I don't think you can make an all exclusive statement about any group of people.
Not all white men can't jump
Not all white men can't dance
Not all people of color are not able to swim
Not all asian people are good students
Not all "gay people" as you put it are sports phobic.

purplerein said:

hell, we just had the Gay Games in Chicago this summer. tons of gays playing sports all over the place. do you think they might have been straight people pretending to be gay so they could play soccer in chicago?

Actually, I think it's only half the picture.

Gays as we know excel at things like blowjobs and fashion, but there is actually little or no correlation between those things and whether they'll be athletic.

One only needs to go to a gay nightclub to see that (per capita), the gay community is in far better shape than the straight one, at least when it comes to looks.

I think it has ALOT to do with the fact that in America, they are extremely alienated. They're the last to be picked in team sports, they often get picked on for being "wierd", and thus they are taught relatively early not trust teams of men.

However, for individual sports (running, triathalons, etc.), you will see them in larger numbers.

I'm not sure about lesbians, but I would imagine that being that all our PE teachers were power dykes might have given them more of a support structure.



This isn't exclusive to gays though. Many straights who don't get picked in PE, or were harassed for being wierd or nerdy, end up hating sports.

I won't say I hate sports, as I love hockey games, but I just don't get why people waste time keeping up with sports teams scores, etc. It's a pointless waste of time unless it's your team your paying attention to. One of my neighbors has to know who beat who, and this applies to all sports (baseball, football, hockey, etc.) and to me its a huge waste of time.

how do you feel about the games...do you feel it's a shame that gay atheletes need to compete at their own games...do you feel proud that the games exist...or do you go to pick up sweaty hunks and take them to your sparkling clean bathroom to use your various scented bath products?

purplerein said:

someone at my job was bitching about the gay games over the summer - "i don't understand why they need special sporting events just because they're gay" - and i wanted to slap her.

until gay folks have the luxury of being treated like anyone else by mainstream society, then i think the gay games are a great thing. it's a safe space where people who are athletes (and just so happen to be gay) can play basketball, wrestle, do whatever sports people do, without the stigma of people freaking out about having "the gay dude" on their team. do i think it's a shame the gay games have to exist? sure. but i'm glad it's there for people who are serious about their sport and don't want to hassle with the whole stigma issue.

and i tried once to troll a gay games event this summer, but as soon as i thought i smelled nerf, i started to break out in hives and had to go home.

I was going to ask earlier, in fact: I wonder if not participating in team sports affects the way gay men grow up amongst other men? Whether that only adds to their sense of alienation, perhaps? Perhaps this informs the way they behave later on?

onenitealone said:

interesting question. you know, i think one thing that leaves me cold about sports is that so much of it centers around competition. having grown up an only child, i never really understood or cared about competition. "doing my best" was an abstract concept to me - it meant doing as well as i thought i could do based on my OWN abilities - not based on if i'm "better" or "worse" than someone else. so when i was introduced to sports, my reaction was "who CARES if i can throw a ball in a hoop? i'm sure i can eventually, whatever. i want a spidey comic book."

I wonder how many gay men enjoy their own company, or doing things by themselves, as opposed to in a group dynamic because of this?

"who CARES if i can throw a ball in a hoop? i'm sure i can eventually, whatever. i want a spidey comic book."

Anx said:

Recognition here. We are Universally Gay®, I suppose...

purplerein said:

hell, we just had the Gay Games in Chicago this summer. tons of gays playing sports all over the place. do you think they might have been straight people pretending to be gay so they could play soccer in chicago?

HamsterHuey said:

did you have spidey super stories when you were a kid? the ones with the electric company characters in every issue? that was my favoritest comic book ever when i was a kid.

But I see the gay stereo types forever fading out, and people just being people.
Media seems to be the main culprit in the manipulation of what people view and think of social behaviors. Those conscious of this are the ones who break free from the stereo types and find themselves.

But I see the gay stereo types forever fading out, and people just being people.

What's a Gay?

SpisaRibb said:

i was having a talk with someone considerably younger than me this weekend, and we were talking about the dandy warhols and brian jonestown massacre, and i suggested that the lead singers of both bands were shriekingly gay and probably had a love affair with each other (we were watching the documentary "dig", of course).

his response was just a shrug, then he said "whatever. probably. they'd probably fuck anything. being gay's not the point."

well, shut MY mouth.

SpisaRibb said:

NONONO!

What's a Gay?

I see more and more guys who ALL just look the same to me , gay

Cloudbuster said:

That guy sucking your dick.

HamsterHuey said:

2the9s is a Gay? Oh.

Cloudbuster said:

a non-jewish person

ya know, "here comes those meshuggina gayim, oy vey"

Cloudbuster said:

Only if he swallows, of course. Otherwise he is just like your daddy.

onenitealone said:

a HUGE majority of the gay men i've known in my life have been very social, bordering on co-dependent or needy, and very into being part of a social network or clique. i've met very few gay men who can enjoy solitude and who i'd qualify as self-reliant or independent. i don't think this says anything about an overall cultural characteristic - i think some people are just "pack" people and some people are just loners. introvert vs. extrovert. all that. i had a pretty solitary upbringing, and i never had a problem with that. so i'm a pretty solitary adult as a result. i don't see it as having anything to do with my sexual orientation, really.

SpisaRibb said:

Your father; GAY!
Your brother; GAY!
Your teacher; GAY!

Everybody's GAY!



I'm super, thanks for asking.

i couldn't care less about sports.