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Contents:

• IAN THORPE OUT AS GAY PARKSON TERVIEW
• ATRALIAN SWIMMER IAN THORPE COM OUT AS GAY
• I 'KNEW' IAN THORPE WAS GAY BACK 2004
• IAN THORPE ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
• IAN THORPE WIFE, PARTNER, RELATNSHIP, GAY, NET WORTH, HEIGHT & INSTAGRAM
• IAN THORPE, LE G-OUT : ''JE LE DIS HT ET FORT, JE SUIS GAY''
• ATRALIAN OLYMPIC IN IAN THORPE REVEALS WHAT PROMPTED HIM TO E OUT AS GAY 2014
• IAN THORPE SAYS HE ‘STGGLED’ TO E OUT AS GAY, PARTICULARLY TO HIS MUM AND DAD
• IAN THORPE REVEALS HE IS GAY, SCRIB STGGLE WH PRSN TELL-ALL TERVIEW WH SIR MICHAEL PARKSON
• OPNYOU ALREADY KNEW THORPE WAS GAY? NO, YOU DIDN'T
• IAN THORPE'S MASSIVE ADMISSN ABOUT CISN TO E OUT AS GAY
• IAN THORPE: I'M GAY, SAYS FORMER ATRALIAN OLYMPIC SWIMMER
• IAN THORPE REVEALS HE 'DIDN'T KNOW IF ATRALIA WANTED S CHAMPN TO BE GAY'
• IAN THORPE REVEALS HE IS GAY
• IAN THORPE OUT AS GAY

IAN THORPE OUT AS GAY PARKSON TERVIEW

Thorpe me out as gay a July 2014 televised terview wh Brish talk show host Michael Parkson, after years of publicly nyg his homosexualy. He said, “I’m announcg my homosexualy to the world… I hope this mak simpler for others today, and feels better to get out even if you’ve been holdg for years.

ATRALIAN SWIMMER IAN THORPE COM OUT AS GAY

Thorpe’s sexual orientatn and some obstacl due to his homosexualy petive swimmg were discsed a qutn-and-answer format terview. After years of nial, swimmg champn Ian Thorpe has revealed he is gay an exclive terview wh Sir Michael Parkson.

"The terview, which Parkson has scribed as one of the bt he has nducted, also tails the swimmer's battle wh prsn, dgs and alhol, which ed him to check to a rehabilatn un earlier this revelatns are dramatic particularly bee Thorpe has always vehemently nied mours of his homosexualy. In his own tobgraphy This Is Me, published 2012, the swimmer said that he found qutns about his sexualy hurtful, wrg: "For the rerd, I am not gay and all my sexual experienc have been straight.

I 'KNEW' IAN THORPE WAS GAY BACK 2004

"Parkson said Thorpe's cisn that no qutn was off lims was brave and says he exam the good tim and the bad of the Atralian swimmg his tobgraphy published 2012, Thorpe said 'for the rerd, I am not gay'. Snaps for Thorpie, " wrote Lady Cathere @KadyL, while Anthony Venn-Brown @gayambassador tweeted: "Life's much brighter on this si of the closet @IanThorpe.

Atralian swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe announced he was gay this weekend after years of nials, a tell-terview that aired Atralia Sunday night.

“I’m fortable sayg I’m a gay man, ” he told Brish terviewer Michael Parkson on Atralia’s Channel Ten, the ABC reports. ” Thorpe, whose swimmg succs earned him the nickname “the Thorpedo, ” had earlier nied beg gay his 2012 tobgraphy. The one exceptn was Thorpe, of whom gay mors had been swirlg sce he beme an OIympic champn at the 2000 Summer Gam Sydney.

IAN THORPE ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

"My prumptn was that he was gay, " Brent said, "and was like he knew that I knew and that sense he felt exposed. At the 2012 London Olympics, Thorpe admted that his terts fashn, among others, ma him see why he "ticked the box" on what a gay man is terted .

Fally, his tobgraphy two years ago, Thorpe tegorilly me out as straight, sayg, "For the rerd, I am not gay and all my sexual experienc have been straight. "I'm fortable sayg I'm a gay man, and I don't want young people to feel the same way I did, " he said, addg that he wished he had e out revealed earlier this year that he has checked himself to rehab for alholism and prsn. " On the other hand, this ment on Outsports reflects another pot of view: "We are so supposed to five them for years of lyg bee gay = shame....

