Cyclists take a water break durg an eveng ri, Monday, June 26, 2023, San Anton. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Contents:
- THIS GAY TEENAGE CYCLIST IS ONE OF THE FIRST PRO MALE RIRS TO EVER E OUT
- TAYLER WIL: I HOPE THE MEN'S PELOTON BE MORE ACCEPTG OF GAY RIRS
- GRAEME OBREE REVEALS HE IS GAY
- MOST CYCLISTS ARE GAY?
- GAY CYCLG GROUPS IN THE UK
- GAY CYCLG GROUPS IN THE UK
- EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
- EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
- EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
THIS GAY TEENAGE CYCLIST IS ONE OF THE FIRST PRO MALE RIRS TO EVER E OUT
Laevens, who’s 19 years old, says he wants to be an example for other gay cyclists. * cyclists gay *
Unfortunately the men’s WorldTour peloton there are no openly gay/bi+ rirs, and even at amatr levels sport n sometim be unfortable for queer and trans people.
"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.
TAYLER WIL: I HOPE THE MEN'S PELOTON BE MORE ACCEPTG OF GAY RIRS
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"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. I mean people thk thgs like yeah, this job is too hard for a homosexual person.
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GRAEME OBREE REVEALS HE IS GAY
Ele Brish cyclist Clay Davi says more mt be done to stamp out anti-gay sentiments. * cyclists gay *
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MOST CYCLISTS ARE GAY?
Ele Brish cyclist Clay Davi says more mt be done to stamp out anti-gay sentiments. * cyclists gay *
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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. Tayler Wil spoke wh Cyclgnews om the Trek-Segaedo mp January shortly after 'cross racer Jt Laevens me out as growg up Utah surround by nservative Mormon culture to livg the Bay Area as an openly gay profsnal cyclist, Amerin Tayler Wil has fed her own unique path through life and sport.
GAY CYCLG GROUPS IN THE UK
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Cyclgnews spoke wh the Trek-Segaedo rir about her hop for gay rirs the men's peloton, cyclg the time of panmic and the shiftg Olympic Wil and her partner Olivia Dillon have been the subject of numero articl, they've been lled one of cyclg's olt upl. While Wil' reer the pro peloton tak her around the world, Dillon's role wh the clothg pany Veloc allows her to work remotely and jo Wil Europe for long stretch – much like many married upl the 's not que the same for the men's peloton: there are no openly gay WorldTour rirs and when an U23 cyclo-cross racer Jt Laevens me out, ma headl.
GAY CYCLG GROUPS IN THE UK
Cyclists take a water break durg an eveng ri, Monday, June 26, 2023, San Anton. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) * cyclists gay *
"There are a lot of gay women the sport and I've always had teammat that were gay.
"It may be that gay men perceive that sports aren't part of their culture or that pro sport's macho culture exclus them, but Wil says she hop the culture will change.
EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
Mlebeke, Belgium hosts the Belgian cyclo-cross natnal champnship this weekend, and one ntenr announced he is gay ahead of the Laevens, one of the bt U23 cyclists the untry, was dog an terview wh when he me out. Image 1 of 4Graeme Obree on track at Palermo for World Track Champnships whout helmet (Jonny Lee Miller) (Image cred: MGM)Graeme Obree, a two-time World Champn and hour rerd holr, has admted the torment he faced as he me to terms wh his sexualy, after revealg that he is gay to a Brish an terview wh the Sttish Sun newspaper published on Monday, Obree admted that the anxiety associated wh hidg the fact that he was gay had led to two separate attempts to take his own life, 1998 and 2001. "I was brought up by a war generatn; they grew up when gay people were put jail.
EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
Beg homosexual was so unthkable that you jt wouldn't be gay. "I was brought up thkg you'd be better ad than gay. I mt have known I was gay and was so unacceptable, " said the Obree's private life and his achievements on the bike have bed to make him one of cyclg's most enigmatic figur.
It took a near-ath experience for ele Brish cyclist Clay Davi to e out as gay. That they might behave strangely if they knew you were gay. In recent years, Davi reunts hearg rirs dish out anti-gay slurs, cludg at a road race champnship.
K., Davi is the only out gay person. Davi hop his g out n help show other gay male cyclists they aren’t alone.
EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR MARSHALL SAYS POPE FRANCIS MAY CHANGE POSN OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ON GAY MARRIAGE
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