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• THE BT GAY BARS MELBOURNE
• BENT BENT KRANKS IS A BIKE CLUB CREATED FOR THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY OF MELBOURNE AND OPEN TO ALL. WHETHER YOU ARE A ONCE A YEAR RIR OR A WEEKEND WARRR WHO LIK TO H THE TRAILS AND AROUND MELBOURNE, WE HAVE A RI FOR YOU.LEARN MORECLIMBG CLIMBGQTS IS ABOUT MUNY. Y WE LOVE THE OUTDOORS AND WE LOVE PULLG ON PLASTIC TOO! BUT AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE AIM TO DO IS HOLD A SPACE FOR ALL HUMANS, REGARDLS OF THEIR GENR, SEXUALY OR INTY TO FEEL FORTABLE, WELE AND SAFE.LEARN QUEER DANCG SPECIALISTS WHO PROVI A SAFE & FUN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LGBTIQ MUNY & THEIR IENDS TO LEARN AND EXPRS THEMSELV DANCE. LOOKG FOR SOME SOCIAL DANCG FUN AND EXERCISE? BEGNERS & INTERMEDIATE CLASS EVERY SATURDAY. LEARN MOREGIPPSLAND RANG ROLLER DERBYROLLER GIPPSLAND RANG ROLLER DERBY, FORMERLY LATROBE CY ROLLER DERBY, ARE A NOT FOR PROF, MIXED GENR ROLLER DERBY CLUB GIPPSLAND VICTORIA. AFFILIATED WH SKATE VICTORIA, WE ARE BASED AT OUR DITED GRRD SHED FACILY AT THE TRARALGON SHOWGROUNDS.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE THE MELBOURNE ARGONTS QUEER ROWG CLUB WAS FORMED 2001 AND HELD OUR FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETG ON A TRA OM MELBOURNE TO GEELONG. LEARN MOREMELBOURNE THE MELBOURNE CHARGERS WERE FORMED 2009, WH THE PURPOSE OF CREATG A GBY TEAM WHERE NEW PLAYERS ULD LEARN THE GAME AN ACCEPTG ENVIRONMENT, AND RETURNG PLAYERS WHO HAD LEFT THE SPORT BEE OF THEIR SEXUALY ULD PLAY OPENLY. LEARN MOREMELBOURNE DRAGONSMARTIAL MELBOURNE DRAGONS MARTIAL ARTS IS MELBOURNE’S FIRST CLIVE LGBT+ MARTIAL ARTS CLUB. WE OFFER MARTIAL ARTS AND SELF FENCE CLASS OUR QUEER IENDLY COLLGWOOD DOJO. WE N OUR KARATE CLASS AND MUAY THAI/KICK BOXG ONCE A WEEK.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE WE ARE AN CLIVE NNG AND WALKG CLUB, OPEN TO ANYONE REGARDLS OF ABILY, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY. WE ARE PART OF THE INTERNATNAL FRONTNNERS, A WORK OF LIKE-MD LGBT+ NNG AND WALKG CLUBS ACROSS THE GLOBE.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE ESTABLISHED 2001 BY A GROUP OF SWIMMERS TERTED ATTENDG THE 2002 GAY GAM. SCE THEN WE HAVE GROWN TO ONE OF MELBOURNE’S LARGT MASTERS SWIMMG CLUBS, PETG LOL, NATNAL AND TERNATNAL EVENTS.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE MELBOURNE ROVERS WAS FORMED JUNE 2008, AS A LGBTIQ SOCCER CLUB TO FOSTER THE PLAYG OF SOCCER SO AS TO ACHIEVE THE GENERAL AIMS OF PHYSIL AND SOCIAL FNS, HEALTH AND RECREATN.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE WE'RE A IENDLY GAY BADMTON CLUB, ALWAYS LOOKG FOR NEW PLAYERS SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO E ALONG AND PLAY A B OF BADMTON YOU'D BE VERY WELE. WE HAVE A GOOD MIX OF ABILI AND THERE IS NO EXPECTATN OF ABILY.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE THE MELBOURNE SPECTR GAY AND LBIAN BASKETBALL CLUB PROVIS ALL MEMBERS OF THE MUNY, REGARDLS OF AGE, SKILL LEVEL OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN, WH A SUPPORTIVE AND SOCIALLY CLIVE ENVIRONMENT TO PARTICIPATE BASKETBALLLEARN MOREMELBOURNE SCE 1985 THE MELBOURNE SPIKERS VOLLEYBALL CLUB HAS PROVID A IENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE MELBOURNE. WE'RE OPEN TO ANYONE REGARDLS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE SURGEWATER MELBOURNE SURGE WATER POLO CLUB IS FOR ALL THOSE TERTED TRAG AND PLAYG WATER POLO WH AN CLIVE, FUN LOVG AND ACTIVE TEAM. WE ARE VICTORIA'S ONLY GAY AND LBIAN WATER POLO CLUB. LEARN MOREMELBOURNE UNIVERSY WOMEN'S FOOTBALL CLUB
• MELBOURNE GAY MAP
• GAY CYCLG LOVER
• MOST CYCLISTS ARE GAY?

