Reply #124: I have to take issue with you elevating football! over the arts. If we want

[1monster]

to talk shallow, I can't think that a bunch of guys knocking each other down in high speed chases (the injury rate in football is 100%) across a field to score points by crossing a line had more depth, let alone the same depth as the arts.

It is true that I have met far more gay people while working in theatre, dance, and music than I have in any other walk of life. I believe that they showed far more courage than you are giving them credit. Those who worked in the arts were among the first to stand up and proclaim with their actions and their words that they were gay. Those in the arts who are not gay were among the earliest to accept gays as just people. And that is probably because the gays in the arts were among the earliest to declare themselves.

Proudly wear that pink tutu epitaph as the badge of courage it is. Those male dancers (gay or not) were teased and bullied something fierce for wearing tights. They deserve respect that YOU are denying them.