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ORLANDO CZ FIGHTS TO BEE BOXG’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHAMPN

John Flor and Ouisie Shapiro wre about Orlando Cz, who hop to bee the first openly gay world champn the sport. * gay boxing story *

Through his journey boxg, Stark has e to anize the World Gay Boxg Champnships (WGBC), the world’s first LGBTQI+ boxg tournament, which will be held Sydney 2023.

As well as troducg the sport to a whole new dience, Stark hop that the WGBC n “dispt homophobia, transphobia, hatred sport. “And I thk that’s where my whole spir of clivy om – bee of what other people have achieved and for me, my anizatn, we’re very much around the grassroots and amatr level, but we want to dispt homophobia, transphobia, hatred sport.

ORLANDO CZ: BOXER DREAMS OF BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY WORLD CHAMPN

Orlando Cz will create history by beg the first openly gay boxg world champn should he feat Terry Flanagan on Saturday. * gay boxing story *

He remembers llg himself “the future world gay boxg champn” as a joke.

FROM RGSI, GAY MAN’S PLAY PACKS A PUNCH

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He did have dreams of boxg at the 2022 Gay Gam, but the sport was elimated om the upg gam – postponed until 2023 bee of the ronavis panmic. “There have been very few out profsnal gay male boxers who have won major champnships, ” he explaed.

Like the Bgham Cup – a biennial, ternatnal, non-profsnal, gay gby unn tournament – he hop that the WGBC n enurage young members of the LGBTQI+ muny wh an tert boxg to try the sport. But as well as enuragg engagement wh the sweet science, Stark hop he n have an effect on stoppg homophobia and transphobia sport. Acrdg to one study, 80 percent of the more than 12, 000 participants om across the world have wnsed or experienced homophobia sports.

The study also found that 78 percent of the participants believed that an openly gay person would not be very safe as a spectator at a sportg event. “The reason I set up the anizatn, I want [homophobia, transphobia, etc. On this week’s edn of Outsports’ “The Sports Kiki,” I spoke wh Stark about his spirg journey, and visn for his groundbreakg event, the World Gay Boxg Champnships.

BOXER GAYS VS. GAY BOXERS

Guys whose favore past-time is strollg around boxers, or boxer shorts. Strollg around boxers has a way of makg a fellow 'look gay', hence the term. Urban Dictnary Gilbert Baker tght himself to sew and began makg banners for gay and anti-war march. He created the rabow flag 1978 as a symbol of Gay Pri. … * gay boxing story *

That’s the kd of experience Stark wants to provi 200-some-odd athlet at the World Gay Boxg Champnships. Why don’t I create an anizatn lled the World Gay Boxg Champnships and hold a tournament for the LGBTQIA+ muny and our alli, and really dispt homophobia, transphobia, and brg the boxg muny together for the love of the sport.”.

When the boxer Orlando Cz issued a prs release on October 3, 2012, announcg to the world that he is gay, a strange thg happened: nothg. He is also boxg’s first openly gay profsnal fighter, and he is eager to bee s first openly gay world champn.

Both of his parents attend their son’s weddg to his longtime partner, José Manuel Colón, an timate gatherg that took place 2013, Central Jul Serrano, a well-known gay activist who, like Cz, is om Puerto Ri, helped facilate Cz’s announcement 2012. I have always been and always will be a proud gay man. ”Serrano, speakg om his office San Juan, said that he saw Cz’s g out as helpg to dispel two myths: that Latos are homophobic, and that the ultra-macho sport of boxg has no place for a gay fighter.

ATRALIAN FIGHTS HOMOPHOBIA SPORT WH WORLD GAY BOXG CHAMPNSHIPS

Mart Stark is the self-proclaimed "gay boxg champn" and he's creatg a boxg anizatn and champnship for like-md fightg queers. * gay boxing story *

Griffh is probably bt known for his 1962 fight agast the Cuban welterweight Benny Paret: after endurg anti-gay slurs om Paret at the weigh- before the fight, he unleashed his fury the rg, knockg Paret unnsc.

When he steps to the rg at Motorpot Arena, Cardiff, Wal, he expects to see symbols of gay pri, which fans have begun wavg at his fights, to cheer him on. Will he be boxg's first openly gay champn?

Cz aims to bee boxg's first openly gay world champn.

GAY BOXER PROPOS TO BOYIEND AFTER WNG HIS FIRST MATCH

Gay boxer Anthony Ash proposed to his boyiend the rg to the light of cheerg fans. * gay boxing story *

Beme boxg's first openly gay, active fighter 2012. Deeply embedd two worlds – boxg and Puerto Ri – that are found machismo, Cz has also bee a gay in to thoands. On Saturday, Cz has the chance to create history – should he beat Bra’s Terry Flanagan for the WBO lightweight tle, the 35-year-old will bee the first ever openly gay world champn.

Boxg, like many other sports, is yet to fully open s arms to the ia of a gay athlete, somethg Cz has unsurprisgly experienced first-hand.

“I don’t re if they say, ‘Orlando Cz is gay. Wh so few openly gay, active profsnal athlet across all sports, Cz is aware what the rult of the fight will mean to those who look up to him. “The support of the gay muny, Puerto Ri, New York and different natnali, is very important, ” he says.

MART STARK ON ANISG WORLD'S FIRST GAY BOXG CHAMPNSHIPS AND PLANS TO 'DISPT' DISCRIMATN

Ltle did Mart Stark know, the sport he once nsired "barbaric" would later change his life. The 47-year-old wants to e the world's first gay boxg champnships "to dispt homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and terphobia  boxg and sport general". * gay boxing story *

In 2013, his chance to bee the first openly gay boxg champn me and went btal fashn. Cz me out to his fay and a psychologist long before publicly announcg he was gay 2012.

I don’t re that other people talk about me, sayg, ‘Orlando Cz is gay, Orlando is bad or bulls***.

THE WORLD GAY BOXG CHAMPNSHIPS LOOK TO ‘DISPT’ HOMOPHOBIA SPORTS

Founr Mart Stark plans to hold the first World Gay Boxg Champnships Sydney, Atralia 2023 wh a number of LGBTQ fight nights the lead up. * gay boxing story *

For many, boxg is sport’s ultimate show of masculy and Cz still regularly fds himself fightg the misnceptn that a man n’t be both gay and mascule. “Sometim one, two or three people say, ‘you’re gay, and you’re a boxer… wow. I say, ‘I am gay, but I am a man like you.

JOE ROGAN NARRAT SPE-CHILLG STORY OF BOXER WHO BEAT HIS OPPONENT 'TO ATH' AFTER BEG TEASED FOR BEG GAY

“I am gay and I am the first openly gay boxer, but this has been my reer for years. “People say, ‘Orlando is gay but this is boxg, boxg is macho.

’ I have to tell them, ‘Orlando Cz is gay, but he’s a man… not a girl. “Ee Griffh never spoke publicly or told an terview he was gay, ” Cz says.

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