Reply #136: I love him, too.

[mzteris]

Will it surprise you to learn that he became a ballet dancer just a few years ago? Thus adding to my outrage over these remarks.

He has been automatically assumed to be "gay" because he dances. He was bullied horribly in his brief stint at middle school because of it.

His "best friends" have ALWAYS included "girls" along with guys. Along with gay, lesbian, trans, and all races. In 1st grade, he refused to play with the boys who wouldn't let the girls play soccer with them. He organized the girls, formed a team and challenged the little - uh - dears - to a soccer match wherein the girls proceeded to kick butt. Those "boys" quit saying that "girls can't play soccer" and soon thereafter (most) everyone played happily together.

My younger son (12) - who is a lineman sized football player - is ALSO a ballet dancer (and jazz, tap, modern, lyrical, hiphop, contemporary), and I find it odd no one ever teases him about it. In fact, some of his coaches are trying to figure out how to get some of the other boys to take classes, too! They tell me one doesn't usually find a guy his size, that quick & agile!