“World’s Strongt Gay” Speaks About Livg Authentilly - Williston

Contents:

• MEET THE ‘WORLD’S STRONGT GAY’ UPLE ROB AND JOEY KEARNEY WHO N LIFT WEIGHTS AS HEAVY AS 5 ADULTS
• ‘WORLD’S STRONGT GAY’: STRONGMAN ROB KEARNEY BREAKS RERDS AND STEREOTYP
• SECRETS OF  “THE WORLD’S STRONGT GAY”
• ‘WORLD’S STRONGT GAY’ ROB KEARNEY REVEALS TTICULAR CANCER DIAGNOSIS, GETS SURGERY
• ‘WORLD’S STRONGT GAY’ ROB KEARNEY ON WHY TE STRENGTH LI ACCEPTG YOURSELF
• OPENLY GAY PRO STRONGMAN ROB KEARNEY MARRI HIS BOYIEND
• “WORLD’S STRONGT GAY” SPEAKS ABOUT LIVG AUTHENTILLY
• ROB KEARNEY: COMPETG AGAST GIANTS AND BEG AN OPENLY GAY STRONGMAN
• FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO STRONGMAN ROB KEARNEY MARRI LONGTIME BOYIEND

MEET THE ‘WORLD’S STRONGT GAY’ UPLE ROB AND JOEY KEARNEY WHO N LIFT WEIGHTS AS HEAVY AS 5 ADULTS

A COUPLE who pet together strongman events - one half of whom is known as the "World's Strongt Gay" - has opened up about their journey the sport. 4Rob Kearney has been dubbed the "World's Strongt Gay"Cred: Instagram / Rob Kearney.

‘WORLD’S STRONGT GAY’: STRONGMAN ROB KEARNEY BREAKS RERDS AND STEREOTYP

"Once I realized for myself and I uld nfintly look the mirror and say 'I'm a gay man' and be proud of that...

After g out 2014, Rob quickly began to refer to himself as the "World's Strongt Gay, " and beme the first openly gay profsnal Strong Man the history of the sport. "I thk all too often, gay men are seen as weak, " Rob said. "Gay don't have to look a certa way.

"Here I am as a gay man wh a mohawk and the mcl and petg at the hight level of this hyper-mascule sport of Strongman. ‘Gay don’t look one certa way’Later, Kearney said the firetck pull left lgerg sorens all over his body, om his back to his legs, for four or five days. Kearney — who liv on Williston’s mp wh his hband, Joey Aleixo, and their adopted English bulldog, Glter, and is a dorm parent to 51 Williston boys— was hailed as the first openly gay profsnal strongman when he me out 2014.

SECRETS OF  “THE WORLD’S STRONGT GAY”

As his Instagram not, he’s the ”worlds_strongt_gay. ”He wants his prence as a gay man a macho sport to send a msage: “Gay don’t look one certa way, ” he he met his future hband, Kearney was g to terms wh his own sexualy. “It took me a long time to e out to myself and realize that I’m gay.

‘WORLD’S STRONGT GAY’ ROB KEARNEY REVEALS TTICULAR CANCER DIAGNOSIS, GETS SURGERY

A blog post about Kearney as the first openly gay profsnal strongman was published on a weightliftg webse.

“I get homophobic ments and msag every sgle day, ” he said. ”His more-than-30, 000 Instagram followers, for example, pay more attentn to pictur of Kearney and his hband — who has also peted amatr strongman petns and the Instagram name ”worlds_gayt_strongman”— than they do to his weightliftg photos. “When I first me out, some of the negative ments that I was gettg were, ‘Well, you’re gay, you n’t be a strongman.

‘WORLD’S STRONGT GAY’ ROB KEARNEY ON WHY TE STRENGTH LI ACCEPTG YOURSELF

”He also gets phback promotg himself as the world’s strongt gay on his Instagram acunt. But for people to see that there is a gay man dog this I thk is really important. “His unique personal story as an openly gay man who pet on the world stage strongman ntts has given him a unique platform and voice wh our muny, ” Conroy add that Kearney has formed strong bonds wh stunts.

Rob Kearney is a self-proclaimed “not-so-athletic kid” who is also now known as the “World’s Strongt Gay. “Once I realized for myself and I uld nfintly look the mirror and say ‘I’m a gay man’ and be proud of that … I realized if people didn’t like about me, I didn’t need them to accept , ” he said. That year, Rob beme the first openly gay profsnal Strongman petor, and soon started llg himself the “World’s Strongt Gay.

“I thk all too often, gay men are seen as weak, ” Rob said. “Gay don’t have to look a certa way. “Here I am as a gay man wh a mohawk and the mcl and petg at the hight level of this hyper-mascule sport of Strongman.

OPENLY GAY PRO STRONGMAN ROB KEARNEY MARRI HIS BOYIEND

To disver his secret inty, don’t bother lookg for a pe: Kearney is the one sportg a rabow mohawk hairstyle, to tell anyone who asks, “Gay don’t look one certa way. Kearney has been reprentg ever sce 2014, when he me out as gay wh a social media post that ma headl. So I gus this is me g out and sayg … I’m gay!!

In the macho world of strongmen, this was the sports equivalent of Ellen clarg “Yep, I’m gay.

“WORLD’S STRONGT GAY” SPEAKS ABOUT LIVG AUTHENTILLY

” Kearney was the first out gay man to be actively petg pro-level, ternatnal strongman petns. And wasn’t simply jt bee, quote, unquote, ‘people were lookg at me bee I’m gay, ’ and that’s how I got popular. To embrace his newfound fame, Kearney adopted social media handl: @strongtgay on Twter and @worlds_strongt_gay on Instagram.

ROB KEARNEY: COMPETG AGAST GIANTS AND BEG AN OPENLY GAY STRONGMAN

Aleixo chose @gaytstrongman and @worlds_gayt_strongman. Known for beg the first openly gay strongman history, Rob Kearney is a fan favore amongst people who watch the sport.

A profsnal strongman known as the ‘World’s Strongt Gay’, he is an athlete wh a remarkable physique: bulgg biceps, thick thighs, and a broad torso.

Joey had been out sce he was 17, had had the typil gay experienc, had been a relatnship before.

FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO STRONGMAN ROB KEARNEY MARRI LONGTIME BOYIEND

I realized that not only was I fallg love wh this person, but I was also learng what meant to be a gay. Rob was already petg as a strongman, but there had not yet been an out gay petor the Uned Stat. “I thk every gay man experienc anxiety and fear about g out bee we want to be accepted for beg the same person we were before g out.

Growg up, Rob didn’t see breadth the reprentatn of gay people sports and the media. “There had never been a gay strength athlete before.

I’ve been given this amazg platform to show everybody the world that beg gay don’t look a certa way.