Triathlete tells gay sports site: remove my photo!!!
Sebastien Gacond has just found a way to have his photo plastered on gay blogs and other websites all over.
The above picture, which I found posted on Queerty.com, of the Swiss triathlete was posted on the sportcentric Outsports.com and he was not pleased. He wrote a note to the site which read: "I’ve just found a picture of me and my name mentioned on your website. I ask you to remove my name and this picture straight away from this website."
Outsports asked Gacond if he objected to the site’s gay slant and he said this: "Yes I would like to remove it because it’s a gay website. I’ve got absolutely nothing against gay people and the gay community but I don’t want my name and image to be link there as I’m not gay … I’ve got a girlfriend! Thank you for your understanding."
According to Outsports, this is the first athlete in six years to request that his image be removed.
The photo, taken at a public event, remains. And now it's on Queerty, and Out In Hollywood, and on and on. Gee, just imagine if tennis stars Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or Andy Roddick decided to cause a stink because of all the pictures of them on this site and my Deuce! blog?
Sheesh Gacond, don't you know how to take a compliment?
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It's hilarious, because I'd never heard of this guy, and even if I'd seen him on the OutSports website, I wouldn't have assumed he was gay unless it explicitly said so in a caption below. The only thing that could make me start to wonder about his sexuality is him making such a big deal about being on the site!