If any of our readers happened to witness the brouhaha on the Today Show this morning over the two people featured on the cover of the latest issue of Vogue, you have learned a bit about discrimination and the hue and cry that can raise its ugly head over something "different".
Those of us who were in the "closet" for decades, then had the nerve to step out on "the road less taken", have experienced the inevitable experience of hearing and seeing the behind-the-hand smirks and the whispers.
The cover of Vogue features a massive African-American basketball player and a gorgeous white model. He does look kind of ferocious but she is still gorgeous in spite of it. The crux of the Today Show segment was the racial issue that a black man and a white woman together brings to mind - they even went so far as to compare the cover to King Kong with the shrieking Fay Wray in his fist while he clings to the Empire State Building!!
I wonder if any same-sex couples have ever been featured on Vogue? Does any one know? Because if that is the next step in the editors' minds, those of us in gay relationships need to be prepared. I was appalled at the reaction to the current Vogue cover - there was nothing evil intended nor did it come anywhere close to disgusting me - what gives??
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