Student wins national award with humorous speech on cliché of the gay best friend
Chapman University sophomore Mark Pampanin grew up at a time when the “the gay best friend” became glibly known as the must-have accessory for every fashionable female in need of a sympathetic ear or a martini pal, as essential as the perfect pair of skinny jeans. But Pampanin says enough already with that silly cliché.