According to OutSports.com, of the 10,708 athletes at the Olympics this year, just 10 have identified themselves publicly as being gay. Of the 10, Australian diver Matthew Mitcham is the only male gay athlete.
Yesterday, Mitcham won the gold in the in the 10m platform diving event, scoring an upset over the Chinese team, which was heavily favored to win. But as Maggie Hendricks at Yahoo’s Olympics blog notes, NBC never mentioned Mitcham’s orientation:NBC did not mention Mitcham’s orientation, nor did they show his family and partner who were in the stands. NBC has made athletes’ significant others a part of the coverage in the past, choosing to spotlight track athlete Sanya Richards’ fiancee, a love triangle between French and Italian swimmers and Kerri Walsh’s wedding ring debacle.
That's right, because we all know the most important aspect of Matthew Mitcham's life at that moment was not that he was a gold medal winning Olympic athlete but that he was gay.
And now it's "censorship" that an American TV network, NBC, didn't have a "Oh, Look at the Homosexual Diver" segment ready about an Australian athlete no one expected to win.
It's all just too stupid.
What the hell was NBC supposed to do?
Announcer #1: Well, that was a very flamboyant dive the Australian performed there.
Announcer #2: It's funny you should say that because he is gay you know.
*sigh*
Of course we already know NBC is notoriously homophobic.
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