The only openly gay snooker player I can think of is Alex Higgins, who was sensationally outed during the semi-finals in Preston in 1984. Cliff Thorburn is known to have flirted with homosexuality, but decided "it wasn't for him" (The Daily Star, September 4 1995) and returned to "aiming for the pink and not the brown" (Socialist Worker, May 1996). Steve Davis does, however, have a large collection of lesbian pornography. And Dennis Taylor's glasses are in actual fact X-Ray specs which he uses to look at the underwear of ladies in the audience (Radio Times, week commencing April 15 2002).
Hope that clears up this whole fascinating issue for you, AfroBarber, and thanks for starting this thread which is, as you can see, something of a pet subject of mine.
Oh, and I fancy both snooker and billiards players. |
