Ian Thorpe is gay

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Ouch. Whiplash:

>>>In his 2012 autobiography, This Is Me, Thorpe wrote: “For the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I’m attracted to women, I love children and aspire to have a family one day … I know what it’s like to grow up and be told what your sexuality is, then realising that it’s not the full reality. I was accused of being gay before I knew who I was.”>>>>

That he found himself in a situation where he felt to had to write the above is a measure of how far we have yet to go *socially*.

"A lonely place to be"... in the words of the old Whitney Houston tune.

Yes... legal barriers are falling left and right ; but that's not the same thing as "acceptance".