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- GAY, BLACK GYMNAST FDS HE N BE HIMSELF AT WT POT
- DANIEL AND LARRY LENNOX-CHOATE, FIRST GAY COUPLE MARRIED AT WT POT, ATTACKED NYC
GAY, BLACK GYMNAST FDS HE N BE HIMSELF AT WT POT
I also happen to be gay. Not too long ago I uld not be openly gay the ary whout facg nsequenc. What hurt then was the fact that the “choice” I ma to reveal myself as gay uld impact the choice they ma to keep me.
DANIEL AND LARRY LENNOX-CHOATE, FIRST GAY COUPLE MARRIED AT WT POT, ATTACKED NYC
When I me out as gay, my parents first asked if I’d ever been abed, and then thought was a phase. In middle school and high school, gymnasts are nstantly batg the belief that gymnastics is a “gay sport. ” I remember nstantly beg ma fun of and mocked for participatg such a “feme” and “gay” pastime.
I have always been ut to validate others opns of the sport beg a gay bee I was “a gay” who happened to do gymnastics. In fact, I know very few gay gymnasts.
I have always found that outsi of the locker room, I would be the gayt actg (maybe ’s bee I am gay! If I played around touchg others or makg “gay” jok like my straight unterparts did, would not be seen as a joke or taken lightly. That’s a rhetoril qutn that should be thought about for those who neglect to thk about the gay teammat on their team.