A lot of times it's hard to speak up in ice skating you should always speak up to any one especially bullies . you see a lot of skaters get bullied? Well believe me I did to I would be bullied for my weight which made me feel insecure ,people would talk (excuse my French ) shit behind my back by the snobby ice princesses of the rink for my weight ,my disability and the fact I skated very feminine instead of masculine because I was taught by some coaches when I was young that male figure skaters should be macho manly tough skaters as I got older I would be like wrong-o because we're in the new century and I skated more gender fluid I combine masculinity and feminity in my skating
but the worst kind of bullying I got were from jocks especially hockey players when I was practicing they would challenge me to a race and they would get me going straight down the rink but I would catch up at the end of the rink and beat them they would say what the hell you got beaten by a twirly boy and I skated away from them into the sunset ha ha ha .
in High school I would get bullied for being a male figure skater because people thought of me playing football or Wrestling or ice skating because Im a pretty big dude jocks say oh thats mad queer ,mad gay ,I would be called fairy ,f*ggot ,girly boy ,ice princess every name under the sun in high school but I spoke up and fought back with my words I said your in a sweaty locker room full of guys and I'm an ice rink with guys with tight pants and girls in tight pants and short skirts DO THE MATH .
what was sad about it was that I was in the closet in middle school and high school. I started to have guy crushes especially on one of my friends Joe a while we were getting ready for gym class getting in our gym uniforms I saw him with no shirt on and had these same sex attractions which I felt at the time was wrong.
Years later I was in a day hab program and went to a fleet week ship tour and I had these attractions of these really good looking navy male sailors and I spoke up and told my mentor matt gore and I said those male sailors they were good looking guys and i was questioning my sexulaity whether or not I'm gay because I dated a girl to fit within the norm of what I was taught when I was young which was I taught guys should date girls but I told myself it's ok to love whomever I want .
when I got to my freshman year of college I spoke up to my friends and family and closest people and said I'm coming out I'm Gay. some people accepted ,others denied it and one time I stood up to my friends Blake and Ryan m and they pissed me off that day when we were at a party for a friend and Blake said carbs we gotta get you back to liking girls and ryan ganged up with Blake on me saying word son . I got so mad that I spoke up and said this is something cannot change I was born this way. after that I didn't talk to them for a long time but it taught me a good lesson to speak up for myself . remember if u see anyone get discriminated for anything speak up