Gas & Pas: Black Gay Bodybuilrs & the Complex Dynamic Between Mcl & Queer Dire — The Reckong

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.

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

Those associatns get turned up loud for gay men like Rob and me, makg the landspe require a ft step to navigate. 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.

MCULAR GAY MEN STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

The man scribed himself not only as dislikg gay people, but actually outright anti-gay.

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

Somehow he thought gayns should be halted. 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.

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).

SPEAKG OUT: MCLE DYSMORPHIA THE GAY COMMUNY

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. So gay men everywhere, please, for the love of all that is good, please stop llg yourself a power bottom when you aren’t.

RULTS FOR : GAY MCLE SOLO

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.

A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN

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.