6’3 figure skater Wesley Campbell is traveling the world & we want to squeeze into his suitcase
sat down with Outsports and told his story.“By the time I was 10 I knew I was attracted to guys,” he said. “I don’t think I was ever exactly in [the closet], and I had this sense of self that was ultimately, if someone didn’t like me, then don’t like me.
And I had to just roll with that. It’s not easy for anyone, but it wasn’t particularly hard for me. When I got to that age to make some choices, it wasn’t scary for me.”Despite stereotypes to the contrary, there aren’t a large number of out male figure skaters competing at the pro level.
But there are more than other sports.Eight out gay male skaters competed at last year’s Winter Olympics, including French gold medalist Guillaume Cizeron, dreamy ice dancer Lewis Gibson and the iconic Eric Radford.
Campbell hung out with Radford this year when he was touring for the show Holiday on Ice.Campbell’s travels involved 137 shows in 29 countries.
