I agree I think its right to always give the people the option. I do worry though that some people think that just because someone is gay they automatically want someone of the same gender.
I mean Susan Calman was adamant she wanted Kevin Clifton specifically and Rev Richard Cole said he always wanted to dance with a woman; I'm just worried that if the likes of Tom Daley or anyone from the LGBQT community come on the show in the future and they actually want someone from the opposite gender then they may be accused of not supporting their own community or strictly will be blamed from not providing them with a same gendered partner either way someone will get some sort of backlash.
People should be able to dance with who they want to and tosh to whatever anyone says!
Exactly! I'm an open gay woman and I would want to dance with a man if I were ever given the opportunity. I'd probably feel a bit uncomfortable with the contact at first, but after a couple of hours I wouldn't give it a second thought. In fact, I'd probably feel just as uncomfortable dancing with a woman I don't know too
. I don't understand why it only seems to be dancing that it's assumed LGBT want to be paired with the same sex. It's like saying Tom Daley can't do mixed gender synchro diving because he's gay.
I guess there's the intimacy aspect of it and that you are obviously very close physically to your partner, but to the pros it's just what they're used to doing and they've probably danced with hundreds of different people through the years and think absolutely nothing of it.
People should be able to dance with whoever they want regardless of gender and sexuality.