ravens have to say about Maryland's win for marriage equality after the jump. 

A new poll from Goucher College out of Baltimore finds a majority of Marylanders in support of same-sex marriage rights. Great news ahead of Tuesday's election that sees marriage equality on the ballot in the state, right? 

Maybe not so much. 

With the incredibly outspoken marriage equality support of Minnesota Viking Chris Kluwe and Baltimore Raven Brendon Ayanbadejo tackling headlines and sports-culture commentary for the past month, fellow Raven Matt Birk has rushed some yards to try to become the face of same-sex marriage opposition in the NFL. 

In response to the homophobic letter written by Maryland Rep. Emmet Burns demanding the NFL punish Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo for supporting marriage equality, the gorgeous and well-written Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has penned a response letter to the anti-gay lawmaker. 

The must read (including the line so good we had to put it in the headline) after the jump!

A day after the Maryland Board of Elections officially certified a petition to place repeal of marriage equality on the November ballot, the Baltimore Sun has come out in favor of same-sex marriage. Details follow. 

Marriage equality hasn't even been signed in to law by Maryland Gov. O'Malley (he'll add his signature in a ceremony on Thursday), but the effort to repeal the civil rights legislation by referendum has already received a big boost of support from Balitmore's local Fox affiliate. Details follow.