{"id":2910,"date":"2005-06-05T09:37:15","date_gmt":"2005-06-05T13:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/vardibidian\/2005\/06\/05\/2910.html"},"modified":"2018-03-12T16:50:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:50:05","slug":"aw-heck-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/2005\/06\/05\/aw-heck-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Aw, heck with it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OK, so Your Humble Blogger hasn’t been getting much joy out of reading the sports pages lately, and I don’t know why I decided to read Gwen Knapp’s column this morning<\/a>, as it’s usually dreadful. This week’s is a rambling rumination about—gasp—homosexual athletes, or at least the possibility of them. It’s more or less inspired by this week’s Very Special episode of Queer Eye with five members of your World Champion Boston Red Sox as the Straight Guys for charity. And, you know, they are in a room with openly gay people, and no-one dies! It’s a miracle of tolerance!\n

Allow me to draw your attention to Ms. Knapp’s anecdote about Lindsy McLean, who for 24 years was one-toe-out-of-the-closet as the 49ers’ trainer. She downplays the verbal and physical abuse that the “many, many players” who “ignored the issue” also ignored, and points out that “When McLean's partner was sick, some politely inquired about his health.”\n

Is that just the saddest thing you have read today, or what? When his partner was sick, some—some—some—politely inquired about his health. You know, when I was living in San Francisco almost fifteen years ago, that was one of the things that really became obvious about a community that accepts everyone. You ask after your co-worker’s boyfriend or girlfriend. Not to be nosy, just ‘how’s Glenn’ and ‘fine, how’s Julie doing?’ It’s just a thing we take for granted, those of us who happen to be straight.\n

And, you know, Gwen Knapp’s heart is in the right place on this one. And it’s probably not her fault that the headline is in the form of a question. I’m just ... look, people are different, one from another, and that’s what makes the world interesting and fun, OK? Good grief.\n

chazak, chazak, v’nitchazek<\/I>,
-Vardibidian.\n<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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