First openly gay NASCAR driver talks racg, homophobic fans, and vodka cranberri - Queerty

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• NASCAR WILL HAVE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY DRIVER YEARS DURG 2021 SEASON
• THIS GAY RACE R DRIVER IS OUT AND PROUD, AND CHASG HIS MOTORSPORTS DREAM
• THIS GAY NASCAR DRIVER JT RACED AT DAYTONA FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE G OUT
• FIRST OPENLY GAY NASCAR DRIVER TALKS RACG, HOMOPHOBIC FANS, AND VODKA CRANBERRI
• AFTER MAKG HISTORY AS AN OPENLY GAY DRIVER, DEVON ROE CHAS EVEN BIGGER NASCAR DREAMS
• ZACH HERR MAK DAYTONA DEBUT AS OUT GAY NASCAR DRIVER
• ZACH HERR MAK DAYTONA DEBUT AS OUT GAY NASCAR DRIVER

NASCAR WILL HAVE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY DRIVER YEARS DURG 2021 SEASON

Devon Roe looks to do the same 2021 as the first openly gay NASCAR driver years.

THIS GAY RACE R DRIVER IS OUT AND PROUD, AND CHASG HIS MOTORSPORTS DREAM

Like Wallace last year, Devon Roe uld be that NASCAR driver 2021 who brgs a pletely new set of fans when he be the first openly gay driver to pete at a NASCAR natnal tourg seri event sce 2003.

THIS GAY NASCAR DRIVER JT RACED AT DAYTONA FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE G OUT

Devon Roe to but 2021 as first openly gay NASCAR driver years. Stephen Rhos was first openly gay NASCAR driver. Like Bubba Wallace was a trailblazer on the NASCAR Cup Seri as the lone Black driver, Devon Roe will do the same this year on the NASCAR Tck Seri as the only openly gay driver.

FIRST OPENLY GAY NASCAR DRIVER TALKS RACG, HOMOPHOBIC FANS, AND VODKA CRANBERRI

Stephen Rhos was the first gay NASCAR driver and he raced a uple of tim 2003. He took to Instagram and me out as gay last June.

AFTER MAKG HISTORY AS AN OPENLY GAY DRIVER, DEVON ROE CHAS EVEN BIGGER NASCAR DREAMS

If he tak the green flag there, he will jo Stephen Rhos on the list of openly gay drivers a NASCAR natnal seri.

On Tuday, Raphael Orlove and Bill Caswell posed the qutn on Jalopnik, “Why Aren’t There More ‘Out’ Gay Race Car Drivers?” Actually, there are more than you thk.Even EVs Can’t Get A Break From The HeatOffEnglishEvan Darlg is an openly gay driver known bt for his efforts road racg. That kd of ma me send-gus the sport for a send, but at the end of the day, didn't really bother me."But how would the people the garage and the other drivers react?In an exclive terview wh Queers4Gears, the current NASCAR Sprt Cup Champn, Brad Kelowski said, “I don’t thk anyone r (if a driver is gay.) If you n w, you’ll have a ri NASCAR.” Kelowski add, “If you n w, people will want to be a part of what you n do.”After NBA player Jason Colls me out of the closet, driver Carl Edwards went a step further speakg on ESPN’s NASCAR Now. Excln or tolerance of any kd — whether behd the wheel, on p road, or the garage — is not part of that philosophy.”That statement is accurate, as the reprentatn of openly gay people the sport is not limed to drivers.ESPN recently profiled Matthew Pattison, an openly gay official who’s worked the sport for 15 years and is one of the ma officials the Timg and Srg Tower.Queers4Gears profiled an openly gay employee at Michael Waltrip Racg — who works the anizatn wh his partner.

ZACH HERR MAK DAYTONA DEBUT AS OUT GAY NASCAR DRIVER

We are a welg workplace who r only about the qualy of people’s performance and Craig an exemplary employee.”But what about the sponsors you ask — would an openly gay driver be able to attract a sponsor? Will there be fans that refe to accept an openly gay driver?

ZACH HERR MAK DAYTONA DEBUT AS OUT GAY NASCAR DRIVER

Openly gay drivers.Nothg chang a person’s views more than them knowg and rg about a gay person their life. But Cheney’s view on LGBT rights is squarely the progrsive mp — bee he has a gay child.Attus about gay people are changg Ameri and the grandstands at the race track will not be immune to this shift.Michael Myers is the edor and founr of Queers4Gears. Last weekend, he returned to Daytona as an out gay man.