POOLEYBLOG would like to introduce the LAD Awards, which will be given out periodically on this blog to individuals that Ruth and I deem worthy of the accolade. A LAD Award -- that is, a Lesbian Ambassador of the Day Award -- will be granted to men who use their privilege to speak up on behalf of LGBT people or women. That man is a wonderful LAD, we say.
Today's LAD Award goes out to Grant Hill of the Phoenix Suns. He was recently featured in a GLAAD PSA telling kids that using "gay" as a derogatory term is ignorant and offensive, "and you're better than that!" I love this. He's telling kids not to be jerks to other kids without attacking anyone's value as a person. I also watched a recent interview Grant Hill gave where he politely dodged a WNBA-baiting question to state his support for the league and admiration for the women who play in it. Grant Hill is definitely quite the lovely LAD.
So there you have it! Grant Hill wins the 1st LAD Award.
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