![]() ![]() The boys who choose ballet really know what they love and want to do for the rest of their lives, and they have to fight to get it. But in my son’s case, that advice should come with a big disclaimer: Doing what you love may cause you to be a social outcast, called a 'faggot,' physically assaulted by your peers, or generally ostracized by family and friends. That’s the advice we get from buttons, T-shirts, memes and the self-help industry. True happiness, we’re so often told, comes from doing what you love. Researcher Doug Risner of Wayne State University found that nearly 96 percent of all boys who dance have faced verbal and/or physical assaults from their peers, ultimately driving many young danseurs from the studio. I’ve interviewed more than two dozen dancers, and their stories are heartbreakingly similar. "I’ve spent the last two years creating a documentary about the struggles that young men face when they choose to dance ballet ― when they choose to thumb their nose at what boys “should do.” While directing and producing Danseur, I’ve seen over and over again the clear-cut lines we draw as a society around what boys “should” and “shouldn’t” do. ![]() He shares why it was important for him to deal with this issue: in a metropolitan city in the Northeast with a large Asian population. Many years after it occurred, an anonymous tumblr user has come forward with a story about the horrific time a man slipped something into their drink in a gay establishment and dragged them outside and into his car. Gormley also confronts the extreme level of bullying that they face. Even in gay porn, Asian bodies are symbolically castrated where camera angles. Especially if you’re a new, inexperienced bar or club visitor.
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