Words are like cowboys nudging, cajoling, whistling and cracking the whip as a means of moving the reading herd along. There is something wonderful -- and a relief -- about music or photos, both of which assert the emotional or intellectual responsibility of the listener or onlooker. Today, I was taken by Reuters' collection of photographs, as for example:
| Xiao Cao, a 57-year-old gay man (R), embraces
his partner at an empty family residence in Shanghai March 13, 2012.
China's gay community has long been on the edges of society but it is
gradually becoming more accepted. Cao, who is an unemployed drag queen,
is one whose life lifts the curtain on a less romanticised view of
Chinese homosexuals. Living in an eight-square-metre apartment behind a
public toilet and with a monthly income of 500 yuan ($79) from social
insurance, he passes his days dancing in public and spending time with
friends at gay clubs. REUTERS/Aly Song |
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