Johnny Come Lately

posted by From A Left Wing
Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 3:24pm EDT

Meditations on the Beautiful Game from an Unlikey Player and Fan.
Jennifer Doyle

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I've recently become obsessed with Johnny Weir - I'm late to this bandwagon. As it happens, the first sport I followed with any seriousness was figure skating - but I've ignored the men's competitions especially in the past few years.

My bad, because Weir is a revelation (check out his show Be Good Johnny Weir). The media's difficulty in accepting both his athleticism and his fabulousness has been stunning - but Weir gets a perfect score from me. The folks at That's Gay take this on, and I can't say it any better than they do. (Thank you Vince for sharing this video with me!)

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