Ele Brish cyclist Clay Davi says more mt be done to stamp out anti-gay sentiments.
Contents:
- GAY CYCLG GROUPS IN THE UK
- ACCINTAL FIGUREHEAD: CLAY DAVI, THE ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE ELE RIR THE UK
- MEET OUR GROUPS: GAY OUTDOOR CLUB
- GRAEME OBREE REVEALS HE IS GAY
- RI TO LONDON'S GAY PAST FOR LGBT HISTORY MONTH
- GAY OUTDOOR CLUB
- THIS GAY TEENAGE CYCLIST IS ONE OF THE FIRST PRO MALE RIRS TO EVER E OUT
- DRIVER WHO LLED CYCLIST 'GAY BOY' AND SPAT AT HIM JAILED FOR 8 WEEKS; BSSELS BIKE THIEF JAILED FOR ‘ELOGIL CRIME’; JOSH QUIGLEY TO GET NEW BIKE OM SHAND CYCL; BEAT CYCLG CLUB'S 'BURNG BREX' RI + MORE ON THE LIVE BLOG
- BRISH CYCLIST CLAY DAVI OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- BMX PRO COREY WALSH COM OUT AS ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE CYCLISTS
- BEG GAY CYCLE SPORT: A JUNR RIR’S EXPERIENCE
GAY CYCLG GROUPS IN THE UK
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On this page we’ve summarised everythg gay cyclists England, Wal and Stland want to know before their first ri.
ACCINTAL FIGUREHEAD: CLAY DAVI, THE ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE ELE RIR THE UK
When and why was the group formed? The Gay Outdoor Club (GOC) started 1974 when a uple of iends livg London placed an advert the newspaper to see if there were any like-md people who shared a passn for the outdoors. There are now more than 1,500 members and the club’s spe and activi have wined, partly pendg on the terts of the membership. * gay cyclist uk *
For example, we equently see gay bikers, mounta bikers or BMXers try their hand at road bikg (and then of urse fallg love wh ). Earlier this year Davi, 29, who rac for the Spir-Bontrager-BSS-Rotor ele, ma a historic cisn earlier this summer, as he publicly me out as gay an terview wh cyclg webse The Brish Contental. As Cyclg Weekly tailed a feature May there are currently no male WorldTour pro rirs who are out, spe the chance of their beg no gay men the peloton so vanishgly small as to be close to zero, and only a very select handful of amatrs.
MEET OUR GROUPS: GAY OUTDOOR CLUB
Laevens, who’s 19 years old, says he wants to be an example for other gay cyclists. * gay cyclist uk *
”>>> Subscriptns als for Cyclg Weekly magazeDpe the fairly monumental moniker as Bra’s first openly gay ele male racer, ’s his nfince that stck me durg our hour-long nversatn. Davi says his phone did not stop rgg for days after, all wh overwhelmg support - apart om one says the manager of a Brish cyclg team sent him a msage veiled homophobia, sayg: “I don’t get this fashn for everyone havg to ph their sexualy onto each other.
GRAEME OBREE REVEALS HE IS GAY
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 uk *
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RI TO LONDON'S GAY PAST FOR LGBT HISTORY MONTH
Few profsnal male cyclists of any disciple have been openly gay. * gay cyclist uk *
In rponse to him and other reports of homophobia and transphobia the sport Brian Facer, chief executive of Brish Cyclg, said: “It has been eply worryg to read recent weeks reports about the homophobia and transphobia to which some of our fellow cyclists have been subjected.
GAY OUTDOOR CLUB
“We mt do more to unrstand why that is not happeng but I wanted to take an opportuny to say this: homophobia and transphobia are not acceptable our sport.
”Brish Cyclg has enuraged anyone who has experienced transphobia or homophobia cyclg to report , by emailg explas the need to hi their sexualy uld be holdg back gay rirs om reachg the top of the sport: “I’m of the view, bee I’m a rults driven guy, if the bt rir is a straight man, that’s who you sign.
“The pot I’m makg, out of all of this, is that the gay man might not be as good as he uld be, bee he’s havg to hi the fact that he’s gay. "Estimat on the proportn of UK and US people who are gay or bisexual range om about three to seven per cent, as reported a recent Cyclg Weekly vtigatn to the absence of openly LGBTQ+ rirs the profsnal timat suggt there should be between five and 12 LGBTQ+ rirs currently ridg the Tour France. "The whole peloton, the whole cyclg fay, will have to face when somebody will feels fortable enough to clare [they are LGBTQ+], " Guarnieri says of how the more homophobic elements of the sport will have to tch up quickly when the first pro rir cis to e out.
THIS GAY TEENAGE CYCLIST IS ONE OF THE FIRST PRO MALE RIRS TO EVER E OUT
Celebrate lbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, tersex and ace / asexual (LGBTQIA+) cyclists and their stori, not jt on key dat... Adopt strict zero-tolerance polici of biphobia, homophobia, lbophobia and transphobia (and siar).
In recent months, we have seen disturbg allegatns of homophobia and transphobia surfacg at an ele level cyclg; the have been reported numero media outlets:.
In Clay Davi’ terview July 2021 wh the Brish Contental and on the BBC LGBT Sport Podst, he raised issu of ‘homophobic slurs beg thrown around, management led issu, nothg beg done when anythg appropriate, laddish or homophobic is said' pl 'ach and team management fdg hilar.
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In another Brish Contental article, a male junr rir reported ‘laddish behavur, homophobic slurs and said ‘In my experience, Brish Cyclg do not re about this issue. Countls tim I have been at Brish Cyclg-n ssns and a rir has said somethg homophobic, transphobic... Chief Executive, Brian Facer said: ‘It has been eply worryg to read recent weeks reports about the homophobia and transphobia to which some of our fellow cyclists have been subjected … I wanted to take an opportuny to say this: homophobia and transphobia are not acceptable our sport.
BRISH CYCLIST CLAY DAVI OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
’Gay ele cyclist Clay Davi opens up about homophobia he’s experienced sport and the “pretty low basele of unrstandg” of LGBTQIA+ cln wh Brish Cyclg. ’ The article went on to highlight 'of the 978 rirs the men’s pro peloton, none are gay’ and proposed ‘the probabily that all are straight is one ten trilln. Over the past 12 months, we have reached out to Brish Cyclg, Cyclg UK, the Department for Transport, Sport England, Strans and UK Sport to urge more be done about homophobia & transphobia, a lack of LGBTQIA+ participatn statistics, aquate reprentatn of LGBTQIA+ cyclists and unsatisfactory fundg.
In recent years, Davi reunts hearg rirs dish out anti-gay slurs, cludg at a road race champnship.
Former world champn Graeme Obree revealed he was gay 2011, disclosg he ponred suici bee of his sexualy.
BMX PRO COREY WALSH COM OUT AS ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE CYCLISTS
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.
BEG GAY CYCLE SPORT: A JUNR RIR’S EXPERIENCE
Even magaze offic – surely ls laddish than race paddocks – I’ve lost unt of the sually homophobic ments I’ve heard. 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.
” 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. 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. 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.