Among the many tweets that flew by my screen this week was this from Outsports: “Gay high school athletes blog to make difference: “Three kids. Three time zones. One mission …” That’s the tagli…” Since I’m working my way through writing a novel where two high school athletes come out, I had to see what [...]
“I was so tired of being my own fortress.” – Tom Smith I picked up Admit One because of this line from its blurb: “Months later, while Tom serves as reluctant assistant director for his school’s production of Rent, he fears that the show’s same-sex love angle will somehow out him.” Of course the word [...]
26Nov09
A Hockey Coming Out Story…
“I hope the day comes, and soon, when this is not a story.” — Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke That’s the opening sentence to a story I read on ESPN.com yesterday that I didn’t get a chance to write about until now. Written by columnist John Buccigross, the story titled “‘We love you, this [...]
