Dress-wearing Olympic boxer Harry Garside opens up about embracing femininity

Harry Garside has made headlines for his incredible skill as a boxer and his eye for stunning dresses.

Now the 25-year-old Olympian has opened up about embracing his femininity as a straight man and breaking harmful stereotypes.

After wearing an Armani skirt at the GQ Men of the Year Awards, the athlete said herald sun Friday wants to support ‘individuality’ and ‘uniqueness’ in people.

Harry Garside has made headlines for his incredible skill as a boxer and his eye for stunning dresses. Now the 25-year-old Olympian has opened up about embracing his femininity as a straight man and breaking harmful stereotypes.

“I sincerely believe that as a society we should support individuality, uniqueness and the herd supporting it, rather than the herd supporting people who feel they need to settle and be like everyone else,” she told the publication.

“I think you realize as an adult that having a different quirk is actually a superpower, but when you’re younger you feel this need to conform.

“I felt throughout my childhood, this need not to want to be too different or else you’re going to isolate yourself.”

After wearing an Armani skirt at the GQ Men of the Year Awards, the athlete told the Herald Sun on Friday that he wants to support ‘individuality’ and ‘uniqueness’ in people. In the photo with his girlfriend Ashley Roscoe

Garside went on to say that she just wants to “show young people that it’s really beautiful to walk into your own essence and try things out.”

It comes after the rising boxing star revealed the life-changing moment that gave him the inspiration to break all stereotypes about how a boxer should act.

A skilled counter puncher who has made quite an impression among pundits since turning pro last year, Garside is well known for his penchant for wearing nail polish and dresses as part of his determination to be himself no matter what he says. people.

Garside went on to say that she just wants to “show young people that it’s actually beautiful to walk into your own essence and try things out.”

He admitted he was “acting like an athlete” growing up in working-class Lilydale in north-east Melbourne when his outlook on life was instantly changed by a visit to the school from the Reach Foundation, which runs personal development . youth workshops.

“These people come to school and they wear the most unique and strange clothes, they act so funny, they have the strangest haircuts and they just walk in their essence,” he recalled.

“They took us to a workshop that day… that’s probably the first inspiration and since then it’s grown and blossomed into this strange beast that’s here now.”

Until last year, Garside had seven Australian boxing national championships to his name. Pictured fighting Layton McFerran during King of the Castle Fight Night

Until last year, Garside had seven Australian boxing national championships to his name.

He was a far cry from his early days at the Lilydale Youth Club, where he was often outclassed by rivals his age.

But perseverance saw Garside finally fight back when putting on gloves.

He was a far cry from his early days at the Lilydale Youth Club, where he was often outclassed by rivals his age. But his perseverance made Garside finally fight back when he put on gloves.