Reply #5: I understand how you feel.

[swimmernsecretsea]

It's not just because it's a sweet gesture, and we can imagine the receiver of this gift to be touched by it. It makes us think of the moments in our lives when we've felt love and loved in return. It makes us feel as if those times when we walk along as if we're invisible and never noticed have been lifted and for once we're remembered for the generous, kind, helpful beings we can be.

The Tony Awards gets this kind of thing so often that it's even become a comedian's cliché. Everyone seems to expect it from the Theater, where everything seems to be pretend. But it was the way in. Harvey Fierstein acknowledging his partner many years ago was a surprise, but now it's become normal. I see it starting to happen with the Oscars, and that just makes me feel happy.