"A news flash for every straight man out there: You’ve been naked in
front of a gay man. In fact you’ve been naked, over the course of your
life, in front of many gay men, at least if you have more than a few
years on you. And here you are — uninjured, uncorrupted, intact. The
earth still spins. The sun rises and sets. Maybe it was in gym class,
long ago. Maybe at the health club more recently. Or maybe when you
played sports at the high school level, the college level, later on.
Whether we gay guys are one in 10 or one in 25, it’s a matter of chance:
At some point, one of us was within eyeshot when you stripped down. And
you know what? He probably wasn’t checking you out. He certainly wasn’t
beaming special gay-conversion gamma rays at you. That’s why you
weren’t aware of his presence and didn’t immediately go out and buy a
more expensive moisturizer and a disc of Judy Garland’s greatest hits.
His purpose mirrored yours. He was changing clothes and showering. It’s a
locker room, for heaven’s sake. Not last call at the Rawhide." -
Frank Bruni, in a
New York Times column responding to the coming out of NFL prospect Michael Sam.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
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