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Profsnal Bowler Anthony Pepe me out publicly on Facebook this week, tellg his followers they n uniend him if they n't rpect him beg gay.

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PRO BOWLER ANTHONY PEPE: 'GOD MA ME A BETIFUL, RPECTFUL, GENUE GAY MAN'

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Profsnal Bowler Anthony Pepe me out as gay on his Facebook page yterday, tellg iends and followers that he is proud to be gay:.

PROFSNAL BOWLER FEELS ‘DAMN LUCKY’ TO BE GAY

Profsnal bowler Anthony Pepe tells his "betiful haters" that he didn’t choose to be gay, he jt got lucky. * gay pro bowlers *

I n't believe I'm sayg this after 26 years but God ma me a betiful, rpectful, genue gay man. Wh such an anti-homosexualy society, I'd rather choose to be straight (sadly sayg).

But I'm proud of myself for beg gay, for beg me.

Pepe jos out gay profsnal bowler Stt Norton, who me out as gay several years ago.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay pro bowlers *

ESPN later showed Norton kissg his hband after a tournament w, which we believe was the first time ESPN showed a "gay kiss. The 29-year-old Californian figur to garner more of a spotlight this season after last week beg what is believed to be the first active athlete men’s profsnal sports to clare he is gay.

STT NORTON WAS THE FACE OF THE GAY COMMUNY ON PBA TOURSTT NORTON WAS THE FACE OF THE GAY COMMUNY ON PBA TOUR

Stt Norton would expend all his energy projectg an outgog personaly on the outsi while si he felt he was the face of the gay muny." data-page-meta-service-tag="te * gay pro bowlers *

“Up until (Thursday), I didn’t feel a need to say, ‘Hi, I’m Stt and I’m gay. Norton said he was motivated by claratns that Phoenix Suns print and chief executive Rick Welts ma about beg gay a May 15 article the New York Tim. Welts, 58, is reportedly the first man a proment posn men’s sports to publicly clare his homosexualy.

He told the newspaper he wants to mentor other gay people who seek to pursue a reer sports. “I hope I n make easier for a young bowler who might be gay or for other gay profsnal athlet, ” he said. He said he has already heard them when people didn’t know he was gay.

Profsnal bowler Anthony Pepe, who me out publicly as gay last year, posted some thoughts on Facebook this week about beg gay.

ESPN'S FIRST GAY KISS WAS OF PRO BOWLER STT NORTON

Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn. * gay pro bowlers *

Beg gay is a fundamental part of my beg.

Not a day go by I don’t feel credibly lucky to be gay myself.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

List of openly gay athlet volved both profsnal and llege sports. This list clus athlet who have "e out" durg their active ... * gay pro bowlers *

Liz Johnson beat Anthony Pepe, who is also openly gay, the fal of the Profsnal Bowlers Associatn Chameleon Champnship on Saturday. “A good portn of the ladi out there were gay. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

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In addn to worryg about how to make the right adjtment on the bowlg lan and executg clutch shots agast the bt bowlers the world, image you also felt this add layer of prsure that every move you ma eher add to or uld change the perceptn of what the gay muny Stt Norton, that is the weight he rried wh him om the time he was a risg junr bowler California to beg the youngt member at the time on Team USA and then fulfillg his dream on the PBA would expend all his energy projectg an outgog and iendly personaly on the outsi while si he felt he was the face of the gay muny.

”One of those inic fac reprentg the gay muny while crossg over to bowlg is Billie Jean Kg, owner of the New York Cy Kgps that pet the PBA League.

He remembers her beg genuely exced for the whole team and the two of them also talked about beg gay sports.

COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY

“She was one of the first people that I knew was gay, ” he said about Kg. “I was like 15 or 16 and he was gay, too, ” he said about this now more than 20-year iendship.

In what might be a first, ESPN this weekend showed an openly gay male pro athlete kissg his hband and they did not shy away om scribg the relatnship. I am bted to JW, himself gay and a bowler, and Jaime Perez, who ns, and shoots footage of bowlg events, for their reports. Some homophob on Facebook plaed Jason should have won bee he was not gay!

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

It was nice to see the telesters step to the 21st century and treat Stt's homosexualy as jt a matter of fact and not a sensatn. His acplishment is notable bee this is his send w and that mak him a risg star on the PBA tour, who happens to be gay and married to a man.

I ed to bowl IGBO [gay] leagu the 1990s but left and joed the tour when I was told I was gettg too good (220+ average). When Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop me out this week, was the first time an active player unr ntract to an NHL team had ever publicly acknowledged they were gay.

14 NFL PRO BOWLERS SAY THEY WOULD WELE A GAY TEAMMATE

Overnight, Prokop's announcement doubled the number of out gay athlet currently playg the untry's four major men's sports — football, basketball, baseball and hockey. They also highlighted the arth of openly gay players the hypermascule world of U. Though many retired former players have e out, is more unual for male profsnal athlet to say they are gay while still playg.

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