This gay 61-year-old bodybuilr has found a home his straight gym - Outsports

Contents:

• CHRIS DICKERSON, FIRST BLACK OPENLY GAY BODYBUILR TO W MR. AMERI TLE, DEAD AT 82
• THE PROFSNAL ATHLETE WHO CAME OUT AS A GAY MAN— 1989
• IS THE BODYBUILDG INDTRY GAY FOR PAY? BODYBUILDG TROLL VCE GOODM TAK SHOTS AT NICK TRIGILI
• THIS GAY 61-YEAR-OLD BODYBUILR HAS FOUND A HOME HIS STRAIGHT GYM
• THREAD: WHY ARE SO MANY BODYBUILRS GAY?
• GAS & PAS: BLACK GAY BODYBUILRS & THE COMPLEX DYNAMIC BETWEEN MCL & QUEER DIRE
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

CHRIS DICKERSON, FIRST BLACK OPENLY GAY BODYBUILR TO W MR. AMERI TLE, DEAD AT 82

Dickerson also had the distctn of beg the first openly gay Mr. Brilliant the posg route, held the rerd of the olst Mr Olympia wner, and was the first openly gay Pro BB ?.

The Profsnal Athlete Who Came Out as a Gay Man— 1989.

THE PROFSNAL ATHLETE WHO CAME OUT AS A GAY MAN— 1989

In the late '80s, a Los Angel Tim poll revealed that nearly 70 percent of the untry thought homosexualy was a s.

IS THE BODYBUILDG INDTRY GAY FOR PAY? BODYBUILDG TROLL VCE GOODM TAK SHOTS AT NICK TRIGILI

Now, more than 25 years after g out of the closet, the former bodybuildg champ shar his thoughts on the ath threats he received after his announcement, the fate of his relatnship wh Rod and the untry's shiftg perceptn of homosexualy.

THIS GAY 61-YEAR-OLD BODYBUILR HAS FOUND A HOME HIS STRAIGHT GYM

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"In the Miami bodybuildg circu they probably know me as the gay one, and I've never been met wh any adverse reactns. Self-proclaimed bodybuildg troll Vce Goodm posted a vio slammg Generatn Iron for hirg “Gay 4 Pay” bodybuildg nsult Nick Trigili.

THREAD: WHY ARE SO MANY BODYBUILRS GAY?

Vce Goodm, a YouTuber whose b simply reads “The First Ever Bodybuildg & Fns Inter Troll Of The Indtry, ” lled out Generatn Iron on his YouTube channel for mors that ntributor Nick Trigili was volved gay for pay schem spe not actually beg gay.

“From where stands, Nick Trigili has done gay for pay. ” That’s a very tertg opn to exprs a vio that is lerally tled NICK TRIGILI: GAY 4 PAY BODYBUILDER HIRED BY GENERATION IRON…!!!

GAS & PAS: BLACK GAY BODYBUILRS & THE COMPLEX DYNAMIC BETWEEN MCL & QUEER DIRE

There are also claims of many rich gay men sponsorg bodybuildg events and athlet. It’s not a secret that homosexual men have paid for sex wh bodybuilrs.

Mcle worshipg is prevalent amongst gay men, but ’s also wispread amongst the bodybuildg dtry and those who fd mcle and gettg domated by an dividual arog. While rearchg for this piece, we spoke wh many people unr anonymy who were surprised to see how many knew of bodybuilrs havg gay for pay sex pag onle wh other men but sistg they were straight.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

I knew I was gay om the time I had hormon and saw my first Tarzan movie. Beg a closeted gay kid, to me seemed that if I h a gym and began liftg, somehow, that era, I was gog to be qutned. My formative years Ottawa, the pal of Canada, were marked by anti-gay ernment wch-hunts of the 1960s, as well as hyper-Catholic and eply homophobic parents and brother.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

As if by over-pensatg for all this pejorative opn, bodybuildg had a reputatn of beg homophobic at s re. Unls I was at a “gay” gym, ually downtown and urban, I always kept to myself and didn’t reveal too much, jt gettg about my bs wh my trag. We all follow each other on social media and they all know I’m gay wh a boyiend of many years.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

What I’ve seen isn’t jt tolerance, ’s acceptance and a welg environment to the pot of beg able to horse around and make the same teasg jokg fun, gay or straight, as if we are all on the same team. Conversatn on Outsports often discs the locker room as an over-hyped ner sanctum where the prence of gay men n sometim ms up the “fun.