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General Discussions => General discussions => Topic started by: Autumn on February 26, 2010, 01:42:42 PM

Title: Johnny Weir speaks out on gender and expression
Post by: Autumn on February 26, 2010, 01:42:42 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Johnny-Weir-responds-to-critics-with-calm-class?urn=oly,224493 (http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Johnny-Weir-responds-to-critics-with-calm-class?urn=oly,224493)

1:35 or so press release. Short and sweet. I might have preferred some more eloquence in wording and some stronger rebuttles, but I can't imagine it was easy to say that. And given the nature of his status and the platform he had, stronger may not have worked. From personal experience, it's a lot easier to simply *do* and *live* instead of trying to put words behind life and action.

He's a hero to us all, really.

I didn't put it into the other thread, since I thought the topic might catch the interest of people who ignore the olympics.
Title: Re: Johnny Weir speaks out on gender and expression
Post by: Janet_Girl on February 26, 2010, 06:42:05 PM
Good for him.  I hope some will take a different view of people.