Gay locker room sex
Homosexuality is openly all around us now. We see it in television entertainment, in restaurants, at PTA meetings, and even in the Sunday wedding section of the paper. When Michael Sam came out as gay in February the reaction of some of his college team mates was a good natured, "As if we didn't know.
Are Gay Guys Checking You Out in the Locker Room?
As the first active member of one of the major sports leagues to come out as gay, NBA player Jason Collins's announcement yesterday has generated praise from gay-rights supporters. Predictably, it has also prompted dire warnings about gays in the locker room from homophobes like the Family Research Council's Brian Fischer:.
Being gay in the locker room — and beyond
But I quickly realized that I was being unfair —— the locker room belongs to everyone with a gym membership, after all. My discomfort with the kiss derived from a latent unease with the idea of men loving men. The locker room was the last frontier of my homophobia. In the end, there will be a revised definition of masculinity that is both broader than the old one and truer to what manhood really is.