Author Annie Proulx had this to say in a
recent interview with the AP:
AP: Have you gotten any response from gay organizations?
Proulx: No. When the story was first published eight years ago [in the New Yorker], I did expect that. But there was a deafening silence. What I had instead were letters from individuals, gay people, some of them absolutely heartbreaking.
Guess gay groups have been too busy honoring "Jack" from Will & Grace!
Meanwhile, the anti-gay Traditional Values Coalition quotes
"ex-homosexuals" condemning the movie and encouraging closeted
and married (to women) gay men to stay with their wives. Says
one:
"Believe me, we can sadly expect to see a lot more men like former Governor Jim McGreevy of New Jersey not only resigning from their jobs, but from their wives, children and families."
But as I read on another list in response to the TVC, "it doesn't occur to these people that a better way to prevent cases like McGreevey's is not to pressure gay people into straight relationships in the first place, but instead to support them as they are."
No, it wouldn't occur to them. Not for a second.