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Posted by Leo Parr on August 7, 2008 in Olympics.

Source:
http://www.gaysportsblog.com/2008/08/ol ... ttoos.html
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Looking at the images of the training sessions at the Beijing Water Cube I started to notice how many swimmers and divers were sporting Olympic tattoos, like Eamon Sullivan of Australia (above). After a little more digging I found a few other inked Olympians.

If you know any I missed please let me know!

[web]http://www.gaysportsblog.com/2008/08/olympic-tattoos.html[/web]

From gay.com - source: http://www.gaysportsblog.com/2008/08/po ... d-nbc.html

Check out the link above to see some very interesting reader comments.
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NBC president Gary Zenkel just sent an apology to gay and lesbian viewers for not covering gold medal-winning out diver Matthew Mitcham's sexual orientation and back story -- responding to an angry AfterElton.com piece on the disappointment of gay and lesbian viewers.

But what we saw on Gay.com was a slightly different story: The comments we got after covering Fox Sports' deletion of all reference to Mitcham's orientation ranged from outrage at Fox for homophobia -- to annoyance at us for making an issue out of something that has nothing at all to do with sports.

So we want to know once and for all what gay people think: How should the media cover LGBT athletes?

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Posted by: Kendall Binder | August 27, 2008 at 06:22 PM
The coverage of gay athletes can go either way. If a straight athlete's sexuality is not spoken of; then why should a gay athlete's sexuality matter? Well, with the opression and stigmatation of being gay in this country and other countries; it is important for athlete's who are gay to be noted in that sense. It shows the people around us in a straight world that gay culture consists in the sports world, the business world, and etc. It shows that gay people of all types aren't just over-sexed, opressed, depressed, and party-goers (which is how we have been portrayed in the media in the past).

Posted by: ryder13 | August 27, 2008 at 06:27 PM
I would agree about it not being part of the story if it weren't for the fact that we hear -- even if just in passing -- about the boyfriends/girlfriends/wives/husbands/children of the straight athletes. So, either do it even-handedly, or don't do it at all.

Posted by: william st john | August 27, 2008 at 06:35 PM
Oh Please Mary, Like you could not tell he is a big sissy with him crying and his nellie walk?

Posted by: five_seven | August 27, 2008 at 06:40 PM
I agree with Ryder13 and that's my issue with it. Whether or not Matt is gay isn't the primary issue. What is the issue for me is the unequal treatment of gay and straight athletes. We all heard mention of US and other athletes family, friends, and significant others in discussion about them. But absolutely none about Matt's. Either do it equally or not at all. Gay athletes are not second class citizens. They deserve the same treatment as straight athletes.