congratulations to olympic gold medalist for announcing he is gay

not hateful wrote:

That steroetype is the fault of gays. What do they wear at the gay pride parades and other events? They love to dress up as women, feathers and all that other 'gay' garb to assert their lifestyle. They probably could have won acceptance a lot earlier if they didn't insist on being so flamboyant and feminine.

Not entirely .... have you ever been to a gay pride parade? Lots of gay men show up wearing shorts and t shirts and flip flops, or jeans and a flannel shirt .... And the news coverage will show you the guys wearing a thing, or feathers and a boa, etc.

Typically, any parade (gay or straight) will have people in costume ..... Otherwise it's not really a parade, is it?

not surprised wrote:

Wtfunny wrote:

Because distance running is a real bastion of masculine machismo heterosexuality, right?

Actually, gays can be masculine and macho also. Please stop with the hateful stereotyping.

I think he was being sarcastic and agrees with you.

I can't believe there is so much ignorance (not referring to you) on these boards about sexuality. Who cares what anyone gets up to in the privacy of their homes as long as it is consensual. Haters usually have something about themselves they're not happy with.

Wtfunny wrote:

not hateful wrote:

That steroetype is the fault of gays. What do they wear at the gay pride parades and other events? They love to dress up as women, feathers and all that other 'gay' garb to assert their lifestyle. They probably could have won acceptance a lot earlier if they didn't insist on being so flamboyant and feminine.

Not entirely .... have you ever been to a gay pride parade? Lots of gay men show up wearing shorts and t shirts and flip flops, or jeans and a flannel shirt .... And the news coverage will show you the guys wearing a thing, or feathers and a boa, etc.

Typically, any parade (gay or straight) will have people in costume ..... Otherwise it's not really a parade, is it?

Now days it is like that. But in the early days when gays were coming out and being more open it was entirely leather chaps and boas. Remember all those pics out of San Francisco? I work in a large company and we have LGBT support groups. Most of the gay guys are just as you say, totally normal and blend in with any other group. People generally don't think twice about em. I won't make it an issue if they don't. It's just that athletes, movie stars etc... keep making an issue out of it. I suppose it will stop some day soon.

Everyone in the UK has known he was gay since he first came to prominence at 14.

Have you heard him speak?

didn't Matt Biondi do this like 20+ years ago? Why do young people think they are innovators? And to add to it... who cares? Seriously, your sexual preference is something that is private... shut up about it, and go compete.

Stop trying to make everything about YOU!

MAKE UP YOUR DAMNED MIND!

Actually I thought he had come out as gay long ago.

Whatever makes him happy.

British Olympic Gold winner was outed before he won the World Championships in 1976. He died of AIDS in 1991.

His successor, 1980 Gold medalist Robin Cousins still hasn't come out.

Wtfunny wrote:

not surprised wrote:

Actually, gays can be masculine and macho also. Please stop with the hateful stereotyping.

The stereotyping was in the post I replied to .... I didn't say anything about gay people.

You're not fooling anyone idiot

Wtfunny wrote:

Really... wrote:

Let's be honest. We all knew divers were gay.

Because distance running is a real bastion of masculine machismo heterosexuality, right?

Twitter Expert wrote:

You're not fooling anyone idiot

"idiot"? I take it you mean you disagree?

James Bond did a lot of muff diving.

Bond, James Bond.

Pu$$y, Pu$$y Galore.

"It's you and your f###ed up view of other people that I feel sorry for."

-soooomebody likes mister peepee.

brojo support staff #1 wrote:

"It's you and your f###ed up view of other people that I feel sorry for."

-soooomebody likes mister peepee.

and somebody else is f**kin idiot.

The guy comes out. What's the big deal. Guys who take some other guy's pole up their rump are completely normal, right?

Right?

LOL. The propaganda has been amazing, hasn't it?

LOL.

Dancing At The Ramrod wrote:

The guy comes out. What's the big deal. Guys who take some other guy's pole up their rump are completely normal, right?

Right?

LOL. The propaganda has been amazing, hasn't it?

LOL.

You're correct .... the propaganda has been amazing ... a few thousand years some desert goat herding maniac declares that homosexuality is a "sin" worthy of being stoned to death, right along with shaving one's a beard and getting a tattoo, and some clowns like yourself can't seem to move beyond it.

The guy comes out of the closet .. what's the big deal? Guys like you immediately reduce a human being to someone who "take some other guy's pole up their rump", and predictably proceed to make nonsensical accusations about what is and is not normal. Right? F**k you, right? Right?

Wtfunny wrote:

not hateful wrote:

That steroetype is the fault of gays. What do they wear at the gay pride parades and other events? They love to dress up as women, feathers and all that other 'gay' garb to assert their lifestyle. They probably could have won acceptance a lot earlier if they didn't insist on being so flamboyant and feminine.

Not entirely .... have you ever been to a gay pride parade? Lots of gay men show up wearing shorts and t shirts and flip flops, or a**less jeans and a flannel shirt .... And the news coverage will show you the guys wearing a thing, or feathers and a boa, etc.

Typically, any parade (gay or straight) will have people in costume ..... Otherwise it's not really a parade, is it?

fixed

wjbdmex wrote:

didn't Matt Biondi do this like 20+ years ago? Why do young people think they are innovators? And to add to it... who cares? Seriously, your sexual preference is something that is private... shut up about it, and go compete.

Stop trying to make everything about YOU!

The fact is that a lot of people care or he wouldn't have had to come out publicly.

If he appears in public holding hands with a man (just like a man might hold hands with his girlfriend/wife) there would be huge media coverage. Remember he's a huge star in the UK, like 5 times someone like Mo Farah.

It's only fair on him that he gets to make the announcement on his own terms. Until people (probably like you) don't bat an eyelid when people whether someone is with a man or a woman, it's always going to be necessary for an announcement to be made in order to mitigate 'shock and damage'.

Sad but true. Your post is way off the mark.

ALERT ALERT. The Gaystapo has infiltrated this thread. Hide yo kids. Hide yo wife.

trollism wrote:

The fact is that a lot of people care or he wouldn't have had to come out publicly. ....

Perhaps another way of saying this is that clearly a lot of people care or he wouldn't have hidden who he is for so long.

I think even today, very few straight folks really have any idea how damaging it is for young kids and teenagers to have to feel they must hide themselves like this.

And yet .. some of the posts on this thread and others here show clearly why we do.

Great post trollism. Maybe he has a partner and wanted to come out before there's a media storm. Who knows. Your sexual preference may be something that's private but for example, if I was at work and I mentioned I was going to the cinema with my boyfriend at the weekend, it would be a different reaction to if I said I was going to the cinema with my girlfriend. I have a friend who's in medical school and she came out as gay and lost almost all of her friendship group (I have to admit, I was surprised they had that strong of a reaction).