The reason Speedos are stigmatised

[Byron]

saw THREE together at mine - nearly fainted but sighting never repeated.
Each with two triangles and a bandage, make-up and painted nails etc. and
no swimcap would be big enough to contain the hair.
All posing of course - sitting on pool ledge and at most getting wet to the ankles.

[Byron]

I quote here exact descriptions from same supplier on the
same webpage:

This is a mens Hologram sheer swimwear bikini:
http://cdn.hotfrog.com/companies/Buf...4530_image.JPG
Crazy to describe as bikini - I would say square cut speedo


This is a Mens Print Insert Bikini Swimwear:
http://cdn.hotfrog.com/companies/Buf...4536_image.JPG
I would say brief speedo but this is the limit of brevity for
me to use the term

[Byron]

The difficulties rarely understood:
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/who...713-zt63t.html

To answer post#71 I feel this is well worth reading and
sports commentators and invited "pundits" would be first in my firing line (for pundit read guy with loud mouth pushed in to fill broadcast time but so inarticulate that the mute button is best pressed for the duration).

Just two celebrity examples: Ian Thorpe saying no in his autobiography of two years ago but yes in
his tv interview yesterday. Tom Daley saying bi on YouTube this year but now seems happy to say fully gay.

[Dooley67]

I have been swimming at my local Y for about 6 weeks just about every day. Today while I was doing my laps there were 5 people in the pool, all men. Of the 5 of us, 2 were wearing briefs; me - a 1.5" Nike water polo brief, the other guy about my age was wearing what looked like a 3" Speedo; 2 were wearing square cuts, and one was wearing a boxer style trunk. This is the first time that briefs and square cuts were the predominant style. So things might be changing in the direction we have been talking about.

Earlier in the week, in the locker room I was changing into one of my Turbo suits after working out, having a conversation with a couple of guys I've talked with before. No dirty looks, no raised eyebrows; I was just a guy getting ready to swim. The same thing happened in the sauna, just ordinary conversation with no grimaces or negative comments. Both STS and I have said that people in Maine are very accepting and non judgmental which probably accounts for getting no negative reactions, but the kind of suits worn today in the pool is very promising. I hope it continues.

D67

[Byron]

For those who can bear to read this crap from ChristWire the speedo comes up in item13:
http://www.ryanseacrest.com/2010/08/...and-may-be-gay

[50 Free]

Relax, Byron, Christwire is a spoof, a satire like the Onion or the Duffel Blog. You're supposed to laugh at it.

[knikon]

Asinine article... I know fab gay guys, goth gay guys, and hardcore welder gay guys... Some straight guys are effimate and some gay guys are hardcore masculine.

In other news (I heard this on KFI the #1 Talk/News radio in the LA area) Speedos are a bit more acceptable. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/201...ity-2014-07-14

[Bede735]

Phew! I only wear a Speedo at the pool. I must be straight!