Lez Keep It Real

Today’s Come Out & Play post spotlights Strangers.

I know what you’re thinking. Why would I walk up to a stranger and say, “I’m gay?”

That’s not the kind of situation I’m talking about. Besides, didn’t you learn that you shouldn’t talk to strangers from all those ABC after school specials we were forced to watch while growing up?

When I say “stranger,” I’m referring to the kinds of people you meet in a social setting, people that you have never met before and who know nothing about you, but with whom you are connected to through one friend, relative, acquaintance or another.

I’ve been in this kind of situation before, too many times to count. And I always find myself wondering the same thing.

Should I “come out” in a sense to these people?

You’re probably wondering why, if these people are strangers, I should feel the need to say anything at all about my sexuality. Well, some of these “strangers” don’t stay “strangers.” Some of them we will see again. Some of them will even become our friends.

So … where is the line then? How do you determine which “stranger” is worth coming out too?

I’m not a rapper by any means, but let me try and “break it down.”

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This week’s Notable Lesbian is:
Martina Navratilova
October 18, 1956 –

Martina Navratilova is a former World No. 1 women’s tennis player. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam women’s doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 times, including 9 consecutive years from 1982 through 1990, and won the women’s singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times. In 1981, shortly after being granted U.S. citizenship, Navratilova came out publicly about her sexual orientation. She said she feared her sexual orientation might disrupt her application for American citizenship following her defection from Czechoslovakia, a country in which, she points out, “gays were sent to insane asylums and lesbians never came out of the closet.”

Interesting tid bit:
In 1972 at the age of 15, Navratilova won the Czech republic national tennis championship. In her autobiography, Being Myself, she says that she had romantic crushes on teachers of both sexes and, later, felt strongly attracted to other female tennis players. But she did not realize that these attractions had a sexual dimension until she was 18 years old, when she had her first same-sex relationship.

Billie Jean King said in 2006, “She [Navratilova] is the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who’s ever lived.”

Don’t forget about the Lez Keep it Real Contest! It’s still going on people because I haven’t had enough submissions. Submit and you can win!

More Notable Lesbians

If you have a suggestion for a Notable Lesbian, e-maill me at lyndsey.darcangelo@451press.net or use the contact form above and I’ll highlight her in an upcoming post.

*Some information provided by Wikipedia.com

Martina Navratilova, women’s tennis player, notable lesbians, Billie Jean King, Wimbledon

I’m not usually one who likes to spread gossip. I’d rather write about news stories that are credible and have been confirmed by several media outlets.

But today, just this once, I am going to make an exception. This was one piece of juicy gossip that I couldn’t pass up.

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To all my sporty lesbians out there, I know you feel my pain. I’m home today with a sprained ankle that has ballooned twice its size and is the result of a hustle play during a recreational league soccer game I played last night. It hurts like a biotch. But at least we won the game.

I am writing to you all from the comfort of my couch. It’s cozy. There’s snow on the ground, a warm cup of Joe at my side and world of GLBT news at my disposal. So, let’s get to it.

Fair play.

I’m a believer. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, right? Or something like that … what I am trying to say is that I found a piece of news this morning that I felt the need to write about simply because I’ve written about it from the other side … the Republican side that is.

Let me explain.
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I remember back in the day when MTV used to play music videos 90 percent of the time. Of course this was back in the 80’s, when music videos were considered a work of art, al la Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Now, if you want to see a video, you have to go online or subscribe to MTV Two or Three or whatever number they are up to these days.

It seems that the program geniuses at MTV ignored Justin Timberlake’s plea from the Video Music Awards this past year to “Play more videos!”

Instead, they’ve gone ahead with such educational and enlightening programs as “A shot at Love with Tila Tequila.”

Excuse me while I throw up.

The truth is I never did like Tequila much, it makes me want to gag. And I’m not fond of this little show either, for numerous reasons.

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