To me, this professional rugby player is just a remarkable man. He plays in a rough and tumble sport that I really don't understand. He is a marquis name who regularly lends his name and time to many great causes. He splits his time between training for his sport, actual game time, his wife and family, and still finds time to make personal appearances, speak out and be heard.
Cohen has also never shied away from supporting his gay fans, with fan appreciation evenings and speaking to LGBT issues on his Twitter and FaceBook accounts, as well as any other venue he has available to him. He does have a rather large gay fanbase, and after looking at the photos I am sure you can tell why. But with Ben, it goes beyond his startling good looks. He recently donated a signed jock strap for the UK charity Gay Men Fighting AIDS. Ben always supports LGBT Youth, as is evident in this clip posted by him on the topic of the recent suicides.
For more about Ben Cohen, or to order your 2011 calendar [my order has been placed!], check out his official website here. If you are someone, or know someone who might be feeling the effects of prejudice and bullying, here is the website for The Trevor Project. They have set up a hotline that can be reached at (866)488-7386. Share the number with those how you think might benefit, because the teenage years are hard enough without the additional issues discovering you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
This is truly an open man - I am wondering is part of it is the far more open society the UK is when it comes to LGBT issues - it seems to be more open there! But either way - he does have a great open mind!
ReplyDeleteSteveA, an incredibly caring and giving man, one who is very sure of himself. Wish more athletes, hell, more people were like him.
ReplyDeleteSteveA, I think that's a great part of it. Europe is so open minded. There are conservatives, yes, but in general, people are more intelligent there, so it is less about fear and hatred, and acting on impulse over there. I don't mind being hated for what I am, if it were just illegal to act on that hatred and harm me. In America, we don't care about hurting others, physically, emotionally, socially, in all ways. We enact revenge, without thinking. That is what is so very sad about us. We don't think. And we don't care that we don't think.
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