Pro Strongman champn Rob Kearney out as gay - Outsports

Contents:

• PRO STRONGMAN CHAMPN ROB KEARNEY OUT AS GAY
• GAS & PAS: BLACK GAY BODYBUILRS & THE COMPLEX DYNAMIC BETWEEN MCL & QUEER DIRE
• MCULAR GAY MEN STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• IS THE BODYBUILDG INDTRY GAY FOR PAY? BODYBUILDG TROLL VCE GOODM TAK SHOTS AT NICK TRIGILI
• SPEAKG OUT: MCLE DYSMORPHIA THE GAY COMMUNY
• RULTS FOR : GAY MCLE SOLO
• A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN

PRO STRONGMAN CHAMPN ROB KEARNEY OUT AS GAY

Rob Kearney is the first self-acknowledged gay man to be actively petg pro-level, ternatnal strongman petn. But to be the first 'gay" somethg n be jt as ighteng as n be posive. "People need to know that one of the top strength athlet on the pla is also gay.

"I am also a gay strength ach. " I have been achg the bodybuildg and petive world for over 15 years, and am not only ually the only queer ach the arena, but often the only out gay man a given ntt.

While may take a heterosexual du a ltle analysis to beg to see the them, to a gay guy the msag blare like bullhorns our ears. Those associatns get turned up loud for gay men like Rob and me, makg the landspe require a ft step to navigate.

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

But few other tegori is tra-male tst more lite than between a gay man and a heterosexual man. Too often, a gay man who gas timacy wh other men is unfairly and rrectly seen as predatory; he is somethg for heterosexual men to avoid. This subtle distst is a mon and rrect stereotype to which many men still bd their evaluatn of gay guys.

Even gay men themselv often fd spect should a gay peer have a ep bond wh a heterosexual man. I have had many men over the years gravate away om my achg or assistance, ma unfortable wh the ia that a gay du is mentg on their physique. "If a gay guy is workg wh bodybuilrs, " I once read an ugly email about me, "you know the real reason is he's jt tryg to get their pants.

I am proud that I am "the gay du who ach heater dus a super macho set of pursus. The man scribed himself not only as dislikg gay people, but actually outright anti-gay. Somehow he thought gayns should be halted.

MCULAR GAY MEN STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

Yet, by his own admissn, he did not realize how uld be right there his own space of strength and power, and that manly men n love men jt as much as the stereotyped sissi he imaged all gay men to be. He warmly told Rob that knowg how good a man Rob was and admirg so much of Rob's life work told him that maybe there is nothg wrong wh gay people at all, and he overtimated the tegory. He knew beg out as a gay man while still firmly the profsnal sports spotlight - even only a smaller one - would e rippl among those who lift and tra hard.

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

By beg the first actively-petg profsnal World Strength top petor to be openly gay, he beme more than jt a notable achiever: he beme a force for change. So the fact that Rob is gay allows those who admire his work to unrstand that sexualy is not necsarily a factor succs, but jt another feature of a man. If you are a te power bottom, you are gay man who has a huge appete for beg perated by another guy (or guys).

This myth n be traced to harmful stereotyp about gay men – pure and simple. For some stupid reason, a lot of gay tops have their md that power bottoms don’t feel pa. I hate when gay men thk this but apparently, many do.

As mentned earlier, a gay man who intifi as a power bottom has adopted a mdset. Related: Gay bottom diet and digtive health.

SPEAKG OUT: MCLE DYSMORPHIA THE GAY COMMUNY

So gay men everywhere, please, for the love of all that is good, please stop llg yourself a power bottom when you aren’t. This is a very special tle should be rerved for gay men who have put years of effort while tg themselv on how to be masters of their craft. There’s a ridiculo myth floatg around that gay men n’t be gged – particularly guys like me who intify as bottom.

Don’t ask me why but there are a lot of gay men our muny who seem to thk that all bottoms are effemate. To the gays who thk this, let me ask you somethg. I’m a fisherman and hunter and I’m gay.

Swallowg didn't mean you were gay ancient Roman army. They rpect me and my liftyle and my quirks, my gayns, my femy, everythg the gym. Gay Mculary Dired & VilifiedThroughout morn queer history—om the Castro Clon of the 1970s, the porn and ver mol athetics of the last four s, to the preferenc listed many onle datg profil—gay men have had an ambivalent relatnship wh mculary.

RULTS FOR : GAY MCLE SOLO

Men wh chiseled chts and eight-pack abs have long been nsired the flt standard of homosexual sire, and as a rult, the embodiment of a fantasy that is partly blamed for higher rat of body image anxiety among gay men. “A greater percentage of gay men than heterosexual men reported that they were unattractive, unfortable a swimsu, dissatisfied wh their physil appearance, and dissatisfied wh their mcle size and tone, ” says Dr. “In general, both gay and heterosexual men reported poorer body image as [body mass x] creased.

“A greater percentage of gay men than heterosexual men reported that they were unattractive, unfortable a swimsu, dissatisfied wh their physil appearance, and dissatisfied wh their mcle size and tone.

A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN

While gay men are not alone feelg like they do not measure up to standards of bety, feelg sexually unsirable n be uniquely alienatg when one’s nnectn to a muny is somewhat predited on sex, says Dr. Carl Hovey, a psychologist, and rearcher at the Gay Therapy Center New York.

“Incln the muny pends on one's abily to ‘live out’ one's sexualy through certa relatnal enunters; and if one is not experienced as sirable, the feelg of beg cut-off om the muny, and even om one's inty, n be profound, ” says Hovey, who believ the bety standards of the larger society, and among gay men, also exert prsure on those who f the standard.

”And this may be why there are untls thk-piec and empowerment mpaigns that nmn the effects of gay bety standards on those who feel they fall short of them, but ltle empathy when those who seem to meet those standards are grad as beg dumb, shallow, or sexually promiscuo. “Overall, the privileg and posive attentn [mcular gay] men receive for their figure outweighs any negative judgment they might receive, ” says Essayli, who elaborat to note that beg nsired hyper-sired do not mean someone’s life is easier or better.