Cool Straight Guy Of The Week

[filkertom]

Now that's an honor. Thanks very much to Michael Jensen of AfterElton.com.

Comments

[blueeyedtigress.livejournal.com]

Woo-HOOO! Geat interview! Congrats, Tom! ;]

[cacie.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's fantastic!

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Woot! You so rock.

This is not necessarily a first for sci-fi fandom. Ask Forrest J Ackerman sometime how he got to be an Honorary Lesbian, decades ago.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I even mention in the interview that most if not all of my friends (i.e., you guys, fandom in general) are pretty much down with it as well. I don't know for sure that I know anybody who really has a problem with anybody's sexuality, although I can sadly think of a few I don't know, such as O. S. Card.

[tomreedtoon.livejournal.com]

Card? Well, I knew he was Mormon, but after listening to his "Secular Humanist Revival" I thought he had other relatively liberal positions about life. Just goes to show you...

Anyway, just want to say that you handled the interview very well. You didn't do a big political speech; you stated your views matter-of-factly and left it there. I wish more people in interviews would do just that.

Still, I hope that this newfound GBLT fame can get you booked on Ellen Degeneris's show...say for Talk Like a Pirate Day.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind words -- to all of you -- about the interview. He asked some questions, I answered. Seemed to be the way to go. (And I would love to do Ellen's or Rosie's show for TLAPD.)

Re: Card -- I went to one of those SHRs, a long time ago. He's gone way the hell off the track since then. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card) has more, and links to various essays, but the short form is: he calls himself a Democrat, but by and large supports Republican issues, is on a moral high horse regarding sexuality, and in 2004 "praised Zell Miller for trying to save the Democratic party". (Here's another interesting take (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/28/22428/7034) with a few useful links.) My own personal experience with his homophobia was a handout on the freebie table at ChiCon 1991, with an anti-gay column of his reprinted. Can't remember if it was printed by him or his supporters as a call to arms or by his detractors as a warning.

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

What? Wait? You're NOT Gay? Get your DAMNED hands off my wife!

*BIG OLD WINK*

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Heh heh heh. I knew your wife back before you were MARRIED, my friend.






Not that anything happened back then either, but....

What an awesome honour

[illusionmajik.livejournal.com]

It kind of choked me up.

You're one in a million

[timewalker.livejournal.com]

Congrats Tom!

[crushdmb.livejournal.com]

That was an awesome interview.

Great Song, Great Interview

[chiraven.livejournal.com]

Way to go, Tom!!!!!

What can I say? The song was wonderful, the interview put it well, and I would say it should be required in sex ed classes except there would be too many people who wouldn't get the irony of it and might take it seriously.

And by the way, if you have an urge to do another sexual minority group a similar big favor, come up with a great anthem for the poly-amorous. We ... I mean They ... need one.

Re: Great Song, Great Interview

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Thanks much. I might eventually -- I've had a fair number of poly friends for as long as I've been in fandom. And the song I wrote for Anthro is, I think, a pretty good riff on that. You'll hear it soon, I'm sure....

[denali1.livejournal.com]

Outstanding!

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Conga-Rats!

[catalana.livejournal.com]

Well, you *are* a cool straight guy. *Grin* Glad you got some recognition.

(And belated *hugs* for your sympathy when I was feeling cruddy after Thing; it was really nice to imagine big Tom hugs.)

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Hey. Collect anytime. ;)

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

Fantastic article, Tom. I am glad to see you getting the recognition from the gay community. Even if you are preaching to the choir, the message still needs to be said out loud.

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

*claps* :D

[scs-11.livejournal.com]

Nice! Congratulations.

Just FYI, Clif Flynt was also once named an honorary lesbian.

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

That's highly cool.

[bardicwench.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! You rock.

You are the coolest straight guy that I know.

[ericcoleman]

I think it is a brilliant song, and a well deserved notice ...

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Very cool!

[gimmeahand.livejournal.com]

Way to go, Tom! Great song, awesome interview... Or is it, awesome song, great interview? Interchange adjectives at will.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Begs a new parody?

[camric.livejournal.com]

Maybe now you can do "Pretty Fly for a Straight Guy" :-)

[firedrake-mor.livejournal.com]

Nicely done, Mr. Smith.

I recall, some years back, one of my and selenesue's friends inviting us out to dinner, to very timorously tell us that he was well, gay. AND that he had a boyfriend.

My thought was "So: this is news?" I'd had him pegged for awhile -- I guess before he did. Susan was the one, though, who immediately launched into "Is he nice? What's his name? He better be good to you! When do we get to meet him?"

The poor guy was so flabbergasted that he just sat there, slowly crying. He had no idea we'd be so supportive. I credit Susan's reponse -- she really gave him more acceptance than he thought he'd find, and really eased some of his trauma at telling his friends.

Go on ya, Tom, good on ya.

[filkferengi]

Congratulations!