Gay figure skating

Jason Brown On Coming Out: One Year Later

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There are extremely powerful people in this sport that are homophobic. Because femininity in men is coded as gay, and because figure skating is coded as feminine, there is an automatic assumption by society at large and even fans of this sport that basically all the men in FS are gay.

The Culture of Heteronormativity in Figure Skating

In his autobiography, he discussed his relationship with Olympic Silver Medallist Ronnie Robertson. A memoir penned by Gordon Crosland recounted a liaison between the two skaters. In , writer Kenneth Caldwell recalled his time working for Rodriguez and his partner Harry.