When I was closeted, I would hear the most ridiculous homophobic things…and now it’s totally different. People are more sensitive and more aware of what they’re saying. They’re very, very supportive, and we’ll talk about things like marriage equality. I would be petrified, so scared to bring up a conversation like that with my teammates, but my teammates come to me. We still have the banter and the jokes, and yes, there still are a bunch of naked men taking showers together, but it’s a very different atmosphere. I’ve been naked and had discussions with guys in the shower and them asking me, ‘Is it hard for you to shower with guys?’ I’ve been doing it for so long and…teammates become like brothers.”
— L.A. Galaxy’s Robbie Rogers in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote his new memoir Coming Out to Play
DonW
Class act!
redcarpet30
I’m going to have locker room fantasies for the rest of my life.
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
Yeah Robbie. And so by that I take it you mean to say that you’ve put yourself in a better position to talk shit more openly about black people now then. Typical.
NoCagada
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: Oh, prescious…was this ONE MORE article about YOU???
jonasalden
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: Uh, what? What are you talking about? I didn’t hear him say anything about Black people. Am I missin something?
I'm White and HIV-Negative
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: I think you’re projecting your racism on to other folks.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Straight dudes always love to think that the Gays can’t take their eyes off their peen………
When I was in high school my best friend Jeremey and I were on the wrestling team. He was outed by a bitter ex and in solidarity I came out to the team. Most of the guys had no issues with our being Gay (didn’t hurt we were both county champs :p) Except three guys who went on a rant, and demanded a team meeting to vent and take a vote in whether we should be allowed to remain on the team. The Coach had to go along and we had the meeting……
The meeting began and of course the first question that was posed was why they did not want us on the team. The loudest mouth of the three immediatley spewed how “uncomfortable” they are showering with us naked. Jeremey stood right up and announced to the team “You guys have absolutley nothing to worry about, we only check out the hot guys” :p There then was the most spontanious outburst of supportive laughter you could ever imagine……
Meeting was pretty much over after that…………………
tricky ricky
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: how the hell did you get that from what he said? if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything you obqwafua
tricky ricky
he’s just so damn adorable. that’s probably why one bitter old queen commenting here has such a problem with him.
pscheck2
Good for him! Unfortunately, there are a number of other sport’s figures refusing to come out of their closets, and if we are to believe the gossip columns, they hide behind their ‘beards!’ Did you ever notice the number of hookups that take place in the NFL? If one of these hunks is single and doesn’t seem to have a GF or SO, it doesn’t take long for him to be seen with some hot model, movie actress or other bigger than life celeb, doing the PDA thing and soon after he gets engaged and VOLI! he is married! But I think the time is coming when they will leave the closet and claim their true identity.
Dixie Rect
I see this website continues to shove this borefest down our throats. He must be paying massive PR to this site.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
@Dixie Rect: You do realize this is a site mostly frequented by Gays do you?
And that Robbie seems to pretty much have his thit together, took a brave stand, and is representing the Gays as one of the very few pro athletes who has the balls (both on and off the field) to come out openly while still playing. And the effect on the sport has been a whole lot of nothing!
And that he is a role model for other Gay athletes and especially Gay kids who are involved in sports that live in fear of their being found out??
So very sorry you consider him a “borefest”. Maybe you may want to cyberstroll over to a site dedicated to the Kartrashians????
AshNYC
I have a feeling “i’m black and HIV positive” is neither black nor HIV positive. His statement seems more like some “white devil” foolishness spewed to cause division and turmoil.