An anti-immigrant homophobe vandalised roads between Sheffield and the Peak District, claimg all "tight lycra" wearg cyclists are gay.
Contents:
- GAY CYCLG LOVER
- GAY CYCLG GROUPS IN THE UK
- PATHETIC HOMOPHOBE VANDALIS ROADS WH OBSCENE GRAFFI CLAIMG ‘TIGHT LYCRA’ WEARG CYCLISTS ARE GAY
GAY CYCLG LOVER
Gay Cyclg Lover. gay lycra. "Estimat on the proportn of UK and US people who are gay or bisexual range om about three to seven per cent, as reported a recent Cyclg Weekly vtigatn to the absence of openly LGBTQ+ rirs the profsnal timat suggt there should be between five and 12 LGBTQ+ rirs currently ridg the Tour France.
"The whole peloton, the whole cyclg fay, will have to face when somebody will feels fortable enough to clare [they are LGBTQ+], " Guarnieri says of how the more homophobic elements of the sport will have to tch up quickly when the first pro rir cis to e out. I mean people thk thgs like yeah, this job is too hard for a homosexual person. We’re OutdoorLads, the UK’s largt outdoor activi group for gay, bi and trans guys.
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GAY CYCLG GROUPS IN THE UK
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What typ of ris n gay cyclists jo? For example, we equently see gay bikers, mounta bikers or BMXers try their hand at road bikg (and then of urse fallg love wh ). We’re all gay, bi and trans folks that jt enjoy ridg together.
Of the 978 rirs the men’s pro peloton, none are this statement is te on the surface – not a sgle male rir at WorldTour or ProTeam level publicly intifi as gay – ’s starkly implsible as soon as that surface is scratched.
PATHETIC HOMOPHOBE VANDALIS ROADS WH OBSCENE GRAFFI CLAIMG ‘TIGHT LYCRA’ WEARG CYCLISTS ARE GAY
Estimat on the proportn of UK and US people who are gay or bisexual range om about three to seven per cent. If we take the low-end timate for men, three per cent, then you would expect there to be about 30 gay or bi rirs the pro peloton – enough for a whole WorldTour squad. The qutn, then, is not whether there are gay pros but why none of them feel ee to be open about who they really are.
As a gay man who has worked sports media sce the mid-Noughti, I n appreciate why a rir might feel pelled to keep their sexualy a secret. Even magaze offic – surely ls laddish than race paddocks – I’ve lost unt of the sually homophobic ments I’ve heard.
Generally the have not been tentnal sults but rather thoughtls so-lled banter, “gay” ed as a pejorative term, and beg gay only ever mentned terms of speculatn or cheap humour. Ryan (not his real name) is a gay rir who traed among top-flight pros and peted several UCI rac before droppg out of the sport a few years his mid-20s, he has agreed to speak to CW on ndn of anonymy. “None of the rirs I traed wh would be explicly homophobic an abive way, ” Ryan tells me.