Contents:
- HOW PELOTON STAR CODY RIGSBY FNS TO SPREAD POSIVY AND GAY CHEER
- TAYLER WIL: I HOPE THE MEN'S PELOTON BE MORE ACCEPTG OF GAY RIRS
HOW PELOTON STAR CODY RIGSBY FNS TO SPREAD POSIVY AND GAY CHEER
Unbeknownst to him, his si htle would propel him to fns and gay superstardom. “Even though I had a super progrsive and acceptg mom, growg up a space where I heard the f-word all the time, or when guys were talkg about somethg they didn’t like, they were llg ‘gay.
It was his gay awakeng. Read Next | NYC Bath Ho Are Back, and Gay Men Are Cisg Them Once More. ““Beg visible the hom of people who don’t have gay iends, or who have maybe never even met a gay person giv me the opportuny to be a posive fluence their liv, ” Rigsby says.
“I’ve had rirs tell me that they have gay sons, and they’ve been better able to nnect wh them bee of who I am. Of the 978 rirs the men’s pro peloton, none are this statement is te on the surface – not a sgle male rir at WorldTour or ProTeam level publicly intifi as gay – ’s starkly implsible as soon as that surface is scratched.
TAYLER WIL: I HOPE THE MEN'S PELOTON BE MORE ACCEPTG OF GAY RIRS
Estimat on the proportn of UK and US people who are gay or bisexual range om about three to seven per cent. If we take the low-end timate for men, three per cent, then you would expect there to be about 30 gay or bi rirs the pro peloton – enough for a whole WorldTour squad. The qutn, then, is not whether there are gay pros but why none of them feel ee to be open about who they really are.
As a gay man who has worked sports media sce the mid-Noughti, I n appreciate why a rir might feel pelled to keep their sexualy a secret.