Laevens, who’s 19 years old, says he wants to be an example for other gay cyclists.
Contents:
- MOST CYCLISTS ARE GAY?
- THIS GAY TEENAGE CYCLIST IS ONE OF THE FIRST PRO MALE RIRS TO EVER E OUT
- GRAEME OBREE REVEALS HE IS GAY
- ROAD BIKG IS GAY
- GAY CYCLG LOVER
MOST CYCLISTS ARE GAY?
* gay cyclist meme *
Are there any openly gay cyclists on WorldTour teams? I was thkg the other day that asi om dopg, the qutn of openly gay athlet is one of the big issu that seems to cross the boundari of sport. So are there now, or have there been the past, any openly gay profsnal cyclists?
An ele teenage cyclist has bee one of the first pro male rirs to ever e out as gay. Olympian Lea Davison is openly gay — there are far fewer on the men’s si.
Former world champn Graeme Obree revealed he was gay 2011, disclosg he ponred suici bee of his sexualy. In his announcement, Laevens acknowledged he don’t know any other active openly gay male cyclists. “I didn’t fd difficult to exprs myself, but I did sport, bee I don’t know any [cyclist] who is gay, ” he said.
THIS GAY TEENAGE CYCLIST IS ONE OF THE FIRST PRO MALE RIRS TO EVER E OUT
Brendan Holer is a Masters Natnal Champn, 9-time state champn, a pro cyclg ach, and openly gay. The stigma of the gay male athlete persists, and ’s a stigma he hop to change. * gay cyclist meme *
” swagger (thk Dick Vale, not At Powers), all the trappgs of a tradnal cis whe male, or at least those of a ago, a time that now feels curly antiquated nsirg how far we’ve e — Holer was gay. After his parti wrapped, he’d feign fatigue, tell iends he was head to bed, then meet lol men onle and later that same night person (anywhere except for Rochter’s gay bars, which he avoid for fear that a straight iend might spot him).
GRAEME OBREE REVEALS HE IS GAY
An image tagged cyclg,road bik,mounta bikg,gay,gay roadi,mounta bike * gay cyclist meme *
“I had a iend whom I told I was gay, and he was like, ‘You’re kiddg me, right? You CANNOT be gay. Growg up durg the ‘80s and ‘90s suburban Rochter, Holer didn’t have any gay role mols.
“I had no gay iends.
My fay didn’t know any gay people. I had no accs to a real gay human, which sounds crazy to say…” he adms now. ’ So, to a kid the msage was, ‘Hey, if you’re gay and you have sex wh someone of the same sex, you’re gonna get AIDS and die.
ROAD BIKG IS GAY
’ There was no Michael Sam om the Rams beg like, ‘Yo, what’s up everyone, I’m gay and I’m cshg people on the football field.
GAY CYCLG LOVER
"To a kid the msage was, ‘Hey, if you’re gay and you have sex wh someone of the same sex, you’re gonna get AIDS and die. A gay athlete like Sam, the first openly gay NFL player, was the type of role mol that Holer need.