I don’t know whether or not there are gay
couples out there who dance ballroom and/or Latin together. There may be but if
there are I have never seen them. I know there are family members who dance
together, it can be a little disturbing to watch when they hit puberty but I
know it is done. Of course, it’s not limited to ballroom and Latin, there are
other dance styles where people can dance as a duo, but I reference those two
specifically for a reason. Now, I have no problem watching a same sex couple
dance. I have danced with a woman before where she did the male partners steps;
I have also danced with a woman and done the male partners steps, no problem.
What I have a problem with, is Strictly Come Dancing deciding they need to
introduce same sex dancing partners. Why? There is at least one professional
dancer on that show who is gay and dances, always has, with female partners.
There have been homosexual celebrities competing who had no problem having a
dancing partner of the opposite sex. It’s art, like acting, sexuality should
not be an issue. There are enough heterosexual male dancers labelled as homosexual
purely because of their profession.
Now, I can say with certainty, that Robert
Rinder, who is an openly homosexual man who competed on the show in 2016, is
against same sex couples on the show. Rob Rinder (commonly referred as Judge
Rinder, due to the show he presents on ITV1) competed in the fourteenth series
on the show in 2016. He and dance partner Oskana Pletero ended the competition
in week 11 in fifth place. When the idea of same sex dancing couples was
brought up, he was asked what he thought of the concept during an interview on
the ITV1 show ‘Lorraine’.
“ My immediate, serious and thoughtful
reaction was ‘don’t be absurd’…First of all it’s a sport…nobody was asking me
to get married to my partner or to engage in any sort of geography with
her…some things just aren’t politics and Strictly is absolutely one of them…I
don’t think it’s going to make any difference to the life of any young
person…if she (Susan Calman) dances with an almost straight woman…whether she
dances with a man or not can make no difference to anybody…it’s not real life”
Rob Rinder also went on to say that there are
much more serious things we need to worry about and I agree. All we see on TV
these days is what Meghan Markle is doing ( I really don’t care) what absurd,
non-issue things people want to ban, what fake, man-hating ‘feminists’ who need
their heads examined are suddenly offended by and who got voted out of ‘Love
Island’ (If I could care less I would).
One thing that I think makes this a really silly
idea is the roles. In a dance, the man leads and the lady follows, that’s how
the steps work. If we have a same sex couple dancing, there is going to be the
question and answer that the LGBTQ community and their supporters have been
fighting against for years. “Which one is the girl and which one is the boy?” Neither.
Both the males in a same sex relationship are men. Both the females in a same
sex relationship are women. If same sex couples are dancing dances such as the
salsa, tango, waltz, foxtrot etc, one will be doing the ‘man’s’ steps and one
will be doing the ‘woman’s’ steps. It makes no sense. I would like to meet the
members of the LGBTQ community who have a problem with Strictly only having
heterosexual dances. I do not believe they exist. If they do, they need to calm
down and focus on actual issues.
