Could Josh Dixon Be The First Openly Gay Olympics Gymnast?
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JOSH DIXON, OLYMPICS GYMNASTICS HOPEFUL, COM OUT AS GAY
Across our culture today, when a man “ out” so many immediately label him “gay gay gay! That Leyva don’t intify as gay, is still tryg to figure out how exactly he intifi, and is still willg to share all of this publicly should be empowerg to other men who are the same boat.
Weeks before the 2016 printial electn, he shared a msage of support for LGBTQ people, and trans rights particular, while wearg a “Make Ameri Gay Aga” T-shirt. The men the sports are eher largely assumed to be gay, or their sexualy is unknown. Women face the same issu, but reverse: Ice hockey and softball players are assumed gay, figure skaters and gymnasts assumed straight.
In the sports where athlet are assumed to be “gay, ” the prsure on athlet is to rist that label so they don’t nform to people’s assumptns. The attus — that some sports are “gay” and some are “straight” — are changg, but they n’t change fast enough. Not bee I was offend, bee beg gay is no way offensive, but more so bee was and always has been/felt very tsive.