Thorpe did not risk the same level of physil abe as gay people livg other parts of the world and his sport would have easily accepted him, as his fay did. There's also the matter of what appears to be a quid-pro-quo between Thorpe and Channel Ten, the Atralian TV work where he revealed he was gay Sunday. NatnalEdutnThis was published 9 years agoWhen champn swimmer Ian Thorpe announced he was gay, after many years of speculatn, once aga highlighted the difficulti high-profile Atralians face when g out.

IAN THORPE WIFE, PARTNER, RELATNSHIP, GAY, NET WORTH, HEIGHT & INSTAGRAM

He is mentatg poolsi at the Glasgow Commonwealth Thorpe announc he is gay to veteran terviewer, and longtime iend, Michael Parkson.

In a recent, much-publicised terview wh English broadster Michael Parkson, Ian Thorpe, after years of nial, announced he was gay. The swimmer said he was "ashamed" he had lacked the urage to "e out" sooner but had feared the reactn: "I didn't know if Atralia wanted s champn to be gay, " he said. Olympic gold medallist and Atralian diver Matthew Mcham, who announced he was gay before the 2008 Olympics, after many years of nial, said sponsorship mments would have weighed heavily on the swimmer bee of the associated stigma and stereotypg.

He acknowledged Thorpe's difficulty but weled his admissn sayg: "We need high profile gay athlet to prove the stereotype wrong" there a personal st? Some cricise Ian Thorpe for lyg so publicly about his sexualy for so long, particularly his 2012 tobgraphy, This Is Me, which he stated: "For the rerd, I am not gay and all my sexual experienc have been straight". Others are disappoted that he felt able to wre so hontly about his prsn, alhol abe and suicidal thoughts while beg so dishont about his homosexualy.

IAN THORPE, LE G-OUT : ''JE LE DIS HT ET FORT, JE SUIS GAY''

Furthermore, some argue that the reported guidance of Thorpe's mrs, keen to propagate the "heterosexual myth" and display the swimmer the media as a "ladi’ man", reveals a further obstacle: an unrlyg societal prejudice that perhaps rerced his beg gay still a problem Atralia? This suggted to many that homosexualy, particularly among athlet, remas a ntroversial issue some sectns of society. Andrew Purchas, founr of the Sydney Convicts gby club, says this "sual associatn" go "to the re of the problem" Atralia and ntu to prevent gay athlet om openly beg themselv.

While assertg that his sexualy is nobody's bs but his own, many have neverthels acknowledged that his admissn will help others e to terms wh their sexual inty and will assist brgg closer as a natn to the day when the issue no longer warrants such Headl"Ian Thorpe owed to himself to be hont, but also to the public" The Sydney Morng Herald, July 14"Who r if Ian Thorpe is gay?

15-year-old closeted me, that's who" The Age, July 13"Brave Atralian Olympic Gam champn Ian Thorpe tells: I'm gay" The Sunday Telegraph, July 13"A gay father's open letter to Ian Thorpe" Huffgton Post, July 21 What The Age says"There is no pot pretendg that Atralia do not have a long way to go properly nontg prejudice agast homosexuals. "Ian Thorpe, ABC News, July 14"From my own experience beg gay and playg sport, homophobic language was a nstant remr that I wouldn't be accepted if I was to e out.

ATRALIAN OLYMPIC IN IAN THORPE REVEALS WHAT PROMPTED HIM TO E OUT AS GAY 2014

”William Brougham, ABC's Q&A, July 14Web LksQ&A Discsn - July 14 Marriage Equaly ViewDo high-profile gay people have a rponsibily to "e out"? Channg was Thorpe’s first public same-sex romance after g out as gay an terview wh Michael Parkson followg years of speculatn. After years of public nial, Ian Thorpe me out as gay July 2014 durg a televised terview wh Michael Parkson.

After years of dodgg this qutn om the prs, Ian cid he was fally fortable admtg his homosexualy notg that “feels easier to get out”.

El nadador Ian Thorpe, leyenda l mundo natación n c títulos mpeón olímpi y 11 mpeón l mundo, reveló su homosexualidad en una entrevista transmida el domgo por la noche por el nal televisión Channel Ten Atralia. Matthew Mcham, también mpeón olímpi en Pekín y que reveló su homosexualidad en 2008, dijo que podía "entenr plenamente lo difícil que para (Thorpe) hacerlo. Un año spués, enzó el tratamiento n antiprivos e clo fue hospalizado tr m por una fección grave en el una tobgrafía publida en 2012, Este soy yo, negó los mor sobre su homosexualidad.

