I’ve never been a fan of Jason Alexander per se, but damn, I am now. He did a joke about cricket being gay on The Craig Ferguson Show, got called on it, and wrote one of the most lovely apologies for conflating gay with effeminate, and a joy with the very real discrimination LGBTQ and those with non normative genders face everyday, and threw himself in as someone who was taunted for similar reasons. Here’s a snippet:
And the worst part is – I should know better. My daily life is filled with gay men and women, both socially and professionally. I am profoundly aware of the challenges these friends of mine face and I have openly advocated on their behalf. Plus, in my own small way, I have lived some of their experience. Growing up in the ‘70’s in a town that revered it’s school sports and athletes, I was quite the outsider listening to my musical theater albums, studying voice and dance and spending all my free time on the stage. Many of the same taunts and jeers and attitudes leveled at young gay men and women were thrown at me and on occasion I too was met with violence or the threat of violence.
What a class act.