THE BT GAY BARS MELBOURNE

Bent Kranks is a bike club created for the gay and lbian muny of Melbourne and open to all.

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BENT BENT KRANKS IS A BIKE CLUB CREATED FOR THE GAY AND LBIAN MUNY OF MELBOURNE AND OPEN TO ALL. WHETHER YOU ARE A ONCE A YEAR RIR OR A WEEKEND WARRR WHO LIK TO H THE TRAILS AND AROUND MELBOURNE, WE HAVE A RI FOR YOU.LEARN MORECLIMBG CLIMBGQTS IS ABOUT MUNY. Y WE LOVE THE OUTDOORS AND WE LOVE PULLG ON PLASTIC TOO! BUT AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE AIM TO DO IS HOLD A SPACE FOR ALL HUMANS, REGARDLS OF THEIR GENR, SEXUALY OR INTY TO FEEL FORTABLE, WELE AND SAFE.LEARN QUEER DANCG SPECIALISTS WHO PROVI A SAFE & FUN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LGBTIQ MUNY & THEIR IENDS TO LEARN AND EXPRS THEMSELV DANCE. LOOKG FOR SOME SOCIAL DANCG FUN AND EXERCISE? BEGNERS & INTERMEDIATE CLASS EVERY SATURDAY. LEARN MOREGIPPSLAND RANG ROLLER DERBYROLLER GIPPSLAND RANG ROLLER DERBY, FORMERLY LATROBE CY ROLLER DERBY, ARE A NOT FOR PROF, MIXED GENR ROLLER DERBY CLUB GIPPSLAND VICTORIA. AFFILIATED WH SKATE VICTORIA, WE ARE BASED AT OUR DITED GRRD SHED FACILY AT THE TRARALGON SHOWGROUNDS.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE THE MELBOURNE ARGONTS QUEER ROWG CLUB WAS FORMED 2001 AND HELD OUR FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETG ON A TRA OM MELBOURNE TO GEELONG. LEARN MOREMELBOURNE THE MELBOURNE CHARGERS WERE FORMED 2009, WH THE PURPOSE OF CREATG A GBY TEAM WHERE NEW PLAYERS ULD LEARN THE GAME AN ACCEPTG ENVIRONMENT, AND RETURNG PLAYERS WHO HAD LEFT THE SPORT BEE OF THEIR SEXUALY ULD PLAY OPENLY. LEARN MOREMELBOURNE DRAGONSMARTIAL MELBOURNE DRAGONS MARTIAL ARTS IS MELBOURNE’S FIRST CLIVE LGBT+ MARTIAL ARTS CLUB. WE OFFER MARTIAL ARTS AND SELF FENCE CLASS OUR QUEER IENDLY COLLGWOOD DOJO. WE N OUR KARATE CLASS AND MUAY THAI/KICK BOXG ONCE A WEEK.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE WE ARE AN CLIVE NNG AND WALKG CLUB, OPEN TO ANYONE REGARDLS OF ABILY, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY. WE ARE PART OF THE INTERNATNAL FRONTNNERS, A WORK OF LIKE-MD LGBT+ NNG AND WALKG CLUBS ACROSS THE GLOBE.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE ESTABLISHED 2001 BY A GROUP OF SWIMMERS TERTED ATTENDG THE 2002 GAY GAM. SCE THEN WE HAVE GROWN TO ONE OF MELBOURNE’S LARGT MASTERS SWIMMG CLUBS, PETG LOL, NATNAL AND TERNATNAL EVENTS.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE MELBOURNE ROVERS WAS FORMED JUNE 2008, AS A LGBTIQ SOCCER CLUB TO FOSTER THE PLAYG OF SOCCER SO AS TO ACHIEVE THE GENERAL AIMS OF PHYSIL AND SOCIAL FNS, HEALTH AND RECREATN.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE WE'RE A IENDLY GAY BADMTON CLUB, ALWAYS LOOKG FOR NEW PLAYERS SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO E ALONG AND PLAY A B OF BADMTON YOU'D BE VERY WELE. WE HAVE A GOOD MIX OF ABILI AND THERE IS NO EXPECTATN OF ABILY.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE THE MELBOURNE SPECTR GAY AND LBIAN BASKETBALL CLUB PROVIS ALL MEMBERS OF THE MUNY, REGARDLS OF AGE, SKILL LEVEL OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN, WH A SUPPORTIVE AND SOCIALLY CLIVE ENVIRONMENT TO PARTICIPATE BASKETBALLLEARN MOREMELBOURNE SCE 1985 THE MELBOURNE SPIKERS VOLLEYBALL CLUB HAS PROVID A IENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE MELBOURNE. WE'RE OPEN TO ANYONE REGARDLS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY.LEARN MOREMELBOURNE SURGEWATER MELBOURNE SURGE WATER POLO CLUB IS FOR ALL THOSE TERTED TRAG AND PLAYG WATER POLO WH AN CLIVE, FUN LOVG AND ACTIVE TEAM. WE ARE VICTORIA'S ONLY GAY AND LBIAN WATER POLO CLUB. LEARN MOREMELBOURNE UNIVERSY WOMEN'S FOOTBALL CLUB

