Some Thoughts on Michael Sam, The NFL, And Manhood

Forbes - It is a new idea, for a lot of people, that a gay man can be good at football. It is a new idea, for a lot of people, that a gay man can be a member of a sports team without wrecking the chemistry. (Sam came out to his teammates before last season. Missouri went 12-2.) It is a new idea, for a lot of people, that an NFL player — somebody we tend to think of as a man among men — can also be a guy who has a boyfriend, and kisses him.  Read more.