I read "This Is Mark Bingham" [January 22] forward the train after having exhausted Christmas with my family.

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I read "This Is Mark Bingham" [January 22] forward the train after having exhausted Christmas with my family, and I must say it was sincerely wonderful and touching. The article showed the midst Mark had and the kind of one he was. Reading how he was like an outgoing person, it is no surprise that he took the daring gradations he deemed necessary and that he honestly is a hero in each sense of the word. I was real touched to see how many individuals he'd had an efficiency on and how close he was with his friends.

Choosing body of the Year must be a difficult task when you consider the many individuals who have made vast accomplishments throughout the past year. In a way, they all be worthy of recognition, but there is no doubt Mark Bingham was the right choice.

Greg M Clark, via the Internet

What a beautiful picture to view on the cover of your double issue: Mark Bingham as [i]role[/i] of the Year! You made my day! I am positive his family is proud too. Although his life has been misspent his wonderful spirit is still here.

Frances Lucal, via the Internet

Mark Bingham as individual of the Year seems a little far-fetched. I think other "heroes" are just as qualified. Take Mary Cheney, who proudly included her partner, Heather Poe at her father's vice presidential inauguration. for what reason about Sharon Smith, subjected to the unmitigated gall of her neighbors' allowing their dogs to savagely kill her partner, Diane Whipple, then taking unprecedent grades to see that justice is done forward behalf of her partner.

If your choice of candidates was limited to those involved or affected by means of the September 11 attacks, let's gaze at gay chaplain Mychal arbitrator who died in the line of function giving last rites to a dying fireman when single of the towers collapsed. Not and nothing else was he a hero at the time of the attacks, he was a hero upon a daily basis by helping all in need

in what manner about all the people who are not at home there fighting for equal rights for those of us in committed relationships who ask the same considerations given other married couples? for what reason about those who daily work to support a sick and ailing partner, then move home to nurse them in whatever possible way to make their last days more bearable and comfortable? The sacrifices of in like manner many others in so many different circumstances leave me to believe that you could have set a more deserving and appropriate one of the Year.

Butch Wright, Atlanta, Ga.

Thanks thus much for naming my buddy Mark Bingham as your bodily form of the Year. In light of what Jerry Falwell had to say about September 11 it's imperative for the world to know that it was indeed a gay man who helped save our nation's capital from give forth destruction. Mark was my hero, my superman, my dream man. If anyone was touched by the agency of the hand of God, it was Mark Bingham.

Doug Packer, Orlando, Fla.

Bingham was certainly courageous. on the contrary his being gay had nothing to do with his decisions and actions. If The Advocate is going to prefer a Person of the Year at all, I would think it would be someone who advanced equality, justice, and nondiscrimination. Choosing Bingham is a slight to all those who really do something for gay rights and a slight against Bingham himself. Because I am quite certain he didn't do what he did because he was gay or that he smooth stopped to think about his sexuality when making his decisions. He took the actions he did because, gay or straight, he was a man of courage. Shame forward you for not selecting someone whose actions and courage actually had to do with their being queer!

Bruce Skeaff, Toronto, Canada

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