BA has probably had to put up with quite a bit of casual homophobia within the industry - and as Cory Duffel pointed out, he (Cory) has spent his whole career dealing with one comment, in one interview - while many others threw around homophobic slurs over decades and were never even admonished or held to account. Racism bad, homophobia bad - we don't need either polluting our little world........so I say fair play to BA, all that time he was shredding his way into the skateboard hall of fame, he was hiding his sexual identity - so I think its ok for him to be open and forthright about the things that matter to him these days........and he certainly shouldn't have to be putting out parts to justify his spot.....he can do whatever he wants, he is BA.