Here’s the Gay Polo League?Move over macho man Tommy Lee Jones!
You and those manly South Americans you share the field with in Wellington every winter won’t get so much attention this time around.
Make way for the GPL — the Gay Polo League.
The founder of the California-based league says his boys are planning to spend several weeks in the East Coast’s polo capital in suburban West Palm Beach to observe how it’s done — and field the GPL’s top team.
You and those manly South Americans you share the field with in Wellington every winter won’t get so much attention this time around.
Make way for the GPL — the Gay Polo League.
The founder of the California-based league says his boys are planning to spend several weeks in the East Coast’s polo capital in suburban West Palm Beach to observe how it’s done — and field the GPL’s top team.
In time, the GPL hopes to accede to the U.S. Open [1], rough-and-tumble polo’s equivalent to the Super Bowl. It’s played at the International Polo Club Palm Beach, whose most famous member is Hollywood actor Jones (The Fugitive, No Country for Old Men).
“The ladies with the floppy hats may not be the best looking people at the club on Sundays,” said Mason Phelps [2], an openly gay local equestrian and Olympics TV commentator. “Every drag queen from Miami will be tailgating at the games. It’ll definitely bring another fan base. Sure, it will grate on the nerves of some of the macho guys, but who cares what a player’s sexual orientation is. If they can play a good game of polo, so be it.”
GPL founder and former show-jumping specialist Chip McKenney says the league has fielded three teams in tournaments up and down the Left Coast so far, in places like Indio and Los Angeles.
But to get any credibility, the league needs to come out into the Florida sun, so to speak.
For more on the boys of winter and the poll, look below or click
“The ladies with the floppy hats may not be the best looking people at the club on Sundays,” said Mason Phelps [2], an openly gay local equestrian and Olympics TV commentator. “Every drag queen from Miami will be tailgating at the games. It’ll definitely bring another fan base. Sure, it will grate on the nerves of some of the macho guys, but who cares what a player’s sexual orientation is. If they can play a good game of polo, so be it.”
GPL founder and former show-jumping specialist Chip McKenney says the league has fielded three teams in tournaments up and down the Left Coast so far, in places like Indio and Los Angeles.
But to get any credibility, the league needs to come out into the Florida sun, so to speak.
For more on the boys of winter and the poll, look below or click
“We want to experience the Wellington scene first, then play a few games and get ready for the following year,” said McKenney, who runs a broadcast design studio in La-La-Land. “Our league is two years old and it targets members of the gay community.”
In tournaments so far, McKenney, the teams have treated with the utmost respect.
“I expected some resistance but it hasn’t been the case. One umpire told us we’d changed a lot of misconceptions he had about gay people.”
And then, says McKenney, GPL teams and their fans know how to party.
“The teams look great, with the shined boots and (powder-blue uniforms),” he says. “And the tailgate parties are second to none. We feel obligated to serve a great table. We have fun.”
Anyone famous on the teams?
“No, we’re all professional men who play for fun,” McKenney says. “We haven’t heard from Tom Cruise, but I’m sure he’d want to know about us.”
In tournaments so far, McKenney, the teams have treated with the utmost respect.
“I expected some resistance but it hasn’t been the case. One umpire told us we’d changed a lot of misconceptions he had about gay people.”
And then, says McKenney, GPL teams and their fans know how to party.
“The teams look great, with the shined boots and (powder-blue uniforms),” he says. “And the tailgate parties are second to none. We feel obligated to serve a great table. We have fun.”
Anyone famous on the teams?
“No, we’re all professional men who play for fun,” McKenney says. “We haven’t heard from Tom Cruise, but I’m sure he’d want to know about us.”
www.gaypolo.com (of course, what else would it be?)
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Please, NO MORE GAY CRAP!!! I want to see wholesome images of beautiful women and their boobs.
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