Gay director picts swimmg world’s homophobia “The Swimmer” - Outsports

Contents:

• TWO GAY SWIMMERS ARE BT IENDS AND EACH OTHER’S ROCK
• THE GAY VERSN OF SI'S SWIMSU ISSUE
• GAY DIRECTOR ADAM KALRON PICTS HOMOPHOBIA THE SWIMMG WORLD WH ‘THE SWIMMER’
• OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY

TWO GAY SWIMMERS ARE BT IENDS AND EACH OTHER’S ROCK

We’re two swimmers and bt iends, both llege, who happen to be gay.

THE GAY VERSN OF SI'S SWIMSU ISSUE

Before we tell you the story of how two gay swimmers helped each other e out, we want to share some background about each of .

GAY DIRECTOR ADAM KALRON PICTS HOMOPHOBIA THE SWIMMG WORLD WH ‘THE SWIMMER’

I was always good at hidg my emotns and phg my feelgs ep si, so I had no problem hidg that I was gay until high school. On top of everythg else I was a petive swimmer, a sport known for beg “more gay” bee my uniform was a ty piece of fabric jt large enough to ver “my stuff” and I went to a private, Catholic high school.

OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY

I was aaid of tellg my teammat that I was gay bee I feared they would look at me differently or my guy iends would distance themselv. The hard part was the lonely, dark place I put myself when faced wh the realy that people knew I was gay.

I’ve had such hard time g to terms wh my sexualy bee I was sred that my fay would hate me bee homosexualy is a s. At my school, swimmg was nsired a “gay” sport bee of our ltle Speedos. Even though I wanted to jt be “normal, ” that was not the ma reason I uldn’t wrap my head around wh beg gay.