If you had an arm or leg amputated would you ask to take it home in a doggy bag? I have to admit I'm extremely intrigued by cannibalism and if I lost one of my limbs, I'd have it for my tea me.
Get yourself down the Leppers Arms marra.... Always a few titbits lying on the floor for people of your persuasion!
I've had the benefit of being there as my slightly older sister came out. it no big deal to me as I've seen people close to me go through the process of discovering and accepting themselves(The biggest stigma). Would surprise me if Ronaldo liked a bit of both. I think bisexuality is much more prominent than homosexuality. You only need to look at lasses to see how common it is. Male pride will be ****ing with most lads from being honest. I think they'd be surprised if they were honest. My mate Rick targets chav lads in Newcastle and lures them to the triangle before taking them home. Does it every weekend to so called hetro lads. He's become a bit of a legend in 'turning lads'
Echo Bri. They can play as much pink flute as they like if they are good enough and I wouldn't give a ****. I've a gay sister, a handful of gay pals (not overly camp have to say..), used to live with a gay lad a few years back. People are people, some people don't like tea, some don't eat meat (what the **** man) and some drive Japanese cars. A good lad or lass is a good lad or lass, regardless of what he wants to whack his piece in.
They don't need to make a big song and dance about coming out but not hiding it would do the world a lot of good.
This is what im getting at. Unless specifically asked, you probably wont know any difference anyway. Its not like they are gonna all of a sudden wear spandex pants and start screeching 'chase me'. Most act no differently to anyone else.
It makes a lot of difference for those who aren't yet out. It shouldn't be a dirty little secret as, as you say it makes no difference really.
Spot on. They don't need to come making a big statement and media circus about it, but just not hiding it would filter it through. Would also prevent it being a big story and the ducking idiot brigade getting their backs up.
Football is way too political as it is nowadays, we know everything about the ins and outs of people's lives through the media. We're judging footballers on things that they're getting up to in the privacy of their own home, as if we pay for the right to judge them, or accuse them when they step out of line. When a footy player is growing up, he doesn't think "I wanna be a role model", that just comes with the territory. It's absolutely nothing to do with the public, what they want to do and if they want to tell any body about whether they prefer muff in their face or a sav up their chod pouch. It's just peer pressure, fair play to each and every one of the raging mincers for not telling the media what they want, just so the pack of ****s can feast on them for their entire futures.
The only gays I have a problem with are the ones who shout it from the roof tops. "Ooh, look at me, I'm a bent ****." Why do they feel the need to kiss each other in gay bars? If I'm out with a woman in a straight bar I wouldn't be necking her in front of everybody else. It's the camp twats I can't stand. Other than that - couldn't give a toss.
There's a good example of what I'm getting at in the world of swimming/diving. On the one hand you've got Tom Daley who came out in his late teens and is now engaged to a man, he's happily going about living his life and not giving a stuff what anyone thinks. On the other there's Ian Thorpe who consistently denied he was gay all through his career and only came out a couple of years ago in his thirties. During that time anything to do with his sexuality had to be behind closed doors and basic things like going on dates or holding hands in public with his partner were denied to him, in his mind at least. He's since said that it was a dark time and that he'd come close to suicide because of feeling like he was living a lie. Clearly he would have had a better time of it if he'd gone the Tom Daley route. It's not as simple as that in football but the same principle applies. It's not anybody's business what a footballer's sexuality is but if there are young players feeling like they can't come out then something needs to change. Everybody has the right to be themselves without being negativity judged.
Not necessarily mate, some people will have a fear that goes way beyond what you can comprehend, or me. Imagine having to come out, as an insecure person, as gay, when you feel everybody will judge you. Try telling a fat person that nobody is staring at them in the gym, or laughing behind their back. Very few people (only dickheads) will laugh or stare, most people would respect that ****, but it's a psychological hurdle that in their heads could be the size of Everest. There's no right or wrong way to deal with being gay, it's definitely not for others to decide IMOOC.
In Thorpe's case he has spoken of his regret at not being brave enough and that he hopes young people won't follow his example but yes everyone is different and it must be a hard thing to do. If this forum is an accurate representation of a football crowd which presumably it is then it's clear that nobody would give a **** if they knew their players were gay. I hope young people still in the closet know that.
