Monday's event about the acceptance of gay athlet, featurg NFL player Chris Kluwe, was another part of the nversatn at Oh State and around the untry.
Contents:
- WHEN THE 2 GAY ROOMMAT JOED OH STATE’S CHEER TEAM, THEY FOUND A FAY
- FOR GAY OH STATE SWIMMER, POOL BEME HIS SAFE SPACE
- "I AM AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE HERE AT OH STATE ..." PART OF EVENT AT OSU MP
WHEN THE 2 GAY ROOMMAT JOED OH STATE’S CHEER TEAM, THEY FOUND A FAY
We had a ltle gay muny on the team, ” said Cz. Thk of that: an out gay cheerlear relish the chance to perform ont of 100, 000 rowdy football fans. There are multiple out gay cheerlears the NFL, cludg on the Los Angel Rams, the fendg Super Bowl champns.
The Rams sent five gay cheerlears to the Super Bowl last season. Gay Atlanta Falns cheerlear Ben Ajani got engaged before a game last season, and there are at least three out LGBTQ cheerlears on the Carola Panthers, two of whom we profiled last year.
FOR GAY OH STATE SWIMMER, POOL BEME HIS SAFE SPACE
“I hope I’m settg a good example and a good precent for other gay boys who want to jo the team, ” said Cz.
Both Lattea and Cz entered Oh State as out gay men and enthiastic cheerlears. The two most proment thgs that make up my inty are beg a swimmer and beg gay. I didn’t know if I uld be gay and swim (at the time I didn’t even know if gay people uld play any sport).
"I AM AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE HERE AT OH STATE ..." PART OF EVENT AT OSU MP
Over time my teammat didn’t jt see me as a gay guy but as a valuable teammate and iend and out of the pool. I do so I n try to be a role mol for a stgglg gay kid swimmg, someone I wish I had to look up to when I was younger.
Homophobia is still a very relevant issue wh swimmg and has been observed om the age group club level to the ternatnal level. Now we’re all biased to some gree — for stance I’m a sexist, racist, Democratic, Republin gay black femist Mlim — but the dumbt and most biased fans are the grown men wh Twter social media profile pics of llege kids.