Great topic.....
The term "chosen" is one that I reflected on a long time ago....I had this thought, that in every theatre, at every viewing of Brokeback Mountain, there was this spritual being, who knew by the way we were reacting to the movie,who knew we would preserve the story of Brokeback, who knew that our life would be changed forever, who, then softly and unnoticed, tapped us on the shoulder, and said, "go forth, and be a Brokie".....
Something led us to the message board,to sites like Bettermost, or Yahoo.... for most of us it was the first time we had ever known there were message boards on movies, let alone join one. The need to congregate with other Brokies was insatiable, necessary and satisfying.
We wanted to spread the word to others, about this wonderful movie, and at times we were confronted with ridicule and nasty remarks about that "gay cowboy movie",(usually from people who had not even seen the movie), but it didnt deter us, we kept on talking, we kept on even boring some of our family, we even thought we needed to "get over it" ourselves, but it had taken hold and we could not get it out of our system, even if we wanted to.
Finally, we accepted that we will be Brokies forever, unashemedly, and unconditionally.
I stand tall and proud that I am a Brokie.....