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Letters to the Editor We'll periodically be posting selected letters and e-mails sent to us. If you have something to say, send it to us at mail@outsports.com Gays Can't Have a Place in Sports Male homosexuals cannot have a place in sports. You are the absolute sissies of the world...and THIS is why America is great, that our most macho professions, like NFL player and NBA player have NEVER had an open and out player. Can you imagine how sissified the NFL would be if gays were allowed to be open on the field? It would turn into 'touch' football. Straight guys' ego would be too bruised if a gay "man" (guys who say pink is their fave color and wave a girly rainbow flag can't exactly be seriously considered men) got lucky and tackled them. I find it horrendous that these liberal students on college campuses accept you sissies at tailgate football games (you know damn well NO actual college players would let you near them). Why do you continue to try and push the envelope and seek acceptance from manly, all-american men with whom the very idea of accepting gay "men" would hinder their play? The day an open male homosexual plays in pro football, baseball, or basketball...is the day American sports, as we know it, will degrade. Take me back to 1986 baby, when the homophobic hard partying Mets winning the world series, the blue collar Boston Celtics won the championship, the Chicago Bears did their football dance yet had no queers around...and you sissies were cruising in back alleys like the scum you are and were far away from being open. America was better then, and you know it. Bye sissies!
M Conway HIV+ Athletes Should Divulge Their Status
Yesterday I called the GMHC hotline to
ask about the latest information about how one might contract AIDS
from another person. When I was involved in the GMHC training
program - some 10-12 years ago - in order to become a volunteer for
GMHC - the thinking was that this could only occur during an
interchange of fluids (as a result of sexual contact) whether the
sex was straight or gay. This exchange also extended itself to
contact with blood. If a person had an open cut and touched the
blood of an infected person, he or she could get the disease. As of
yesterday this information has not changed - except that paper cuts
or sores with scabs might not be something to worry about. The kinds
of bloody wounds incurred in playing Rugby between two players could
cause serious concerns if one of the players was HIV-positive or had
AIDS. A Love Letter From a Fan FUCK YOU GAY FAGS. YOU NEED TO HAVE GAY DAYS AT SAN QUINTEN, THEY NEED TO LOCK YOUR FAG ASS UP. ALL HOMO'S SHOULD CATCH AIDS!!!!!!!!!!!! Larry Burns June 28, 2006 Reaching the Christian Right I heard Cyd Zeigler on the Glen Beck program. His conversation with the guest host was my first introduction to Outsports.com. I must say you made quite an impression on me. His honesty, candor and analytical abilities were obvious and brave -- at least for what I heard. As a member of the "bigoted, extreme, Christian right" who has also worked in the entertainment industry for 30 years and has both worked with and defended gays and lesbians, I found Zeigler's conversation and his approach to be very refreshing. Because of my strongly held religious beliefs, I cannot agree with everything in the so called "gay agenda," and I work without apology to keep the more extreme elements of it as far away from children and from interference with my religious liberties as I can. That does not mean that I cannot and do not have great affection for some of my gay and lesbian friends as people and for their intellect, talents and contributions to society. In Nashville, honest dialog between religious conservatives and the GLBT communities has not been possible. It has not been because there are not those on both sides who do not wish to have these dialogues, but because each side has people who will "shoot their own" if they dare enter into such dialogue publicly. The religious right here has come a long way in understanding (without necessarily affirming) the concerns of another segment of the American population, but the predominant GLBT leadership here seems determined to make every issue "a fight." Leaders have called – in print and on multiple occasions -- the interaction here "the battle for the soul of the Bible Belt" and "the battle for the soul of Nashville." That kind of language is as off-putting to a Christian as are some words that I have learned to be considered pejorative by homosexuals, such as, "love the sinner, hate the sin." I don't have any special purpose in writing to you except to say that I appreciated the way Cyd handled himself on the show and the calm manner in which he approached complicated topics. I respect what he did on that show. May God bless us all as we each just try to get through another day! Kind regards,
Jerry Flowers Whining About Whining Outrage over the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders? I thought this was a sports column? Must have been a slow news day for sports. I know me, so this will come out angrier than I intend it, but here goes: It's a silly argument that I'd prefer wasn't made. It makes the GLBT community look petty and pathetic. Straight guys have as much right to drool over cheerleaders as I do over Jai on QE. It's like complaining that the only reason QAF is popular is because of all the hot guys. So what if it was? Would that give the TV station any less of a right to produce it? Would that give me any less of a right to watch it? So what if it is a blatant grab for ratings? Who cares? That's the beauty of business and capitalism. Nielson sent a little survey to my house this year... I got to tell them what I want coming into my home, with the same odds of being selected and the same attention paid to me as any other home. How does this writer feel about Boy Meets Boy? Pathetic grab for ratings? I think it trivializes gay relationships same as straight dating shows, but is Outsports really the place to bring up such a topic? A part of me hopes Fox does a story on a different team of cheerleaders every year... just so you can be angry. There are minorities that have figured this out and there are those that have not, but let me share a little secret with any that will listen. Equality is reached not by screaming for it, but by refusing to be taken for granted. The GLBT has finally reached the point where mainstream acceptability is within our grasp and that the majority of society is realizing that gay men are not all annoying freaks of nature like Cojo (don't even get me started). I would prefer Outinwherever to help perpetuate the idea that we aren't a bunch of sissy crybabies, but rather well adjusted adults. The next time I open Outsports, I'd love to read an article about, oh, say, sports; not the moody rantings and righteous indignation of a simple, narrow-minded whiner desperate for a cause and coming up short.
Brandon
p.s.- for the record, women have had the same thing said about them and their love for sports for years, but the fact still remains: there are a great many queens that love my tickets to the Cards and Rams games that couldn't even name for me three players on either team. I placate them the same way a great many straight guys placate women with the same issue: Take them along and hope they're cute enough you won't care how silly they behave. Again, so what? They have as much of a right to be there as I do. Golf Isn't A Sport Ride around in a cart, get out once in a while to hit a ball, your instrument to hit it provided by a caddie, then ride some more. What kind of idiot would call that a sport? Chasing a small white ball around the grass while getting no exercise because you're riding makes no sense whatsoever. Jon M. Garrison Hearst's Next Step I completely agree with Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler Jr.'s article on what Garrison Hearst should do to "make up" for his homophobic remark. What I want to know is, how can we make this happen? How can we get the attention of mainstream media, the NFL, and
Mr. Hearst himself? Let the gay community know how we can actually TAKE ACTION rather than just commenting on it (which I agree is the necessary first step. To put it
succinctly, what is OUR next step? Gay Games Coverage Guys, You have no idea how wonderful the job you are doing in covering the Games for those of us still at home in the States. Honestly, it has made me a bit emotional hearing your first-hand tales and fun observations; what a great personal feel you have captured. I competed in the 1994 New York GGIV and medaled in swimming for Team Orange County, CA, USA. I now live in Dallas, TX and unfortunately could not afford the time and money for the trip to Sydney. I miss being a part of it terribly. I did not think that I would be so overjoyed to be able to read (and see) your adventures daily on your website.... what an enormous treat to see all of the festivities and such. I was not expecting such incredible coverage by your site! I very much look forward to following your trip around the Games and wish you all continued success at keeping up with all the action. Big, big hug from a devoted fan and member of OUTSPORTS! I appreciate you taking the time to read all this gushing with all the huge amounts of feedback that you all get everyday, but please know that you are making more than just "my day." Congratulations on an outstanding start to your marathon of a visit! And, again, thank you so much. Warmest regards,
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