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. 

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. 

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!

Words of advice for anti-marriage equality homophobes: We wouldn't want to get on this guy's bad side. (Does he even have a bad side?) Details of the hugely-supportive Brendon Ayanbadejo's hot NOH8 pic and new Tweet supporting marriage equality after the jump!

Brendon Ayanbadejo is not the only professional football star standing up for marriage equality; wide receiver Donte' Stallworth, Brandon's Baltimore Ravens teammate, has joined team equality in a series of pro-LGBT Tweets. 

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo continues to impressively be our greatest hetero ambassador in sports as he bridges a message of marriage equality support into the straight world. The latest evidence of his allegiance to the LGBT community came this week in an interview with ESPN.