Pri Month: Why are there no openly gay male MMA fighters? - BBC Sport

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A GAY MAN'S JOURNEY OF DISVERY THROUGH MARTIAL ARTS

William Seth-Wenzel is an openly gay jujutsu fighter whose boyiend cheered him on as he won the world champnship. * martial arts gay friendly *

I'm also a gay man who holds black belts two forms of martial arts.

A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER

As part of Pri Month, BBC Sport looks at why there is a lack of openly gay male MMA fighters and what needs to change. * martial arts gay friendly *

Now I know you're not gay.

"I mean I'm gay. ) Sce there is an obte ncept that all homosexuals crave sexual enunters wh any and all members of the same sex, and sce martial arts is a ntact sport, I wasn't sure how my martial arts peers would take or what they would thk. For world jujutsu champn William Seth-Wenzel, his g out procs as an openly gay fighter clud havg his boyiend at meets cheerg him on.

PRI MONTH: WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY MALE MMA FIGHTERS?

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Seth-Wenzel is also proud to have won as an openly gay athlete, havg e out gradually the last two years.

His terview wh Outsports, nducted over email and Instagram, is the first time he has talked publicly about beg gay. “Dog martial arts and beg gay is que rare I gus, ” he said.

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“Not beg gay maybe, but beg out as gay is not very mon. I don’t know anyone who is out and gay the sport.

THE BATE: HOW GAY IS MMA?

It has been tertg to see mastream wrers wrtle wh whether mixed martial arts is "gay." The Daily Beast has had two somewhat-opposg lumns on the subject the past two weeks, the... * martial arts gay friendly *

I know the feelg of beg secretly gay a macho-domated sport. Beg such a macho sport where domance is the goal ed some of his fellow petors to ially qutn whether Seth-Wenzel actually was gay. “It was basilly like the other fighters wanted a nfirmatn om me if I was gay or not.

They had obvly seen pictur of me and my boyiend on Instagram, but still they need to hear om me that I was gay.

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William Seth-Wenzel is an openly gay jujutsu fighter whose boyiend cheered him on as he won the world champnship. * martial arts gay friendly *

My nt was also gay and, therefore I knew that my fay would accept , but still felt very hard tellg them.

EMPOWERMENT THROUGH MARTIAL ARTSThe IAGLMA MissnThe Internatnal Associatn of Gay and Lbian Martial Artists (IAGLMA) was born the excement and mararie of Gay Gam III Vanuver, Canada. Formed the spir of Tom Wadll’s Gay Gam visn, IAGLMA embrac the prcipl of “Participatn, Incln, and Achievement of One’s Personal Bt. Until Gay Gam III, many LGBTQI+ martial artists traed the closet, often not knowg any other martial artists om their muny.

IAGLMA was formed to ensure that the credible experience of GGIII would be clud every Gay Gam to e. San Francis, CA USAGay Gam 11 – Now Postponed until 2023Takg place on 15–18 November 2023—for the first time Asia—Gay Gam 11 Hong Kong (GGHK) offers a unique and dynamic mix of sport, arts, culture, fun, and muny by brgg together many diverse groups of people to create moments of nnectn and joy.

A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER

The full experience clus openg and closg ceremoni, daily performanc, a gala ncert, LGBTQ+ art exhibns, and more excg events to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Gay Gam. )To further our goals of cln for all martial artists, IAGLMA has revised ternatnal, standard semi-ntact multi-style tournament petn l to ensure genr pary and the cln of those wh special needs form, sparrg and judgg—a level of clivy unheard of until the Gay Gam.

IAGLMA l will ern the martial arts events for the Gay Gam XI (Hong Kong, Cha), and to date, our l have erned the martial arts events at:.

Gay Gam IV (New York, NY, USA, 1994). IAGLMA’s Get Ready for Gay Gam V Internatnal Multistyle Martial Arts Tournament and Martial Arts and Self Defense Semars (Philalphia, PA, USA, May 1997). Gay Gam V (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Augt 1998).

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Gay Gam VI (Sydney, Atralia, 2002).

Get Ready for Gay Gam VII Tournament (London, UK, 2005). Gay Gam VII (Chigo, USA, 2006). Gay GamSydney WorldPri 2023 Martial Arts Champnship An clive LGBTI martial arts tournament will be held 16-21 Febary 2023 njunctn wh Sydney WorldPri's sports ftival.

This tournament will be the spir of the Gay Gam and will be followg the l of the Internatnal Associatn of Gay and Lbian Martial Artists.

MMA IS 'GAY PORN' FOR STRAIGHT GUYS

Mola's rabow-themed shorts were ma by the UFC support of Pri MonthWhy are there no openly gay male MMA fighters? "Until there's more people [like Mola] who are vol wantg to create a welg environment, there's gog to be barriers for LGBT athlet - pecially LGBT gay male athlet. "'It's crazy how much we hi who we are'Smh (left) is creded wh beg the first man to e out profsnal MMAThe ntrast between the men's and women's divisns of the MMA is stark, wh Amanda Nun, Liz Carmouche and Molly McCann three of several openly gay female McCann, who tailed her story of g out on the BBC's LGBT Sport Podst, believ gay male fighters are held back by stereotyp.

"I feel like [gay] men are nervo of the backlash they're gog to take, " McCann, 32, told BBC Sport. "To be a gay man, sometim a heterosexual male might nounce that as not very mascule and they will downplay .

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