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. 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. Even magaze offic – surely ls laddish than race paddocks – I’ve lost unt of the sually homophobic ments I’ve heard.

MELBOURNE GAY MAP

Generally the have not been tentnal sults but rather thoughtls so-lled banter, “gay” ed as a pejorative term, and beg gay only ever mentned terms of speculatn or cheap humour. Ryan (not his real name) is a gay rir who traed among top-flight pros and peted several UCI rac before droppg out of the sport a few years his mid-20s, he has agreed to speak to CW on ndn of anonymy.

“None of the rirs I traed wh would be explicly homophobic an abive way, ” Ryan tells me. ” He explas that securg ris on teams was “all about who you know” and spected the nnectns would be harr to foster as a gay rir, possibly to the triment of his reer.

GAY CYCLG LOVER

He hop his story will make rirs “more aware that how they act has an effect on others” and that gay rirs g through the ranks today will feel ee to be wholly themselv.

” Cyclg behd society The personal ttimony om Ryan chim wh rearch showg that most LGBTQ+ sportspeople have experienced homophobia; many end up feelg ostracised and suffer related mental health problems. “It was jt the gay jok, beg asked nstantly ‘Are you gay? “When to homophobic banter, needs to be taken more serly by erng bodi.

I didn’t want to prume this was te – part bee I uldn’t thk of any Brish exampl – so I arranged a ll wh US rir Tayler Wil (TrekSegaedo), who has been openly gay for almost her entire pro reer. “I thk there are many reasons for that but personally I’ve never been on a team that hasn’t had at least one other gay rir – I didn’t have to thk twice about g out. ” Buttrsed by strength numbers, beg gay has never been a e for ncern eher among fellow rirs or wh team directors, explas the 31-year-old.

MOST CYCLISTS ARE GAY?

The Catch-22 for the men is that fear and uncertaty around how an openly gay rir might be treated is staed by there beg none.