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.
Contents:
- A GAY MAN'S JOURNEY OF DISVERY THROUGH MARTIAL ARTS
- A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER
- PRI MONTH: WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY MALE MMA FIGHTERS?
- GAY TEACHERS/GAY IENDLY DOJOS WT HOLLYWOOD CA
- THE BATE: HOW GAY IS MMA?
- ATRALIAN FIGHTS HOMOPHOBIA SPORT WH WORLD GAY BOXG CHAMPNSHIPS
- A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER
- BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
- MMA IS 'GAY PORN' FOR STRAIGHT GUYS
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. Now I know you're not gay.
A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER
* martial arts gay friendly *
"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.
PRI MONTH: WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY MALE MMA FIGHTERS?
Hey everyone. I have a gay acquatenance that liv Wt Hollywood, CA, that is lookg for a gay stctor, and/or gay iendly dojo that... * martial arts gay friendly *
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.
GAY TEACHERS/GAY IENDLY DOJOS WT HOLLYWOOD CA
Melbourne Dragons was tablished 2015 to provi a safe clive space for gay, lbian, trans, and the LGBT+ muny to learn martial arts and self fence. We n fence class twice a week our Martial arts Dojo In Collgwood. We look forward to welg you to our fay. * martial arts gay friendly *
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.
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 *
“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.
ATRALIAN FIGHTS HOMOPHOBIA SPORT WH WORLD GAY BOXG CHAMPNSHIPS
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 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.
A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER
They had obvly seen pictur of me and my boyiend on Instagram, but still they need to hear om me that I was gay. 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.
BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS
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.
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).
MMA IS 'GAY PORN' FOR STRAIGHT GUYS
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).
Gay Gam VI (Sydney, Atralia, 2002). Get Ready for Gay Gam VII Tournament (London, UK, 2005).