I was openly gay on my high school team and heard slurs all the time - Outsports

gay locker boys

More and more, we hear about athlet g out of the closet — and to gym locker rooms. Expert Rick Clemons tackl mon fears straight men have about sharg locker rooms wh gay men and explas why those fears are pletely unfound.

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IS HE CHECKG ME OUT? WHAT GAY MEN THK IN THE LOCKER ROOM

Summer mp my sophomore year, after ach left, Varsy guys held wrtlg match to terme who got the remag lockers the big varsy room. Wh the rise openly gay athlet participatg profsnal sports, many people are wonrg if gay athlet are more or ls prone to check out other athlet the locker room. Yet, for some reason, 's assumed that gay men are on the hunt 24/7, tryg to bed every guy that walks.

I WAS OPENLY GAY ON MY HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AND HEARD SLURS ALL THE TIME

It's also assumed that locker rooms are prime huntg grounds for gay men to poach heterosexual men. Granted, gay men will be gay men, but let's not assume that our libidos are more charged than our heterosexual brothers, or that we n't ntrol our urg.

"Gay, straight, male or female, the boundari nversatn was a nsistent theme wh the men I terviewed. A therapist om Sacramento, California admted he'd been h upon a few tim by gay men, but "those enunters didn't make me feel unfortable.

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