Queer, there and everywhere

摘要

PROPPED UP BY his Union flag pillows, Tom Daley was at last ready to unburden himself. As the camera wobbled about, the then 19-year-old British diver-who the year before had won a bronze medal at the Olympics in London-told his fans he was ready to talk about his private life, though his darting eyes seemed to belie that assertion. After two minutes of build-up, he got to the point. "Come spring this year my life changed-massively-when I met someone and it made me feel so happy, so safe," he confided. "And everything just feels great, and well that someone"-long pause, looking everywhere but at the camera-"is a guy." He told that camera in his bedroom, and YouTube told everyone else. There were some nasty comments, but thousands of strangers chipped in to offer congratulations, support and, sometimes, slightly odd queries. "Is it just me or are all of the gay guys really handsome and attractive?" one viewer wondered. Six years on, the video has been viewed more than 12m times. Mr Daley is now married to that "guy", Dus-tin Lance Black, a screenwriter. They have a two-year-old son, Robbie.