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Everyone was supportive and later on in the year two of my other teammates ended up coming out as well. I started by telling my small group of close swim friends and then let the word spread to the rest of the team. As much as I tried to hide my boyfriend during freshman year from my teammates, it was inevitable they were going to find out. My freshman year of college at Villanova, I told myself, “it's four years, just fake it” because now that I was a Division I swimmer I really thought I couldn’t be out. I was afraid of telling my teammates that I was gay because I feared they would look at me differently or my guy friends would distance themselves.
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At the same time swim practice meant lying to my coach and teammates - the people I called my family. I would consistently use training as an excuse to not date. I dated a few girls, but never anything too serious. Swimming was my outlet, my distraction and my excuse. On top of everything else I was a competitive swimmer, a sport known for being “more gay” because my uniform was a tiny piece of fabric just large enough to cover “my stuff” and I went to a private, Catholic high school. High school was four years of confusion, depression, anxiety and all other emotions you feel when you’re hiding who you are every day. I was always good at hiding my emotions and pushing my feelings deep inside, so I had no problem hiding that I was gay until high school. A difference that was hard to comprehend because I grew up being taught that men were essentially programmed to marry women and that is how the world works. I always knew there was something different about me from my friends. Growing up in Trabuco Canyon, in Orange County, Calif., going to church on Sunday and having chapel twice a week at my elementary and middle school definitely was a challenge. He went there hoping to swim, but an injury cut short his career.īefore we tell you the story of how two gay swimmers helped each other come out, we want to share some background about each of us. Josh Velasquez attends the University of Arizona. We wanted to share our stories.Īxel Reed, will graduate this spring from Chapman University in Orange County, Calif., where he was a swimmer. We don’t know where each of us would be without the other. We came out to each other via text, and our bond and friendship has only grown. In either case, the person who made the video won’t be known.We’re two swimmers and best friends, both in college, who happen to be gay. Up until now, the video has been trending on Twitter and Google, two places where things don’t usually trend. The person who uploaded the video and the boys who are in it are still unknown. These kinds of movies are popular online because they are leaked there, and it’s likely that this is what the creators wanted. In these videos, you can see certain men doing personal things like se*x. Online, people can find and share videos of gay men in Kisii. Getting people’s attention online is hard, but express content is surprisingly good at getting people’s attention. Because of this, it’s likely that this video has been shared and thought about a lot. There are many live links that let you watch the video for free. The person who put the video online didn’t put any restrictions on it, and the platforms shouldn’t put restrictions on it either. They may have gotten such a good reputation for their online content because there are no rules about what can be posted and because they keep posting movies. There’s no doubt that this video has been shared online. Gay men take pictures of each other kissing and sharing when they are alone.