Gay Gold

[dgvelkgrove]

You seemed so embarrassed talking about matt's being gay. You yourself said it shouldn't be a big deal.

[snachattack]

you silly lisper you.

[Stephen5000]

lisp?

[jerrydoubleu]

Same ol homophobic coverage for NBC et. al.

[miketwig]

It's nice that a gay boy won gold, but the news value is very slight. He's not American, he's in a minor sport, and even though it happened at the Olympics, not a word was said about what it meant. No shot of family or bf, just of the Aussie teammates. So I'm sure there are a hundred thousand USA gays blissfully unaware that one of us has taken a gold medal, and, unlike dear old Greg and Johnny, he is out of the closet when it happens.

[matthewjrau]

So if someone's "not American" the news value is slight? Oh and by the way there was media coverage here in Australia of his boyfriend, Lachlan, and his mother, with him after he won. Matthew is a national hero in Australia!