As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches this week, I find myself reliving so many memories and moments from that tragic day and the sobering days and weeks that followed.
Which got me once more to think about the invaluable role sports can play for so many of us, most especially those of us in the queer community.
My spouse, Eduardo, and I had a group of young mostly gay friends known as the Idora Park Irregulars who would meet at our house about once a week or so to watch a movie or TV show, enjoy whatever refreshments I was serving up, and engage in lively conversation.
The evening of 9/11, they and a few others instinctively showed up, not to be entertained and not for lively conversation, but to seek shelter from the news footage we