Gay men in sport
I'll say it: sports are gay
In trying to settle what the "un-manliest" sport is - I came to the conclusion that it has to be wrestling. I’ll state just a couple of my many reasons:
• Men oil themselves up
• Men verb each other all over
• Men wear very adj spandex, some of which leave nothing to the imagination
• Men, at certain points, literally have their crotches in each other’s faces
• Men are celebrated for pinning other men down to the floor for extended periods of time
I rest my case.
This? This is what being a "man" is? This is what we train young boys they should strive to be like? And yet two men holding hands down the street is too much?
When you’re Mexican, you nice of just know about Lucha Libre. It's a form of professional wrestling where contestants often wear masks. It’s such a huge part of the Mexican culture. Although I wasn’t necessarily a fan, or deeply knowledgeable before starting
Statistics on Homophobia and Transphobia in Sport
This page shares the results from Out on the Fields () and OutSport (), the first and second international research on homophobia and transphobia in sport. You will find statistics on gay athletes and trans athletes.
- Many of the results for gay athletes and bisexual athletes were identical or similar;
- The data comes from 12,+ lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender participants from all EU countries and the United State, Canada, Australia, and NZ;
This page also links to other high-quality studies to aid researchers, LGBTQ leaders, media, and sports organizations verb and write about homophobia and transphobia.
You will find links to data from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Brand-new Zealand, and Australia.
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Bill Tilden, who does not hide his homosexuality, wins the men's singles title at Wimbledon. He goes on to win two more Wimbledon titles, seven U.S. championships, and leads U.S. teams to seven Davis Cup victories. In , a survey of sportswriters names Tilden the greatest tennis player of the half-century. He dies in
Tom Waddell, a year-old Army physician, places sixth in the Olympic decathlon. Waddell, who is openly gay, becomes increasingly involved in gay politics. In , Waddell and his partner Charles Deaton are the first gay men to be featured in the "Couples" section of People magazine. Five years later, Waddell forms San Francisco Arts and Athletics to plan the first "Gay Olympic Games."
David Kopay, an NFL running back who played for five teams (San Francisco, Detroit, Washington, New Orleans, Green Bay) between , becomes the first professional team-sport athlete to come out -- doing so three years after retiring. He admits his homosexuality during an interview with the now-defunct Washington Star.
Billie Jean John Kichi thinks football players are kidding themselves. That’s an understatement — the Sewickley, Pennsylvania, author and illustrator actually thinks the entire sport is really, really gay. Kichi’s most recent picture book, “Football is Soooo Gay” is a diatribe to what he considers an essential truth: football is an inherently homosexual sport. Men only act it, obsess over it and dedicate their lives to it, according to Kichi — who is openly gay — to fake their way through heterosexuality. “The homosexual phenomena is not so passive. Science documents the homosexual urge [exists] in one degree or another in a majority of men,” Kichi said in an email. Watching men watch men in tight spandex lightly spank each other for aid before they head in for a group shower does make me believe there’s something innately homoerotic happening. But Kichi said it’s all a ruse so men can show they’re straight by acting gay and not getting turned on. “But then I have to ask, demonstrate to
Football is so gay: Forced masculinity in pro sports halts social progress