Tag: cheerleading
Todrick Hall recounts his time as an openly gay high school cheerleader
Todrick Hall is all about the “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels” now, but there was a time when he felt a bit nervous to subvert gender norms. In high school, for example, he felt trepidation as a male teen on the cheerleading squad.
On Access, the 34-year-old reflected on his journey so far as he discussed his new EP, Haus Party, Pt. 1, and his collaboration with Taylor Swift on her “You Need to Calm Down” music video:
“Today I was talking...
Gay footballer turned cheerleader: ‘Being openly gay in North Carolina comes with struggles’
'There is still a lot of work to be done'
Harrison Wilkerson grew up in North Carolina and loved competitive gymnastics.
He started playing soccer and football as a kid but said he never lost his passion for cheerleading.
Wilkerson told GSN: ‘I was always interested in the tumbling and stunting aspects of cheering but never had the opportunity to pursue these interests further until college.’
When he got to high school, he made the football team as a kicker. But he says...
Cheerleading team helped gay student get through suicide of high school boyfriend
'I felt like I was never going to stop crying, never going to be happy'
Jacob Jean was just weeks away from high school graduation when his boyfriend Zack killed himself.
He found out about it while sitting in class and all eyes were on him when a fellow student announced the news.
‘… Disbelief, fear, and shock began to flash through my body. This moment felt like forever,’ Jean writes in an column for Outsports.
He spent the summer before college crying...
