Gay ian thorpe

Thorpe, who had long denied that he was gay, told British talk show host Michael Parkinson in an interview broadcast on Australia's Channel 10 that he just recently realized the truth about himself. For years, Thorpe took great pains to hide his sexuality. In his autobiography, This Is Me , Thorpe wrote, "For the record, I am not gay and all of my sexual experiences have been straight.

Ian Thorpe thanks fans for support

Taylor apologised, but openly gay Australian Rules footballer Jason Ball told ABC radio that homophobic language has been harmful to him personally. This has no doubt been a source of struggle for Ian Thorpe over many years and I think that his battle with depression and anxiety are possibly linked.

The false start we gave Ian Thorpe

There was no form of legal coupling for same-sex attracted people in , a situation which has not altered in NSW, or anywhere in Australia, to the present day. But the most dangerous destination Thorpe travelled to in his 16th year was Malaysia, where he won four gold medals at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, but risked deportation, prison terms, fines and public whippings if he had acted on his same-sex attraction whilst in that Muslim country.

I couldn't, I didn't feel as though I could. In February, Thorpe's management denied reports he was in rehab for depression and alcohol abuse after he was reportedly found "dazed and disorientated" in Sydney, Australia. The athlete was taken to hospital after a boy called police to say a man was attempting to break into his family's van, according to Channel Nine.