His open-secret, self-sacrificial lifestyle choice reads as pathetic from the (secular) out point-of-view, and so giggling at him is easy. And why not? The “church queen”-the closeted gay man who sublimates his sexuality in service of the church, often in an artistic capacity like choir director-is a familiar and oft-derided figure. When the gay blogs initially covered the video’s viral breakout, most posted it with little commentary other than a general suggestion that this object was patently risible.
Tellingly, most seem to have gone with their guts, and the laughing option seems to have been the most popular.
