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A definitive guide to Olympian Ian Thorpe’s recent idealistic history
Ian Thorpe‘s name will forever be etched in Australian history as one of our greatest sporting legends.
But away from the pool and following his retirement from competitive swimming, first in and again in after a concise comeback, the year-old hasn’t always had an effortless relationship with love and romance.
When did Ian Thorpe come out?
The now-openly gay star endured speculation about his sexuality for years, before officially coming out during a TV interview with UK converse show host Michael Parkinson in
After denying his homosexuality publicly for years, Ian was finally competent to be at accord with his identity as a gay man.
“I’m pleasant saying I’m a homosexual man. And I don’t want people to experience the same way I did. You can expand up, you can be comfortable and you can be gay,” he said, hinting at his control struggles.
“I am telling the world that I am gay … and I hope this makes it easier for others now, and even if you’ve held it in for years, it feels eas
Ian Thorpe has shared the heartbreaking reason he didn't want to come out as gay during the height of his swimming career.
The Olympian, 41, who came out in told the The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday that he kept his sexuality hidden because he didn't want any 'distractions' from his sporting career in the early s.
'I had to swim the Olympics and had to win. I did not want anything to be a distraction for me. I don't want people talking about this,' he said.
'So every time it is alluded you may be same-sex attracted, you're thinking of it as a negative thing and as a fresh person you make it bigger than it needs to be. So I answered no.'
Thorpe then said he regretted concealing his sexuality for so prolonged because it made the process of coming out feel much more confronting.
Ian Thorpe, 41, (pictured) has shared the heartbreaking reason he didn't want to come out as homosexual during the height of his swimming career.
'I'm content saying I'm a lgbtq+ man. And I don't want people to perceive the same way I did. You can develop up, you can be comfortable and you can be gay.'
The five-time Olympic gold m
I WASN&#;T going to scribble about Ian Thorpe’s coming out. What more can there be to utter about this moment in his being, which has gigantic ramifications for him but should possess none for us?
But then I study one article which got me angry, the kind of piece I’d hoped to avoid but which I knew would surface: the ‘Ian Thorpe Lied To Us’-type article.
I also wanted to watch the interview he gave to Michael Parkinson before forming too many thoughts.
The only unexpected moment was when ‘Thorpie’ recalled being asked about his sexuality at the age of Parkinson picked-up on Thorpe’s affront at this and ran with it, creating the sense that 16 was just too young to be asked such a question.
Thorpe then qualified his view: that to ask anyone about their sexuality is unnecessary, but went on to assert that had he not been asked at that young age, he would not possess stayed closeted so long.
If it was a nosey correspondent who asked him as a year-old, then I consent, it was an affront, but I don’t believe it’s enough to go away this pivotal moment in Australia’s queer attracted history at that.
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I asked this before and will ask it again.
So you dont ponder Thorpe coming out was a good thing?Do you not believe that with Thorpe coming out on national TV that it might give others in hiding the confidence to stand up and say they are gay?
Do you not think, with Thorpe being a national icon, that it might be a step in the right direction and it might help others spot that discrimination against someone for their sexual preferences is wrong? (Something that our politicians undertake every day)
Dont get me untrue, I % agree with you that it is none of our business and I am also of the opinion that why should we care as his sexual orientation has no effect on us whatsoever, nor should it effect anyone.
[/quote]Sorry Yolo, missed ur question previously. You are most likely right regarding the confidence of others to stand up and state their sexuality but my feelings are as I stated, why should it matter to anyone else other than immediate family and friends of the person involved. Why society is so engaged by the personal lives let alone sexual preferences of any one