Open Letter by Nat'l Lesbian & Gay Journalists Assoc. to News Media Re Lance Bass' 'Coming Out'

U.S. Newswire ^ | 7/26/06 | Eric Hegedus

[hodaka]

I'm sure those Russian astronauts are breathing a sigh of relief that he didn't make the space journey.

[ushr435]

"Finger-paint faster!!"

[DJ MacWoW]

Everyone got that?

A lesson on spinning from Rumplestiltskin but it ain't gold.

[A message]

There's not ONE person left in any closet anywhere!!

I have shirts and pants in my closet and they come out when I put them on to wear.

Whew, got that off my chest. Now I feel a lot better. :-)

[msnimje]

Why are these people so interested in describing their sexual habits to everyone all the time?

[Rembrandt]

I'm sure it bothers them that so many of us just don't give a Hillary any more.

[Suzy Quzy]

What the hell does that mean?? You must be young or new here.

[wvobiwan]

YOU must be a little slow Suzy, or overly sensitive. I thought what he wrote was pretty funny!

[dukeman]

Bass isn't a musician, and N Sync was never a band. Corporate flunkies whose "music" was an insult to all serious musicians.

Sounds as if you're more "affectionally attracted" to the Back Street Boys.

[mrsmel]

It is too a lifestyle,and they are proud of being "hip" and gay when it suits them(As in "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy"). It's also a lifestyle because they themselves go around defining themselves by who they have sex with. When's the last time a straight(normal)person made news by announcing that they have sex with the opposite gender?

[relictele]

I'm sure that the person or persons who wrote this tripe actually think that they are in control of the entire English language and its usage.

So....to ask for the 1359th time...WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE OBSESSED WITH THEIR BEDROOM ACTIVITIES? Why does it become their life, even their livelihood? Why do they think that the world should reverse its rotation because of what they get up to behind closed doors?

[goodnesswins]

I think we ALL should COME OUT! What are they going to do....ask us to PROVE it?

[wvobiwan]

Nah, I'm hopelessly hetero. Sorry Duke, you won't mind too many fags here, better try DU.

[peyton randolph]

The term "gay pillow-biter" is the preferred adjective that has largely replaced "homosexual deviant" in referring to men who are sexually and affectionally attracted to other men. "Homosexual Gerbil-bait" should be used only if "heterosexual banana-stuffer" would be used in parallel constructions, such as in medical contexts.

[sageb1]

"This week, many reporters will write stories about the public "coming out" of musician Lance Bass, the ‘N Sync band member who discusses his sexual orientation in the latest issue of People magazine."

And to think I lamented my grandson's changing taste in music.

[rock_lobsta]

Isn't he that guy on Mad TV?

[garylmoore]

Sorry, but the word "gay" means to be happy, look it up. Let's call a spade a spade, how can a queer be happy attracted to someone of the same sex, it's so unnatural.

[no dems]

Sheryl Swoopes? Say it ain't so. I'm not shocked but, if this is true, I am terribly disappointed.

[no dems]

"Does this mean I have to stop using the term "faggoty" as in, "That guy in the pink shirt sure looks faggoty"?

No, use the term if you like SittinYonder, just be careful not to "mark" someone as gay if they wear a pink shirt. I wear a pink shirt on rare occasions but I have a pat answer for people who remark about it; e.g. "You're wearing a pink shirt?" I tell them: "I'm secure enough in my manhood, masculinity and my sexuality that I can wear a pink shirt withou fear of being thought to be a fag."

They (pink shirts) go great with a gray suit and sharp tie, by the way.