Not sure at all! On the other hand the only thing queerer than a gay ballet dancer taking on the butch world of wrestling, would be a straight one doing so and pretending to be gay.
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Queer: Ballet Dancer and Wrestler Ricki Starr
Ricki Starr (1931 - 2014) was the professional name of a man who managed to combine dual careers as a ballet dancer and a wrestler.
He was a ballet dancer first, and when he started wrestling imported not only balletic moves but even wore slippers!
The wrestling websites all say that his wrestling had gay overtones. I was going to say that while I have tagged this post queer I wasn't making assumptions about his sexuality, but now I have seen his act I am not convinced the gayness was limited to overtones!
Not sure at all! On the other hand the only thing queerer than a gay ballet dancer taking on the butch world of wrestling, would be a straight one doing so and pretending to be gay.
Apart from anything else, I am such a sucker for a hairy chest!
Not sure at all! On the other hand the only thing queerer than a gay ballet dancer taking on the butch world of wrestling, would be a straight one doing so and pretending to be gay.
Although not quite Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks, the hairy chest is quite something, but Ricky appears to have shaved his armpits in the first photo?
ReplyDeleteYes I was thinking that. I believe that even before the current trend for hair removal some men did it there to stop them smelling so much? Of course in Ricky's case I assume his armpit hair would have hung down to his knees and required something to tame it!
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