Want to talk about exclusion? Why is BDSS exclucively female? Is there room there for even one male dancer? It's not like we don't exist or that they can't find a good one. I don't see this as excluding female dancers anymore than Ted Shawn's all male dance group was excluding female dancers. This event, like Ted's dance group is not about excluding women, but about showing that men are here, we do exist and we are a part of this community. Its about showing the larger community that there is nothing strange about us. Its about moving us into the eye of the public so that we are no longer perceived as novelties or oddities. Nothing more, nothing less. Although one might ask why they chose to exclude the light brown 5ft 9 Jamaican Middle Eastern dancers from the New York Metropolitan area who like peanutbutter. Where's Al Sharpton when ya need him!?
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