From attacks on drag shows and a nightclub to viral moments of queer joy, this year was tly a mixed bag of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer news.
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- COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
- NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
LGBTQ Olympians om around the world will pete the Wter Olympics. Get to know the gay, lbian, bi, trans and queer athlet of the 2022 Gam. * gay athletes 2022 *
For a variety of reasons, n be extremely hard for profsnal athlet to e out as LGBTQ+ their personal one, sports are largely domated by straight cis men who have been notorly homophobic and transphobic acrdg to numero stori om LGBTQ+ athlet. The Brish distance swimmer and Olympian publicly me out as gay June after petg at the World Champnships Budapt. "Now is a good time for me bee the Commonwealth Gam is a month's time, and there's gog to be a lot of people watchg that, and there are so many untri the Commonwealth where beg gay is illegal.
I've been out and kissed many gay men, kissed many straight women, and kissed many gay women.
NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * gay athletes 2022 *
Mor League baseball player publicly me out as gay an emotnal Augt Instagram post. The 25-year-old athlete and former Richmond Flyg Squirrels player revealed to his fans and followers that while he is no longer playg for the team, which is part of the San Francis Giants system, he is thankful for the time he had and isn't givg up on his love of baseball, pecially as an out, gay man. The Asie Olympic gold medalist and gby player me out as a trans man an Augt vio for the Bgham Cup's Internatnal Summ Tacklg Transphobia and Homophobia Sport event.
The Sttish pro footballer and Gala Fairyan Rovers player publicly me out as gay a September terview posted to his football club's official webse.
"I put a post on my social media tellg folk I was gay, " he said of the cisn. Atralian basketball player Isaac Humphri wrote an op-ed November 2022 g out as a gay man.
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"Over my entire reer, there was no realy that existed where I uld be an openly gay man while playg basketball, " the basketball player wrote.
"Humphri ntued:"You n be a gay man and an ele basketball player one of the bt leagu the world. TJ Hoe, a former athlete who played for the Major League Baseball (MLB), not only me out as gay but also announced that he's engaged.
After g out as gay an Instagram post 2020, Bank hop to show younger athlet “that they n be whomever they are, or want to be, whout discrimatn. Guillme Cizeron (@GuillmeCIZ) is an openly gay figure skater petg for Team France.
Out Magaze on gay fns and sports. Read about the openly gay athlet who are breakg barriers profsnal sports. * gay athletes 2022 *
Lewis Gibson (@Lewisgibson4) is an openly gay figure skater reprentg Team Great Bra. Radford ma history as the first petive figure skater to e out as gay while still petg for champnship tl 2014, pavg the way for future LGBTQ+ athlet to e out.
G Kenworthy (@gkenworthy) is an openly gay etyle skier and a dual cizen of Great Bra and the Uned Stat. Eric Radford, who beme the first openly gay Wter Olympic gold medalist 2018, will pete Beijg. LeDuc beme the first openly gay athlete to w gold a US pairs' event wh their figure skatg partner, Ashley Ca-Gribble, 2019.
List of openly gay athlet volved both profsnal and llege sports. This list clus athlet who have "e out" durg their active ... * gay athletes 2022 *
Canadian pairs figure skater Eric Radford beme the first openly gay Wter Olympic gold medalist 2018, and he is returng for the 2022 Gam.
Brockhoff me out as a lbian ahead of the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, and she spoke out about Rsia's anti-gay laws.
"She was the one who helped me realize that beg gay didn't really matter terms of a sport, 's not gog to affect how I play, but that before I had e out was affectg how I played, " Mouat told the BBC 2021 of his sports will lead the Brish men's curlg team and pete the mixed doubl.