Unlike some others, I found Chen’s apology a step in the right direction, but he now needs to do more. If “homosexuals” dominate the sport, why were there only three publicly out LGBTQ men and zero women skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics? We know why - fear of having their careers derailed. What bothered me from the start was that he wasted no time assuring his interviewers that he was straight, while his contention that skating is a “homosexual-dominated sport” is both insulting and wrong. I’m inspired by your drive to make the world a better place.”Ĭhen’s podcast remarks were ignorant, tone-deaf, homophobic and sexist and he deserved the hammering he took from skating fans on Twitter. To those who reached out and spoken up, thank you for your honesty and accountability.
At the end of the day I love skating and all the people in it and I’m committed to growing myself so that I can be a more deserving member of the figure skating community. “This was my chance to build toward more inclusivity in the sport and I messed it up. But instead of saying something meaningful I blurted out statements that aren’t even true, used language that’s harmful to the LGBTQIA+ community and to women and minorities and centered the response around myself. And the beauty in that is that there is room for individual expression and that’s something that should be celebrated. “Skating is an art form as much as it is a sport. In that moment I had the opportunity to shut down the perception that there is such a thing as a masculine or feminine sport and to shed light that these perceptions have created an environment that make it unsafe, stigmatizing and even career-ending for athletes to come out. “I gave an ignorant response to the question and I want to apologize for that. “I recently did an interview where I was asked if people ever ask me why I don’t play hockey because of the connotation that skating is quote-unquote feminine and hockey is quote-unquote masculine. I appreciate your honesty and accountability, and I owe you an apology. I’ve taken the time to read your words, hear from many of you personally, and have some really important conversations. In his apology, Chen acknowledged that he knew his remarks were hurtful: hip hop or more like a dance feel that doesn’t necessarily gear towards. and I think just having a little bit more. within the skating world, that’s pretty kind of like out there. more pop or hip hop style songs and that generates a lot more interest, like, ‘Oh, dude,’ you know, one of my friends skated to ‘Turn Down For What,’. traditionally speaking we always skate to a lot of classic pieces, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that, I think that’s absolutely fine, I think that’s something you’re passionate about, that you connect with, that’s totally cool, but I think there can be pieces out there, some of my friends and skaters like. a lot of my friends who are skaters are trying to in a sense change the way that that’s approached, because. and to just sort of be belittled like that is not. we spend our whole lives trying to hone this craft. we’d rather watch females do that, which I think is. I think that there is that connotation and there is that “Well we don’t really wanna watch guys skate around,” and we’d rather watch hockey or. homosexual-dominated sport, or LGBTQ-dominated sport. Q: Is that a thing that happens to you all the time, where people just go, well, why don’t you play hockey, simply because of the connotation ice skating is feminine and the patriarchy said that hockey, because you’re hitting each other, is masculine? Is that something that comes up?Ĭhen: Yes, certainly.
OMG they took down the interview from youtube.
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