Tear down that wall.In his My Perspective essay "The Beauty of Coming Out" [April 26], Dave Koz Dave Koz (March 27, 1963) is an American jazz saxophonist. He often draws comparisons to another well-known saxophonist, David Sanborn. Because the two sound almost alike, Koz is sometimes billed as "the second coming of Sanborn". talks about his "wall of fear." He says, "I got on the other side, and when I looked back at where this wall had been I saw that it had been an illusion--a total figment fig·ment n. Something invented, made up, or fabricated: just a figment of the imagination. [Middle English, from Latin figmentum, from fingere, of my imagination." As someone who was gay-bashed in 1990, I'd I'd 1. Contraction of I had. 2. Contraction of I would. I'd I had or I would I'd have ~would like Mr. Koz to know that it was not a "total figment of his imagination." There was plenty to be afraid of. There's less for him to be afraid of now because brave men and women before him told the truth and fought exhausting, financially draining battles in the courts, in the legislature, and in the media to make it that way. I join his many fans in applauding his brave decision to come out. I hope he will take the time to acknowledge the losses suffered and enormous gains won by those who chose to fight while he was still hiding behind that wall. Christopher Bradley, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Calif. |
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