Is sunshine from remember the titans gay

I love this movie! I was a kid when it came out and used to watch it over and over, and still watch it whenever it comes on to this day. Such a wonderful movie and story, and one of Denzels best, IMHO. You even see Ryan Gosling pre-nose job.

There is one issue I have with this movie, and it is the character "Sunshine". He is originally from California, and is gay, and doesn't hide that he is queer to his team, but none of them take issue with it? This was set in the 60s! He even kisses one of the athletes on the mouth and the team kind of acts like its no big deal outside of the one that got kissed and everyone just accepts that he is gay.

While this is how it should be, its not realistic or believable that they would be so ok with Sunshine. He would own gotten his ass beaten numerous times! It is Virginia s! (the scene below)

Outside of that unrealistic character, the film is very charming, sweet, and pulls at your heartstrings.

The majority of the Titan players in the film are based on real people (see the Titans team photo below). However, while researching the Remember the Titans true story, we learned that actor Ryan Gosling's character, Alan Bosley, is not a concrete person. The movie shows Alan giving up his spot to Pete (Donald Faison) during a game. This scene was added to emphasize the unselfishness of the players. Ray Budds (Burgess Jenkins) is also a fictionalized personality. The film depicts a bigoted Ray being kicked off the team by captain Gerry Bertier. This never actually happened. Former Titan players have stated that this type of player would have been kicked off the team during training camp, before the