Insir is highlightg out and proud athlet who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and more honor of pri month.
Contents:
- DAME KELLY HOLM: OLYMPIC CHAMPN ANNOUNC SHE IS GAY - AND KEPT HIDN FOR 34 YEARS
- DON'T FET THE 8 LBIAN ATHLET WHO STOOD UP FOR GAY RIGHTS
- ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
DAME KELLY HOLM: OLYMPIC CHAMPN ANNOUNC SHE IS GAY - AND KEPT HIDN FOR 34 YEARS
Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * gay female athletes *
Gay, lbian, bisexual, trans and queer soccer players who are publicly out — now at least 95 total — make up almost 13% of all the athlet petg the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Atralia and New Zealand, Outsports has found. Still ’s hearteng to see some women om South Ai, where homosexualy has been legal for 25 years.
DON'T FET THE 8 LBIAN ATHLET WHO STOOD UP FOR GAY RIGHTS
Dame Kelly Holm has announced she is gay, and says she has hidn for 34 years. * gay female athletes *
Carl Nassib ma history 2021 by beg the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL.
In June 2021, NFL fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay a vio posted to his Instagram, addg he donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, an anizatn that foc on suici preventn LGBTQ youth after he stggled wh his sexualy for 15 years. In 2014, Michael Sam me out as gay an terview wh ESPN and ma history that same year. "Sce Febary and my big announcement, this has been a whole [lot of] speculatn of the first openly gay football player, but you know what?
The athlete quickly ma a name for herself a seri of TV terviews, where she voiced her support of women's rights and LGBTQ rights as an openly gay woman. "I thk female athlet, general, are at the foreont of every prott general bee we're gay, we're women, we're women of lor, we're sort of everythg all at one time, " Rapoe told NBC news 2019. The thgs you hear as a child—every time you hear someone say 'f----t' or talk bad about a gay guy, or see somethg on TV and make fun of that.
ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
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" He scribed hidg his sexualy while playg for the Utah Jazz, but said some teammat who spected he was gay were welg about a 2007 terview on "Outsi the L, " Amaechi, who played five seasons the NBA, said he thought there were other gay players the league, but said 's "terrifyg" for some to e out. Robbie Rogers played soccer England until 2013 when he announced he was gay and leavg the sport. '"But a few months later, he joed the Los Angel Galaxy team and beme the first openly gay man to play a major US profsnal league.
In the days followg his g out, former Missouri fensive end Michael Sam has enjoyed an outpourg of support om current NFL players and fans alike. Wh this announcement, he will bee the first active openly gay male athlete Amerin… * gay female athletes *
""I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport.