Olympic rower Robbie Manson comes out as gay

[theHandpuppet]

Very nice article.

OutSports
Olympic rower Robbie Manson comes out as gay
By Robbie Manson on Nov 4 2014

Two and a half years ago I made the scariest decision of my life: to come out.

I feel like there has always been a confident, outgoing side of me dying to come out. But from an early age I realized that I was different from most other guys. I desperately tried to hide that "different" side of myself. In doing so I inadvertently became very quiet and shy, shutting myself off and avoiding attention for fear that someone might discover my deepest, darkest secret: I'm gay.

When I was younger I might have gotten the odd "you're gay" or "are you gay?" comment, which to a degree made me shut myself off even more. But they were few and far between. I was far from flamboyant so found it quite easy to hide who I really was. Don't get me wrong, at home I was happy, confident, bossy...and very competitive.

But at school I was the complete opposite, even getting hassled a bit for being too quiet and not talking very much....

MORE at http://www.outsports.com/2014/11/4/7153765/robbie-manson-gay-olympic-rower-new-zealand

[theHandpuppet]

1. There's a very nice photo of him at the bottom of the page

just wanted to make sure you didn't miss it, which I did the first time I read through the article.