Another major UK sports figure has come out adding the the demolition of the stereotype fanned by the professional Christian set and others that gays are not athletic and/or are feminine in their demeanor. This time, the sports star coming out is former world champion cyclist Graeme Obree (pictured at left). I identify with Obree because he stayed in the closet for many years because he had been brainwashed as I had been to think that "Being homosexual was so unthinkable that you just wouldn't be gay." Like myself, he was in therapy for years and attempted suicide before finding a reconciliation with who he is. I hope that he can now continue to find a peace and self-acceptance as I have been ultimately been able to do. I also hope that as more figures like Obree come out, it will ease the path for following generations. It continues to enrage me that individuals are taught to hold self-hate just so that the psychologically disturbed Christianists and the whore like professional Christian set can feel good about themselves. Here are some highlights from the Advocate on this story:*
Former world champion cyclist Graeme Obree says that after attempts to commit suicide and years of therapy, he is finally comfortable being an out gay man. Obree was raised during a time when it seemed better to be "dead than gay," so he suppressed his feelings, he told The Scottish Sun.
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"I was brought up by a war generation," he said. "They grew up when gay people were put in jail. Being homosexual was so unthinkable that you just wouldn't be gay. I'd no inkling about anything, I just closed down."
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In 2005, Obree began to go to a psychologist who helped him realize he had been suppressing his emotions for years. He eventually came out to his family, including his wife.
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I wish Obree well and hope that he finds the peace that so long eluded him.
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