Olympic Speed Skater Blake Skjellerup Picked the Wrong Month to Come Out
Speed skater Blake Skjellerup, of New Zealand, comes out in a DNA interview this month, where he says at the Vancouver Olympics (where he made it only to the quarterfinals) he had no problem walking around hand-in-hand with his boyfriend. Pardon the world if they’re too busy with something else to pay much mind.
More famous gay people have come out in the last six months than ever before. Chely Wright, Ricky Martin, Sean Hayes, Gareth Thomas, Donal Og Cusack, The Amazing Randy, Dominik Dunne and now Blake Skjellerup have all come out recently. I couldn’t be happier for all of them.
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I don’t know how to rate this story. If rating Blake Skjellerup, his coming out and holding hands with his bf at the Vancouver Olympics, I’d give it a definite ‘More Please’. But if rating the dismissive editorial spin queerty put on this story it would be a ‘Fail’.
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Your assumption Queerty, would be that people come out publicly for publicity reasons.
How dreadfully cynical.
Sometimes people come out because its part of their journey, not part of their dull Country & Western I-tunes release strategy.
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I just have to say it, I’d love to’ve been that iceskate he’s holding-I’m sure that’s why Q picked that picture, then again I could only find one good other pic of him on google lol glad they picked this one ;)
Very attractive guy, and no doubt a dedicated athlete.
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Total kutie! Glad he found something less dangerous to put in his mouth!! :-p