This past Monday, Olympic pole vaulter and World Champion Shawn Barber came out as gay.
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In a Facebook announcement, Shawn Barber wrote:
“Gay and proud! Thank you to my parents for being such a great support. I continue to grow as a person and have a great support group. My parents are my greatest support and have helped me through a lot recently. To my friends, you are always my friends and I love you too!”
Barber’s announcement was greeted by hundreds of positive comments thanking the Olympian for being true to himself.
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You’ve officially got a new fan, Shawn!
I’m so happy for you. Now you can be yourself without hiding anything. Way to go!
Free and Fabulous!
Congratulations Shawn. We are more proud of you than ever!
CONGRATS Shawn! Be very PROUD! You are one amazing man!
Yeah Shawn,your courage will help many young Queer people deal with an emotional and often difficult issue,good on you man.
Truly inspirational, Mr. Barber — thank you!
Among millions of other incredible men, Canada has Shawn Barber and Justin Trudeau — what a great country!
apparently, he was banned for drugs, but upon appeal was cleared- VERY Strange story- he said he was with a couple, having sex with the woman while her bf watched- she had been using cocaine and a small trace got in his system…I wonder if he was really with the bf and she watched- or it was a 3 way…..
Shawn is the man!!!! The other guy mentioned by truzo lives in a world of his own.. election of a man or woman to replace justin can’t cum soon enough.,
OMG : Trudeau is a great change from the miserable and arrogant Harper.
The latest news is that Kevin O’Leary dropped out of the leadership race because he wouldn’t be able to beat Trudeau in 2019.
Doubt if any one else -man or woman can!!!
Congratulations Shawn for being yourself. Wish we all could.
Well, I think we all CAN be open and honest about being gay – and in fact it’s our duty to do so. So many brave men and women have suffered imprisonment and in some cases died in their struggle to get our Western countries to grow-up and accept that being gay is not a ‘lifestyle choice’ but is simply the way our genetic inheritance has made us. Because of their struggles we’re all now living in the most wonderful time ever to be ‘differently normal’ and, until Isis rules the world, it can only get better.
I applaud him for being in the public eye and coming out as gay. If someone like him can come to terms with, and disclose openly, his sexual orientation then it should be no problem for any of you to be true to yourselves and acknowledge your true sexual identities.
Good for Shawn.
What a Sexy Young Ginger Man, I’d love to have him in my bed anytime, for what ever he wanted to do, yummmmmmmmmmm