IAN THORPE SAYS HE ‘STGGLED’ TO E OUT AS GAY, PARTICULARLY TO HIS MUM AND DAD

Mais, après s anné mrs, qutns et dénégatns, la légen stralienne la natatn vient révéler publiquement, lors d'une terview télévisée, son homosexualé.

Je suis allé dans une éle garçons, alors quand on vo acca d'être gay, la première réponse éta non, et ensue vo vo prépariez à vo battre.

" En 2012, dans son tobgraphie, Thorpe écriva noir sur blanc: "Je ne suis pas gay et tout m expérienc sexuell ont été hétéro.

IAN THORPE REVEALS HE IS GAY, SCRIB STGGLE WH PRSN TELL-ALL TERVIEW WH SIR MICHAEL PARKSON

Olympic swimmg champn Ian Thorpe explaed on the Atralian show This is your Life, why he cid to e as gay durg an terview wh Sir Michael Parkson back 2014Ian Thorpe Champn swimmer Ian Thorpe explaed his reasons behd g out as gay back 2014. “I had spent some time wh [Sir Michael Parkson] before the terview and told him, ‘you should ask me if I'm gay bee I'm gog to tell you I am’. OLYMPIAN Ian Thorpe has revealed that he was tnted about his sexualy when he was a teenager which led him to be too ightened to e out of the closet, fearful of the reactn of his nservative five tim gold medal wng swimmer ma the ments at a fom on Tuday night where he shared a stage wh Jim Obergfell whose urt se led to the US legalisg gay marriage.

“When I was about 16 I was acced of beg gay and bee was that tone, I always thought of as a negative, of not beg equal, ” he said at the Atralians 4 Equaly event held at Twter’s Sydney offic. “It was overwhelmg and I was so pleased I would be accepted by my own fay, ” Thorpe he’d e out to his fay, revealg he was gay to Atralia was a cch, he said.

OPNYOU ALREADY KNEW THORPE WAS GAY? NO, YOU DIDN'T

”Thorpe also said he supported the ntroversial Safe Schools program which aims to addrs anti-gay bullyg schools. ”Thorpe shared the platform wh Mr Obergfell whose book, Love Ws, tails the steps towards the gay marriage the US. It meant stat such as Texas, which had led agast allowg gay marriage, were forced to start issug marriage certifit to gay Obergfell told still didn’t feel real that a urt se wh his name on changed the law across the untry.

IAN THORPE'S MASSIVE ADMISSN ABOUT CISN TO E OUT AS GAY

In 2013, he and his long term partner John Arthur travelled to Maryland to wed bee their home state of Oh still had a ban on gay upl the time, John was sufferg om the generative ndn motor nrone disease. While Oh regnised most marriag performed outsi the state, had created a specific law barrg the regnn of gay relatnships. That the se got that far, he said, “rerc that John and I ma the right cisn to fight” the US printial mpaign Donald Tmp said he would nsir takg steps to reverse the Supreme Court’s cisn and hand gay marriage back to the stat which would almost certaly see the reform wound back some areas.

However, a US TV terview on Sunday, the Print-Elect said he was “fe” wh gay marriage and “ was settled the Supreme Court” Obergfell said he wasn’t so sure. ”Mr Obergefell said he supported the cisn ma by Sydney’s Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras members to unve Prime Mister Mallm Turnbull due to the lack of progrs on gay marriage.

IAN THORPE: I'M GAY, SAYS FORMER ATRALIAN OLYMPIC SWIMMER

”The key to breakg the marriage equaly impasse Atralia, he said, was for gay people to keep tellg stori of their relatnships and why marriage was important.

Champn swimmer Ian Thorpe has revealed he is gay an terview wh Sir Michael Parkson, after years of scty om the Atralian the tell-all terview that aired on Channel Ten on Sunday night, Thorpe also discsed his battle wh prsn, which he kept secret om his loved had prevly sisted he was not gay, and his 2012 tobgraphy wrote: "For the rerd, I am not gay and all my sexual experienc have been straight.

Interview as AFL mentator apologis for gay sledgeThorpe's nfsn to Parkson me as AFL menter Brian Taylor was slammed for referrg to a player as a "poofter" on live televisn. Taylor apologised, but openly gay Atralian Rul footballer Jason Ball told ABC rad that homophobic language has been harmful to him has no doubt been a source of stggle for Ian Thorpe over many years and I thk that his battle wh prsn and anxiety are possibly lked"From my own experience beg gay and playg sport, homophobic language was a nstant remr that I wouldn't be accepted if I was to e out, " he said. "The Gay and Lbian Internatnal Sports Associatn (GLISA) also paid tribute to Thorpe, acknowledgg the "psychologil pa" he endured while keepg his sexualy a secret.

