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Contents:
- LIFTG THE GAY GYM STEREOTYPE
- GAY FNS TRAER VISED 100 CROSSF GYMS AND FOUND EXCELLENCE LED TO QUICK ACCEPTANCE
- THREAD: BEG A GAY WEIGHT LIFTER.
LIFTG THE GAY GYM STEREOTYPE
By Dan Woog The OutField For some gay men, the gym is a place of terror. For others, 's a home away om home. For Erick Alvarez, the gym is the subject * gay lifting *
Transphobia and homophobia strength sports, well, ’s not non-existent. Feratn of Gay Gam (Var).
GAY FNS TRAER VISED 100 CROSSF GYMS AND FOUND EXCELLENCE LED TO QUICK ACCEPTANCE
In 2022, Hong Kong will be hostg Gay Gam 11, which will clu a feature a wi array of sports and athlet — cludg physique bodybuildg and powerliftg. Pro-strongman Rob Kearney also dubbed the World’s Strongt Gay, jt broke the Amerin Log Prs Rerd by smashg through 475lb durg Pri Month (rerd ont of fabulo rabow lights, I should add).
He’s the first openly gay pro strongman and has peted at World’s Strongt Man numero tim.
When you’re figurg out what strength sports podsts to listen to, navigatg the terra n be tough — there’s some low key transphobia, homophobia, and misogyny out there. For some gay men, the gym is a place of terror. “Mcle Boys: Gay Gym Culture” is a wi-rangg, sightful look at exercise, gay-male style.
THREAD: BEG A GAY WEIGHT LIFTER.
It roams through history, soclogy, fashn and porn, stoppg to dissect topics like the Inter’s effect on body image, and the difference between gay and straight gyms.
Alvarez – a Costa Ri-born, San Francis-raised personal traer – unrstands gay men who work out.
Gettg f raised his self-nfince, and eased his ncerns about beg gay. “Thirty years ago, gay men were not necsarily accepted at the gym, ” Alvarez not. “There was a stereotype that gay men were limp-wristed and ail.