outlaws
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If you're closeted from your enemies, you're also hidden from your friends.
The cowboys are coming out.
But even with next month's release of the movie Brokeback Mountain - featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in a romance between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy - don't expect the rest of the overtly masculine world to stampede out of the closet. Gay rights have come a long way, with hate crime legislation and same-sex marriage entrenched. And popular culture is filled with gay characters. Yet taboos remain.
One of the more obvious is that lesbian relationships don't make people as uncomfortable as male homosexuality does. Last month, WNBA superstar Sheryl Swoopes, came out of the closet - where she said life was "miserable." Her decision brought the inevitable question: When will a professional male athlete, while actively playing in a major sports league, finally come out? And for that matter, when will Hollywood, the political arena, rap music, the media, the world of comic books and many ethnic communities lighten up?
The Pride parade hasn't marched everywhere yet.
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But even with next month's release of the movie Brokeback Mountain - featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in a romance between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy - don't expect the rest of the overtly masculine world to stampede out of the closet. Gay rights have come a long way, with hate crime legislation and same-sex marriage entrenched. And popular culture is filled with gay characters. Yet taboos remain.
One of the more obvious is that lesbian relationships don't make people as uncomfortable as male homosexuality does. Last month, WNBA superstar Sheryl Swoopes, came out of the closet - where she said life was "miserable." Her decision brought the inevitable question: When will a professional male athlete, while actively playing in a major sports league, finally come out? And for that matter, when will Hollywood, the political arena, rap music, the media, the world of comic books and many ethnic communities lighten up?
The Pride parade hasn't marched everywhere yet.
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