Dr. Brad Schaeffer out gay an exclive terview wh the TODAY Show. The TLC star of "My Feet Are Killg Me" opens up about his partner and ex-wife.
Contents:
- BASEBALL PLAYED VAL ROLE FOR GAY JOCK TURNED DOC HIS G OUT
- 565: DR. BRAD SCHAEFFER – HE’S A BRO, ATHLETE, DOCTOR WHO HAPPENS TO BE GAY!
- FRANK SCHAEFFER ON GAYS, EX-GAYS & THE RELIG RIGHT
BASEBALL PLAYED VAL ROLE FOR GAY JOCK TURNED DOC HIS G OUT
This Philly kid wanted to throw right, bat right, be a Christian, play for the Philli and never ever be gay. At the same time that I was a hard-chargg jock, I was fightg my ternal battl of fulfillg that last le of my imagary baseball rd: Don’t ever, ever be gay. Beg gay fely was not ol when I was growg up and seemed every other word out of a kid’s mouth was “that’s gay.
565: DR. BRAD SCHAEFFER – HE’S A BRO, ATHLETE, DOCTOR WHO HAPPENS TO BE GAY!
” The nnotatn of gay was always negative, lame and stupid. If you would trip when nng to first base, you’re gay. If you stck out, you’re gay.
FRANK SCHAEFFER ON GAYS, EX-GAYS & THE RELIG RIGHT
If you gave another guy a pliment, make sure you say “no homo, ” bee God forbid we would pliment each other. To this day, I never e gay slurs and rrect anyone who them my prence.
The world of beg a Christian athlete allowed me to keep my ternal battl where they belonged and was able to “pray the gay away. While studyg to bee a doctor and tryg to be the bt hband I uld be, I was tormented by thoughts such as “Was I gay? This sight led me to stg down wh my dad at a Philli game and, after many Bud Lights, tellg him that I was gay.
I did not f the stereotype of what society views as a gay man and my father was pretty floored.