Holdg hands is a simple fiant act of gays and lbians who choose to face a hateful world
Contents:
- ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
* gay boys holding hands *
The men—a majory of them straight—did so Amsterdam and other ci rponse to a gay uple’s btal attack Arnhem, Netherlands. The gay victims were allegedly attacked for holdg hands themselv. As a gay man, I appreciate the gture.
That straight men holdg hands mak the news speaks to a problem larger than gay bashg. In Wtern culture, when men hold hands—gay or straight— matters to . Jt as equently, fourth and fifth gra hallways boys quickly fend touchg each other at all wh the qualifier – “No homo.
The attackers yelled anti-Hispanic and anti-gay slurs at the two men—the latter clearly suggtg they were mistaken as a uple. Jt the perceptn of gayns ed by them touchg ntributed to the end of a man’s life.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay boys holding hands *
This le of thkg is not unmon among gay men. When boys go om five year-olds to fifteen to forty-five and fortably show affectn between them—straight or gay, holdg hands or somethg else harmls and offensive—maybe we won’t do a double-take when we observe .
In the ey of some people, gay men are herently un-manly. It’s unfortunate, but gay men makg the measured choice to hold hands public—knowg attacks for dog so exist—still tak bravery. But for gay and queer upl, such a seemgly simple act n rry much more weight.
Beg openly gay or queer is still not safe or accepted everywhere, so we gave our rears the optn of beg anonymo or omtg their last nam.