Pam Spaulding reports on her encounter with gay former NBA basketball player, and Human Rights Campaign 'Coming Out Project' spokesman, John Amaechi.
Former NBA player, author and HRC Coming Out Project Spokesman John Amaechi spoke and took questions at the National Black Justice Coalition's Black Church Summit reception this evening, and he's a real gem. HRC is lucky to have Amaechi out there as a spokesperson, because he has both credibility and courage. Now that he's out, he's truly committed to changing hearts and minds by blowing away the stereotypes and combatting the ignorance out there that kept him in the closet.Here's his appearance on Jon Stewart
Amaechi's a busy man; he's been on the road promoting his book Man in the Middle (he noted that he's done over 300 interviews so far), and has been called upon to respond to the Tim Hardaway situation as well as tackle Ann "Faggot" Coulter's idiocy. And he's handled it all with such candor and grace.
John Amaechi gave a frank, refreshing talk tonight at the NBJC-sponsored event; there was a sizeable crowd that showed up to hear what he had to say. Your intrepid blogmistress was there and I brought back a few thoughtful quotes to share.
