Gay footballers

[Mich the Tester]

Gareth Thomas didn't get any abuse from the terraces AFAIK. Maybe this is more about football fans than gay sportsmen.

Yep, that was good to see, although I wonder whether it would have been different if he'd come out as a 21 year old new to first team rugby. He'd already made his reputation as an outstanding player and had the respect of fans and players the world over.

[Doggy Styles]

The captain of the GB ladies hockey team is a lesbian, the one who played with a broken jaw.

And the vice captain is her partner.

They are taking over.

[mudskipper]

The captain of the GB ladies hockey team is a lesbian, the one who played with a broken jaw.

And the vice captain is her partner.

They are taking over.

There's an interesting thought. I wonder if there's any hereditary aspect to homosexuality? In the past, where being openly gay was not OK, many gay people ended up married with children. With homosexuality being socially acceptable (and legal), will there end up being fewer gay kids?


Edit: This study thinks there is a hereditary aspect

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/17/st...have-gay-kids/

Furthermore, when the study restricted the results so that they included only children in their 20s -- presumably after they'd been able to work out any adolescent confusion or experimentation -- 58 percent of the children of lesbians called themselves gay, and 33 percent of the children of gay men called themselves gay. (About 5 to 10 percent of the children of straight parents call themselves gay, Schumm says.)

[Doggy Styles]

Interesting, mudskip. I wouldn't know. But there do seem to be a lot more gay women these days, whether part-time or not. Is it true to say they are more willing to give it a go than men?

[Zippy]

Interesting, mudskip. I wouldn't know. But there do seem to be a lot more gay women these days, whether part-time or not. Is it true to say they are more willing to give it a go than men?

It seems to me that there is less 'stigma' attached to gay women. It may be that women are regarded as being less significant somehow? Or female sport is less important than blokes?
I know when Claire Balding was missing from the start of the Olympic equestrian events she was greatly missed (she really knows what shes talking about) and when she did turn up there was no name-calling. Also no puff-bashing when gay riders did their bit. Nobody cared.
So maybe you can be as gay as you like in a minority sport?

[BrilloPad]

The captain of the GB ladies hockey team is a lesbian, the one who played with a broken jaw.

And the vice captain is her partner.

They are taking over.

Brilliant! Got any pictures? Prefrably of them together. Wrestling in jelly.

Though in some ways I am keener on queers than lesbians. That 2 less men competing for the women out there.

[Doggy Styles]

It seems to me that there is less 'stigma' attached to gay women.

Could it be because of the nature of lesbian cuddling compared to two gentlemen? To be blunt, less intrusive?

[d000hg]

Rugger players are a law unto themselves Malc. Lots of pushing against each others' bottoms and drinking urine after the game tells me I was right to retire from the sport when I left school. In my experience their sexual preferences extend to anything - animal, vegetable or mineral.

I still like to watch though.

unfortunate phrasing.

[MayContainNuts]

Interesting, mudskip. I wouldn't know. But there do seem to be a lot more gay women these days, whether part-time or not. Is it true to say they are more willing to give it a go than men?

Just because anyone you chat up in the pub doesn't fall for your charms doesn't make them a lesbian!!! Maybe you're just an ugly fecker?!!!

[d000hg]

I am keen on queers

Are they keen on you though?