Gay diver Matthew Mitcham urges footballers to be open about sexuality

Dan82 · Sep 1, 2010

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...-about-sexuality/story-e6frf9jf-1225913020004

GAY Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham says AFL footballers should feel safe to come out about their sexuality.

Mitcham is one of few openly gay Olympic athletes, after coming out before the Beijing Olympics, where he won gold on the 10m platform.

Homosexual rights is again a talking point after Jason Akermanis's column on gay footballers and the recent alleged "outing" of AFL players at a Mildura football function.

But Mitcham told the Herald Sun that Akermanis had become irrelevant and he believed the AFL Players' Association's work on anti-homophobia had helped pave the way.

"If their environment allows them to feel comfortable enough to come out, I see absolutely no reason why not," Mitcham said of footballers.

"All the footy codes have been doing so much work to stamp out homophobia in their sports, and I think it's so brilliant and such a proactive thing on their part.

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"It's a part of me that I love and enjoy and I like being known as gay. I see it as something positive, so it's just another positive thing to be known as."

Mitcham was this week named as a Foxtel ambassador for the upcoming Delhi Commonwealth Games after initially struggling to capitalise on his new fame...

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Revan · Sep 1, 2010

Is there a reason the article starts with "GAY" in capitols? :S

Dan82 · Sep 1, 2010

Revan said: ↑

Is there a reason the article starts with "GAY" in capitols? :S
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It seems that newspaper puts the first word of every article in ALL CAPS(See here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/sp...s-needs-scrutiny/story-fn5ko0pw-1225913040289 and here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...inst-collingwood/story-e6frf9jf-1225913022926 ); maybe it’s an Australian thing?

Enaithor · Sep 1, 2010

Dan82 said: ↑

Revan said: ↑

Is there a reason the article starts with "GAY" in capitols? :S
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It seems that newspaper puts the first word of every article in ALL CAPS(See here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/sp...s-needs-scrutiny/story-fn5ko0pw-1225913040289 and here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...inst-collingwood/story-e6frf9jf-1225913022926 ); maybe it’s an Australian thing?
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They do that in the UK too, I'm not sure if all newspapers do it.
Also, I'm not sure if they do it online, but I can't be bothered to check

Revan · Sep 1, 2010

Ah ok just checking lol

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