One of Anthony's main aims was to create an atmosphere where boys and adolescent young men weren't afraid or uncomfortable about expressing their interests, or practising their pastimes perhaps because of embarrassment, or logistical difficulties. "You must remember," Anthony explains, "that when a boy goes to ballet, he has chosen to go to ballet. He could have gone to football on a Saturday, but instead he's chosen to sidestep the norm, if you will. And he knows that because he hasn't taken the conventional route, he has opened himself up to the possibility that other people might say things.