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He's gay, get over it
It pains me to write this blog, because it will only expose an idea I want to die a painful death. But, I figured someone needed to set you straight - LZ Granderson.
(Who goes by initials professionally nowadays anyway?)
You wrote a insightful article for ESPN.com and I don't think you could be more wrong.
You argue the fact that former NBA player, John Amaechi, coming out of the closet after retirement is no big deal.
You say, show me someone who comes out while playing. You say only that would be impressive.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=granderson/070207&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab5pos1
That's the full article if you feel so inclined. I don't recommend it. I read it hoping the guy would come out himself, or say something like "just kidding, I love Amaechi."
But he didn't.
"Closeted athletes are miserable.
They have thoughts of suicide, they can't perform as well as they'd like, they live in constant anxiety of being found out, and while their heterosexual teammates are out chasing skirts during road trips, they stay locked up in their hotel rooms afraid to make eye contact with anyone because the bellhop's gaydar may go off.
Get over it."
That's a small sample of what Anderson has to say.
Isn’t' coming out hard enough. Could you imagine if a superstar, say Lebron James or Derek Jeter, decided to come out of the closet.
I'm not saying those two are gay, but just imagine the backlash from life long homophobic males.
Yeah the guy was a non-superstar NBA player, but it still took guts.
That's all that matters.
Posted by Clayton Hein at 09:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
