Queer Clicks: August 11, 2016 | NBC Sports Has a Gay Problem, Pretty Hurts: The Joy and Heartache of Colton Haynes, & Other News
NBC Sports Has a Gay Problem
“When Australian diver Matthew Mitcham won gold in the 10-meter platform in Beijing, stopping a Chinese sweep of diving gold on the final dive of the sport’s final event, NBC Sports, the perennial broadcaster in the United States of the Olympic Games, failed to mention Mitcham’s partner in the stands despite highlighting the partners of other straight athletes. Even worse, the network failed to mention that Mitcham was the only publicly out gay-male athlete at the Games.” Out Sports
Pretty Hurts: The Joy and Heartache of Colton Haynes
“Haynes may be one of the most popular users in the world of digital photo-sharing (his Instagram following was 4.8 million at press time), but what he truly loves to collect and showcase are tangible, printed photos, which line the walls of his home. Some larger shots are professional prints from Haynes’s early modeling days, when he was photographed by the likes of Bruce Weber and Paul Jasmin.” Out.com
Tonga Flag Bearer Pita Taufatofua Shows You How to Oil Up Like an Olympian
“Pita Taufatofua, the Tongan flag bearer who broke the internet during the Olympic opening ceremonies on Friday when he entered the arena shirtless and greased up, is showing you how to get oiled up like an Olympian.
Taufatofua showed the Today show’s Alex Ficquette, known as ‘Alex on the Plaza’, how to apply coconut oil to show off your hard body.” Towleroad
Jamie Dornan Wants To See More Male Nudity in Hollywood
“Jamie Dornan has criticised Hollywood’s double standards when it comes to female versus male nudity in film, saying it’s “unfair” to disproportionately view women as sex objects.
The Fifty Shades of Grey actor discussed the issue in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, and said he could “understand why women have an issue with that”” Winq
From Rio: Greg Louganis on the Closet and His Wheaties Box
“Greg Louganis is one of the most celebrated athletes in the world, winning four gold medals for America at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Games (he also took home a silver in 1976). After testing HIV-positive in the late ’80s, Louganis came out and quickly segued to LGBT advocate.” Advocate
