- Apr 9, 2010
- 170
- 34
I completely hear you and I got called all types of names growing up but it was more from other schools students my high school was extremely supportive of me and I was Mr. Easley High School (Easley South Carolina) I was one of the only male cheerleaders back then in the State of South Carolina (1995-1999) I wouldn't change any of it for the world it made me a strong person then and a stronger person now. I have a ton of straight male friends that are not in cheerleading and I take time to educate those who no not what they speak, sometimes i'll get stuff like "where are your pom poms?" I'm like male cheerleaders don't use pom poms. I was talking to one of my friends who is in the Army on a base in Europe and he told me they call him "The Cheerleader" and his sergeant asked him if your a cheerleader where are your pom poms? Absolutely disrespectful, luckily my friend took out time to educate him. This is a major form of bullying and as we saw a few months ago things like this can have a damaging (sometimes deadly) outcome on the advancement of an individual. Not every male in cheerleading is gay nor are they all straight but that does not make what we do no less than what other sports do. Good Post Raymond 1 million shimmy's
So people post random threads to vent about all kinds of things in the All Star world.
Well I started this to be one huge venting thread.
I'm going to start off with saying how incredibly irritating it is when a non-cheerleader guy tells me how "gay" it is that I'm in competitive cheerleading. It doesn't matter what sport they play, it always involves them showering, playing, being together with a bunch of guys. And yet my sport allows me to be surrounded by some of the most gorgeous, mostly intelligent ^_^, outgoing girls/women. Who change in front of us, we hang out with them all day, etc. I'm trying not to sound like a pervert here because I do have a girlfriend who is on one of the teams I cheer with. But really, why do these guys think I'm the "gay" one? Especially when the few gay guys on my team could out perform almost every single one of those guys on other sports. UGH! Venting completed.
Feel free to post what you want to vent about in the All Star world.