I relate to this so much! I have always been very much an outdoorsy, nature-loving person. Personal friends know that even today I spend some of my free time with nature, particularly bird, photography. I've spent so much time hiking, fishing, boating, and before I gave it up for ethical reasons, even hunting.

Although I can't get out as much as I used to for physical reasons, I'll watch an outdoor video or two once in awhile, and have even become fans of a couple people who do really amazing YouTube series set in the Pacific Northwest.

Coincidentally, just last night, I was watching one of these guys, who seems like such a lovely person, kind of like somebody you'd want to have a beer with and be friends with. And then, out of the blue, he drops this homophobic bomb. I mean nothing terrible that could get his video reported or taken down or something, but you know, he made clear what he meant.

It drove home for me something about what you were writing about just now. Something about exclusion, something about being pushed away from beauty for reasons we have no control over.

Is it overly sensitive of me to know that I would never want to have a beer with this guy? I mean, his comment makes clear to me that he wouldn't enjoy my company or your company.

I don't think it's overly sensitive to worry about that; I think it's necessary to talk about. Because that kind of an attitude should be unacceptable, shouldn't it?