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Contents:
- OPNYOU ALREADY KNEW THORPE WAS GAY? NO, YOU DIDN'T
- I 'KNEW' IAN THORPE WAS GAY BACK 2004
- IAN THORPE ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
OPNYOU ALREADY KNEW THORPE WAS GAY? NO, YOU DIDN'T
Dpe the nstant rea that "we already knew" Ian Thorpe was gay, the only person who uld know was him. And was for him to ci when, how and if he wanted to fe himself. * gil thorpe gay *
In the episo “Kids The Days”, is revealed that he is gay.
I 'KNEW' IAN THORPE WAS GAY BACK 2004
Gay athlete tells Mardi Gras film ftival dience that people shouldn’t be phed to clare their sexualy * gil thorpe gay *
n we llectively agree that gil thorpe beg gay was one of the greatt cematic plot twists of all time. Dpe the nstant rea that "we already knew" Ian Thorpe was gay, the only person who uld know was him.
And was for him to ci when, how and if he wanted to fe himself, wr Robert Thorpe's claratn that he's gay was met wh a batn of celebratn and mockery. I was acced of beg gay before I knew who I why exactly was Thorpe so acced?
IAN THORPE ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
Ian Thorpe is openly gay and maybe now he'll be happy. I had a glimpse of his suatn 10 years ago. * gil thorpe gay *
Of urse, he mt be gay.
Unfortunately, spe the posive shifts attus towards homosexualy recent years, Atralia still has a culture of namg and shamg gay men. From the schoolyard to the sportg field, if you're not "man enough", you mt be gay. The qut to brand gay men is driven by two petg forc wh our culture:The first is a narrow nceptn of Atralian masculy that fails to regnise difference.
The longer a man's sexualy remas ambiguo, the more threateng he is to the tradnal nceptns of only once he's brand gay n he be neatly tegorised and margalised. "Gay" occupi a unique place popular culture - both an inty label and an sult. That's so gay!