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	cygnia 2010-02-24 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	Ugh...it's bad enough my brother-in-law's convinced his son to be scared of male figure skaters due to his own homophobia. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2010-02-24 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	See also: the "joking" commentary that Weir should either get gender tested or skate for the women's team. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

annebonny
2010-02-24 07:45 pm UTC (link)

"They think all the boys that skate will end up like him," a visibly upset Dorothy [Hamill] said.

"'We should make him pass a gender test at this point,'" Dorothy read, getting very choked up at the broadcasters' homophobic comments. "What do you think of that?"

"Every little boy should be so lucky as to turn into me," Johnny said without batting an eyelash. "And that's all I have to say."

From here.

And this is why Johnny Weir is awesome.

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	rose_tyler 2010-02-24 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Johnny is too fabulous for the world. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: UPDATE, UPDATE! lady_ganesh 2010-02-24 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	Aww, Dorothy Hamill. I think they should skate together too. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hallidae 2010-02-24 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	The whiners can STFU. Weir being creatively flamboyant is part of his Awesome Showmanship (TM) package. His performances would lose a lot without it, I think, and the fact that he has no problem with indulging it, despite the crap he gets, makes him totally fierce. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rose_tyler 2010-02-24 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	Wait- Lady Gaga was actually going to come if he skated in the exhibition? I'm now even more depressed that he was totally undermarked. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tez 2010-02-24 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	I love that little be-tasseled wonder. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	thoms 2010-02-24 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Oh Johnny! That's why I love him. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kylenne 2010-02-24 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Johnny is so precious. I love him to death and have for ages. Where is my haters to the left icon when I need it? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	adevyish 2010-02-25 03:33 am UTC (link)
	Have a GIF instead. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2010-02-25 05:26 am UTC (link)
	Unf, that head toss. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brennalarose 2010-02-25 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	I never thought I'd ever see a man pull off a headful of flowers that well. Unf, indeed. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	plazmah 2010-02-24 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	happy sigh Fuck yeah Johnny, give em hell. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2010-02-25 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	His official response to the whole thing is up now, and it's glorious. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	adevyish 2010-02-25 04:08 am UTC (link)
	They would be that lucky! If only every boy could talk about world citizenship and being who you are rather than what you are like this. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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