Young gay swimmers

I was already bullied and became scared of my differences, to the point that I didn't want to think about them. I was ashamed and would have given anything to be 'normal'. Now, I'd love the chance to go back and say: 'Embrace it. Have the confidence to be yourself and don't hide anything.

Out & Active Champions: Christopher Preston from Out To Swim

By , US celebrity endorsements amounted to over a billion dollars. Such investments are predicated on the assumption that audiences imagine they can magically transfer star qualities onto themselves by purchasing commodities associated with their idols, from shoes to supplements.

Dan Jervis on Pride Month and his Wales and GB pride

But whatever happens at the brand-new Sandwell Aquatics Centre in late July and early August, the Swansea University man - who swam the third-quickest time in his life in the World Championship m Freestyle final last week - knows that he will have no regrets when he touches the wall.

I was sixty-one when I joined Out to Swim in We had a key to the town outdoor pool and trained before school — only in the summer — doing kicking and pull, but mostly just swimming up and down. Our parents organised a swimming coach to sort out our style and technique and he also taught us butterfly — unheard of in our part of the world.