Matthew Mitcham Australia instagram boy STARS Gay Love Inside band Matthew Mitcham Australia

SAS star Matthew Mitcham reveals he tried to “train” himself “out of being gay”

Reading now: 756
www.gaytimes.co.uk

Olympian Matthew Mitcham has left fans heartbroken after revealing his personal turmoil in coming to terms with his sexuality in the latest SAS Australia episode.

On Tuesday (17 October), Matthew was subject to a routine interrogation from the staff that led him to reveal that as a child he tried to “train” himself not to be gay.

He explained that from the age of five he knew that he was gay, but struggled with layers of internalised homophobia. “I kinda knew from (the age of) five that I liked boys.

Through primary school and religion, that’s when shame started getting put on to it,” he revealed. “And so then I put a rubber band around my wrist – because I knew that being gay was such a bad thing – I put a rubber band around my wrist and every time I had a gay thought I’d snap the rubber band against my wrist to try associate pain with it to try and train myself out of being gay.” Later in the interview Matthew continued to speak about his journey with self harm: “I just didn’t feel good enough.

Read more on gaytimes.co.uk
The website meaws.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

16.11 / 19:09
tv Entertainment Scandal LGBTQ+ history trailer park Royal Blue Duke WATCH: Nicholas Galitzine is a scheming duke in new miniseries based on one of history’s juiciest gay scandals
Red, White & Royal Blue, Nicholas Galitzine is set to play another gay royal—only this one’s even juicer!Headed to Starz in 2024 is the miniseries Mary & George, a historical drama based on the real gay scandal that shocked an empire.Galitzine stars as George Villiers, the charming 1st Duke of Buckingham, with the great Julianne Moore as his conniving mother, The Countess Mary Villiers. Though she came from humble beginnings, Mary was infamously power hungry, and would stop at nothing to climb the ranks of the monarchy: bribery, collusion, marrying solely for political gain.
DMCA