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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Sports / Teh Internets British Rugby Hunk Ben Cohen Joins the "It Gets Better" Project!

Posted by on Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:23 AM

Anti-gay-suicide sentiments and these thighs? SWOON!

(Also, watching that swanky British accent come out of his meaty thug head kind of reminds me of Nick Park's Creature Comforts.)

 

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care bear 1
SWOON is right!
Posted by care bear on October 12, 2010 at 10:37 AM
2
OOh goodness.
Posted by clearlyhere http://clearlyhere.livejournal.com on October 12, 2010 at 10:48 AM
3
swoon swoon, triple swoon
Posted by Kelly O on October 12, 2010 at 11:03 AM
4
Interesting you should mention his accent (it's not exactly swanky, though, as you put it.) Ben Cohen is clinically deaf and has been involved in making sports more accessible to deaf children. His speech must be affected by his deafness.

So, to summarize: 1) helps gay kids, 2) helps deaf kids and, 3) those thighs (plus the rest of him). Sigh.
Posted by Mason on October 12, 2010 at 11:15 AM
gloomy gus 5
I'd jump on his bandwagon any day.
Posted by gloomy gus on October 12, 2010 at 11:17 AM
rob! 6
This man's great big heart and deep empathy really come across.
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on October 12, 2010 at 11:21 AM
kim in portland 7
Lovely.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/fast-paced_video_provides_a_fu.html on October 12, 2010 at 11:29 AM
Mickymse 8
How is that link the best you could choose when there's all of this?
Posted by Mickymse on October 12, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Reverse Polarity 9
I'm not usually into bearish rugby guys. But... holy shit. So kind. And woof! Whoever he's married to is a lucky lucky person.

*double swoon*
Posted by Reverse Polarity on October 12, 2010 at 12:51 PM
gttim 10
That is just a cool guy. I wonder if growing up deaf gave him the understanding of isolation and loneliness he talks about. Need more people like that in the world.
Posted by gttim on October 12, 2010 at 12:59 PM
11
Any US sports stars contributed? How about Scott Fujita?
Posted by Gregus on October 12, 2010 at 1:13 PM
12
Ben Cohen is so yummy. And he seems like a really sweet guy.
Posted by patrick.colvin on October 12, 2010 at 1:19 PM
13
where's Gareth Thomas on this? his must be the most inspiring gay athlete story ever
Posted by anon given on October 12, 2010 at 1:36 PM
14
So many things that melt my heart combined. Oh Ben Cohen, you're great on so many levels.
Posted by degaussing on October 13, 2010 at 8:07 AM

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