Living Brokeback Mountain

[Rick Munroe]

This was one of the most recommended diaries on dailykos.com today.

 

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/6/172635/1891

[Guest TNT Ted]

Very moving story. Thanks, Rick, for bringing it to our attention.

 

I sometimes find myself wallowing in self-pity for having been a gay teen-ager in the mid-1950's (well, we weren't 'gay' then --- we were 'fags', homos', or 'queers'). Society didn't provide us the option of "coming out", it only offered us a "cure". After reading gladkov's diary I realize that a full thirty years separates his youth from mine, and while our culture may have made many strides during that time, it still has a long way to go.

[trilingual]

There are a lot of personal stories posted, as well, on the official site of the movie: http://www.brokebackmountain.com The account Rick posted about is more eloquent, but some of the stories on the film's site are heartbreaking, too.

[RockHard]

The Opinionator section of the NY Times offers some smart commentary in response to Daniel Mendelsohn's piece he wrote for the New York Review of Books. I think both links offer some good reading and interesting insight. Enjoy.

 

'Brokeback': Gay, Not Universal

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=27

 

An Affair to Remember

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18712