IAN THORPE REVEALS HE 'DIDN'T KNOW IF ATRALIA WANTED S CHAMPN TO BE GAY'

And was for him to ci when, how and if he wanted to fe himself, wr Robert Thorpe's claratn that he's gay was met wh a batn of celebratn and mockery. Unfortunately, spe the posive shifts attus towards homosexualy recent years, Atralia still has a culture of namg and shamg gay men.

The qut to brand gay men is driven by two petg forc wh our culture:The first is a narrow nceptn of Atralian masculy that fails to regnise difference.

The longer a man's sexualy remas ambiguo, the more threateng he is to the tradnal nceptns of only once he's brand gay n he be neatly tegorised and margalised. "But those gay men who are quick to judge Thorpe for takg so long to announce who he really is, might like to ponr whether as a teenager the nghti they would have had the urage to e out on the ternatnal stage.

IAN THORPE REVEALS HE IS GAY

And strong enough to face whatever may urse, many young people don't necsarily know whether they are gay or straight or somewhere between. Image: Channel 7/GettyAsie swimmg legend Ian Thorpe has opened up about his cisn to e out as gay 2014, revealg an terview wh Channel 7 that he wish he'd done sooner.

"I had spent some time wh him before the terview and told him, 'you should ask me if I'm gay bee I'm gog to tell you I am'. Ian Thorpe won ne Olympic medals, cludg five goldsFive-time Olympic swimmg champn Ian Thorpe has revealed he is gay an terview on Atralian 31-year-old told Brish journalist Sir Michael Parkson on Channel 10: "I've thought about this for a long time. Atralian Olympic swimmg legend Ian Thorpe has fally put an end to years of speculatn about his sexual 31-year-old revealed that he 'is a gay man' durg his pellg terview wh Sir Michael Parkson on Sunday touched on his battle wh prsn which reached a pot where he nsired suici, his stggle wh fame, his ambns and what he hop the future may hold for him.

' Ian Thorpe thanks those who supported him Fellow Olympic great Stephanie Rice, who retired on 9 April 2014, said she hop everyone 'rpects' Thorpe's choic Swimmg superstar Rice was prevly dumped by sponsor Jaguar after wrg a homophobic slur on Twter Thorpe has been undated wh support om fans and celebri sce the revelatn was first reported The Sunday Telegraph on sent Twter to a enzy and prompted Thorpe to wre: 'To Everyone who has sent msag of support I scerely Thank you. ' she 26-year-old was prevly dumped by her sponsor Jaguar after she ma a homophobic ment on Twter, relatg to a Rugby Unn match which the Atralian Wallabi feated the South Ain Sprgboks.

IAN THORPE OUT AS GAY

You're an Asie who we'll love & stand by, ' rad show 2dayFM breakfast preacher turned gay rights advote Anthony Venn-Brown tweeted: 'Life's much brighter on this si of the closet @IanThorpe. ' Supportive: Twter was sent to a enzy followg Thorpe's news Words of enuragement were also tweeted for Ian Thorpe Thorpe vows to ntue his fight for the jtice Indigeno people face Atralia The Black Dog Instute showed their support on Twter Ian Thorpe's terview prompted Atralian gay and lbian liftyle webse to share their views Brish Atralian actrs Magda Szubanski wrote: 'So happy and proud for @IanThorpe Comg Out his own time on his own terms.

We live a homophobic society so the reluctance of gay people is pletely unrstandable, ' she lled for Atralia to 'exame our attus and change them'.

' More to e: In the 25 send promo clip, Parkson said to Thorpe: 'You've always said that you're not gay... ' Atralian rad stars Fzy and Wippa sent a msage of support on Sunday morng Brish Atralian actrs Magda Szubanski said she is proud of Thorpe for 'g Out his own time' Magda Szubanski lled for Atralia to 'exame our attus and change them' while speakg on the Today Show Meanwhile, Peter FzSimons wrote his Sydney Morng Herald lumn: 'Wh homophobia still such an omniprent force Atralian life, the fact that our most admired morn sportsperson clar himself gay, is signifint, and yet one more forearm jolt to the Hydra head of the beast known as bigotry.