Andrew Blaser ws USA Olympic skeleton spot, 1st gay man to do so - Outsports

Contents:

• IS THAT SKELETON GAY? THE PROBLEM WH PROJECTG MORN IAS ONTO THE PAST
• GAY SKELETON MEME GENERATOR
• ANDREW BLASER WS TEAM USA OLYMPIC SKELETON SPOT, FIRST OUT GAY MAN TO DO SO
• NO BON ABOUT , SUPERTED’S SKELETON WAS GAY
• GAY SKELETONS
• ANDREW BLASER HOP TO BE AN OUT GAY ATHLETE AT THE BEIJG WTER OLYMPICS
• THE SHORT BUT FASCATG HISTORY OF “BE GAY, DO CRIM”

IS THAT SKELETON GAY? THE PROBLEM WH PROJECTG MORN IAS ONTO THE PAST

The first publicly out gay man to ever pete skeleton at the Olympics raced wh a rabow saddle on his sled Thursday. "Late Antique social attus and Christian relig rtrictns lead to the rejectn of any hypothis of liberate maniftatn of homosexual relatnship, " the study thors wre. This week reprents two bookends to my foray to scholarly public outreach: new reports of "gay lovers" om Pompeii sts and the six year anniversary of the hubbub over the "gay veman" skeleton.

Cue the media verage of "gay lovers" (Telegraph) and "the two mains were men" (Daily Mail), whout cril asssment of any of the load terms. As classicist David Meadows tells me, "They weren't 'gay' when they were thought to be women.

GAY SKELETON MEME GENERATOR

While the archaeologists volved the new study make clear the Telegraph piece that the nature of the relatnship is impossible to terme, the media's jumpg to a ncln about sexual attractn and applyg the morn label "gay" -- which is que anachronistic terms of ancient Roman culture -- reveals much more about our morn culture's obssn wh this topic than tells about the Romans. A siar issue exactly six years ago was a talyst for my start media cricism of barchaeologil fds: the "gay veman" or "transgenr veman.

And people generally choose to engage sexual terurse wh: someone of the oppose sex (heterosexualy or "straight"), the same sex (homosexualy or "gay"), both sex (bisexualy), or no one (asexualy). If this burial reprents a transgenred dividual (as well uld), that don't necsarily mean the person had a "different sexual orientatn" and certaly don't mean that he would have nsired himself (or that his culture would have nsired him) "homosexual. From the "gay veman" to the "Hasanlu Lovers" to the "gay lovers" om Pompeii, is clear that both the media and the public are terted the ia that people of the past were jt as diverse genr inti, genr exprsns, and sexual attractn as we are today.

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ANDREW BLASER WS TEAM USA OLYMPIC SKELETON SPOT, FIRST OUT GAY MAN TO DO SO

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NO BON ABOUT , SUPERTED’S SKELETON WAS GAY

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GAY SKELETONS

Now five years later, the gay athlete is aimg for a Team USA spot at the 2022 Wter Olympic Gam. If he mak , he’ll be one of the few publicly out gay men petg Beijg.

ANDREW BLASER HOP TO BE AN OUT GAY ATHLETE AT THE BEIJG WTER OLYMPICS

This week Blaser talks wh me on Outsports’ Five Rgs To Rule Them All podst about beg not jt a gay man his sport, but g out his Mormon fay. While this is the first time he’s talkg wh the media specifilly about beg gay, he’s been more open about on social media over the last year, cludg a rabow flag his Instagram b, wearg rabows and g LGBTQ-themed hashtags. Totally out his life — his mom sent him a py of Dt Lance Black’s book Mama’s Boy — he’s not shyg away om beg gay any way.

While men wearg nail polish isn’t necsarily owned by gay men, n certaly raise some eyebrows. In the meantime, he n e fancial assistance om anyone who’s pable, and who wants to support an out gay athlete. Skeleton is a gay character om SuperTed.

THE SHORT BUT FASCATG HISTORY OF “BE GAY, DO CRIM”

Ah, y: “Be Gay, Do Crim, ” the rallyg cry of a generatn. This is the first stance of “Be Gay, Do Crim” beg tied to a specific iology.

Soon after, another Twter er (@isislovecft) told a story about two kids jumpg the BART turnstyle and shoutg “be gay, do crim.

jt saw two teenage girls hop the bart turnstile and n up the stairs and start makg out and i uldn’t rist the urge to shout BE GAY DO CRIMES and they raised their fists and shouted back STONEWALL WAS A RIOT so i am rmg you that the kids are fact alright.