TOM DALEY IS GAY

[Chris]

I imagine it must have been an incredibly hard thing to do so good on him!

[Futz]

tom daley being straight would be news to me

[ARTPOP]

another celeb pulling a massive stunt! i find it great! since all the attention he was getting about the olympics is over.. it might just so increase his calendar sales! smart move

[sex]

another celeb pulling a massive stunt! i find it great! since all the attention he was getting about the olympics is over.. it might just so increase his calendar sales! smart move

what to appearances in gay bars :s hardly
not everyone does stuff for attention unlike SOME people

[MKR&*42]

Or maybe he just came out to take the weight off his mind and not actually for attention? :L

[xxMATTGxx]

Or maybe he just came out to take the weight off his mind and not actually for attention? :L

And to do it before the newspapers and other media outlets see him with his partner and post a load of crap? Well done to him though.

[Yawn]

:rolleyes:
because the attention he will get from this was worth disappointing some of his family
because it didnt take a lot of guts and courage for him to not only come out to his family but the whole world

[Jurv]

i hate how something like this is made a big deal out of, it's so irrelevant

[Yawn]

and i agree cameron its pretty sad that some1s sexuality makes headline news

idk y but it just seems a bit weird......it's not something that should matter that much
its stupid that im saying this cos i ran into the thread but still

[GommeInc]

but he made a utube video.. he didnt sell the story

he specifically said he didnt want to do a magazine deal or interview in his video :S

Never said I did :/


Anyway,
I can't believe this is in the news, I thought it was just gossip but it's actually hit the mainstream news :/ I can see why a lot of gay men are saying that sexual inequality is still rife as ever, referencing when Elton John came out. He's bisexual/gay, sexuality ought not to mean anything these days but it still seems to mean a lot.

Quite a lot of educated individuals (professors in sexual equality being one type) are saying it's a load of rubbish that it's a step in the right direction. They're trouncing the rumours that it will make teenagers feel more comfortable with themselves. If anything, it's adding extra pressure because they will not get the same amount of support as Tom Daley. He's had the rainbow parade pretty much waiting for this moment in similar fashion to waiting for the white smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel confirming his sexuality, while uninterested people are finding this as fascinating as finding out the Pope is catholic.

and i agree cameron its pretty sad that some1s sexuality makes headline news

idk y but it just seems a bit weird......it's not something that should matter that much
its stupid that im saying this cos i ran into the thread but still

Agreed, it is very weird. Someone's sexuality shouldn't be that interesting. It seems kind of offensive and backwards.

another celeb pulling a massive stunt! i find it great! since all the attention he was getting about the olympics is over.. it might just so increase his calendar sales! smart move

That's strangely one of the rumours. He was pretty much in hiding since the Olympics only appearing every now and again. It does seem as though he only did it now instead of earlier because of this sudden silence and lack of interest in his life That said, given how there was a lot of interest in Russia's "hate the gays" legislation recently, it does seem like it could be the right time. Depends how you want to look at it.