Oh give it a REST.
Narcissist comes out as first openly self-involved twerp shock-surprise.
American figure skater Timothy LeDuc is set to become the first openly non-binary athlete to compete at an Olympic Winter Games.
They might as well say he’s the first openly breathing athlete to compete at an Olympic Winter Games. He’s the first openly two legs-having athlete to compete at an Olympic Winter Games. He’s the first openly anthropoid ape athlete to compete at an Olympic Winter Games.
Unfortunately he’s not the first person or athlete to seek extra attention by claiming to be the first ever something or other, even if the something or other is of absolutely no consequence or interest to anyone at all.
“My hope is that when people see my story, it isn’t focused on me and saying, ‘Oh, Timothy is the first out non-binary person to achieve this level of success in sport,’” LeDuc said during a news conference Saturday, according to NBC Sports.
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha no it isn’t. That isn’t his hope. His hope is the opposite of that. He’s non-binary-publicity-seeking.
“My hope is that the narrative shifts more to, queer people can be open and successful in sports. We’ve always been here, we’ve always been a part of sports. We just haven’t always been able to be open.”
If he means lesbian and gay that’s true; if he means “non-binary” it’s just hot air-attention seeking.
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7 responses to “First openly open”
Just a question that bugged me reading the story. Perhaps someone conversant in NB-speak can clarify: How can an enby also be gay?
If he’s neither male nor female, how can he be same-sex attracted?
I think the answer is “because enby doesn’t mean anything therefore it can mean everything.”
“The ISU also states that a pairs team must consist of ‘one Lady and one Man’.” So how is an enby eligible?
One lady and one man. Yeah.
Michael,
I’m afraid Ophelia’s answer is both correct and complete: there really is no non-glib answer.
iknklast,
I think those rules were written in the 19th Century. I found a PDF of some updated rules at the ISU’s website where they refer to “one woman and one man”. So a bit of progress since then.
First openly INFJ athlete to compete at an Olympic Winter Games.
“I hope the narrative shifts more to, people with rare Myers-Briggs™️ Personality Types can be open and successful in sports.”