thenostalgicaesthetic:Newsflash, Everyone: Tom Daley Isn’t GayHe’s bisexual. And yes, it
thenostalgicaesthetic:Newsflash, Everyone: Tom Daley Isn’t GayHe’s bisexual. And yes, it does make a big difference.Tom explicitly says in the video that he still “fancies girls,” and he never uses the word “gay,” “homosexual,” or any other synonymous word to describe his sexuality.The fact that media outlets immediately jump to the conclusion that he’s gay not only contributes to the issue of bisexual erasure, it also misrepresents what Tom Daley said, which was exactly what he wanted to avoid by making the YouTube video in the first place.So get your facts straight everyone. Tom made an incredibly courageous decision in coming out and he deserves our support and respect.update on this: I’ve read/recognized since posting this that he never attributed any label to his sexuality. so mea culpa for not fact-checking first and just reblogging. the most we can derive from his statements is that he is non-monosexual and I apologize for hopping on the bandwagon of attributing sexualities to people which they have not defined themselves as. so whatever Tom Daley chooses to identify as, he did a brave thing and that is awesome - but we shouldn’t get too far ahead of ourselves. clearly there is erasure here, but I feel more comfortable now labelling it as non-monosexual erasure rather than specifically bisexual erasure. -- source link
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