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Olympic gold medalist shows his true colors

Started by Shana A, August 10, 2010, 08:19:04 AM

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Shana A

August 10, 2010, 08:19:04 AM
Olympic gold medalist shows his true colors
Posted on August 7, 2010 by gender test THIS

http://gendertestthis.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/olympic-gold-medalist-shows-his-true-colors/

One huge misconception about men's figure skating is that the presence of out queer men in the sport means the sport isn't homophobic.  Quite the contrary – the competitors, the commentators, the officials, and the fans of the sport are often quite blatantly homophobic, as well as blatantly transphobic and misogynistic.  Three-time US Champion and world bronze medalist Johnny Weir has frequently been the target of this homophobia, transphobia, and gender scrutiny, perhaps most memorably when two French-Canadian radio hosts called for him to take a gender test because his gender presentation blows their narrow, hateful minds.

Sadly, it's not just commentators who are this ignorant and awful.  One of Weir's competitors, 2010 Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek, just jumped on the "gender test" bandwagon.  A fan asked him on Twitter:
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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