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Contents:
- KORLL STEWART’S STORY IS WHY WE’VE AVOID SPREADG GAY ATHLETE MORS
- TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
- THERE ARE VAR PERSONAL REASONS MORE GAY MALE PRO ATHLET HAVE NOT E OUT. HERE ARE 7 OF THEM
- THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
- PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ
- EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
- WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
- IS GABE KAPLER GAY? ON TE SEXUALY & BEG AN LGBTQ ALLY
KORLL STEWART’S STORY IS WHY WE’VE AVOID SPREADG GAY ATHLETE MORS
* gay athlete rumors *
It was ls than a month after we lnched the se that Stewart publicly addrsed mors that he was gay, and that he had talked about wh his Ptsburgh Steelers teammat. Korll Stewart’s Players Tribune piece last week, tailg the personal and profsnal issu created by havg “gay” mors out there, explas why.
The one athlete we’ve handled slightly differently — Troy Aikman — we’ve done so part bee he’s actually ma problematic ments about beg gay, sayg ’s “a liftyle people choose. Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so. "He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay.
TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
Let’s be clear right om the start. None of the athlet are nfirmed to be gay or anythg like that. The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surro * gay athlete rumors *
The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract.
The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone.
Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher. The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surroundg the players, not to nvce the rear that the athlet are gay. In fact, as society is now much more open to people no matter their orientatn, we have seen a ton more athlet, both active and retired, e out and adm that they are homosexuals, and 's absolutely a great thg.
THERE ARE VAR PERSONAL REASONS MORE GAY MALE PRO ATHLET HAVE NOT E OUT. HERE ARE 7 OF THEM
Players on 22 NFL teams have already had an out gay teammate, cludg six players wh the Arizona Cardals. * gay athlete rumors *
This list will look at some of the most high profile exampl of pro athlet who have had mors about beg gay surroundg them, but aga, none of those are nfirmed and even if they were nfirmed, they would be somethg to celebrate. His ex-wife has acced him of beg gay and that Dunn’s lover om llege actually lived wh them for the first few years of their marriage. Qutns about Aikman's sexual orientatn have been around for s and the mor was started by Skip Bayls, when, his book, he stated that Troy Aikman might be gay.
Perkz/@rlnassib/@rkrelentls)When Kansas State offensive tackle and NFL hopeful Stt Frantz me out to the natn as gay, he shared that his teammat (to whom he'd e out earlier) had warmly received the news, a sign the most alpha of locker rooms may fally be ready for equaly. Roy "Sugar Bear" Simmons, an offensive leman for the New York Giants and Washgton Redsks, beme the send NFL player ever to publicly reveal he was gay. So Coach Vce Lombardi knew McDonald was gay when he took over learship of the team 1969, but ma clear there would be no discrimatn his locker room, those close to the legend say.
Cornerback Wa Davis, who played preason wh the Tennsee Tans, Seattle Seahawks and Washgton Redsks and spent two seasons wh NFL Europe teams Berl Thunr and Barcelona Dragons, me out as gay 2012, nearly a after his retirement.
THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
For the first time, pro baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer has an out gay male player unr ntract. * gay athlete rumors *
He would later nfirm his sexualy on CNN and s down wh ESPN to discs the challeng of growg up gay Jamai and playg football while closeted. He later cled to sign wh the Tennsee Tans and Dallas Cowboys before g out as gay at 24, he told Philalphia Magaze revealed to the magaze that he'd dated a male cheerlear at Purdue who had threatened to out him then. The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April of 2021, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know.
The Rairs leman ma NFL history durg Pri Month 2021 when he me out as gay a heartfelt Instagram post, beg the first active NFL player to e out as member of the LGBTQ+ muny. The Hampton Universy player ma history October of 2022 when he me out as gay an Instagram Story post, beg the first out gay football player at a Historilly Black College or Universy.
People believe Te'o was tfished to the whole thg while others believed he may be gay and was merely g the Kekua story as a way of hidg his relatnship wh Tuiasosopo.
PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ
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 athlete rumors *
Grer got an endorsement al wh Nike after she me out, markg the first time the pany had announced a partnership wh an openly gay athlete. He was talkg about fashn week and said "It was this one thg durg fashn week: I had my legs crossed, and they lled me gay, I've got my legs crossed, I'm chill', I'm gettg my grown man on at the event.
Almost a ago, when Robbie Rogers, Jason Colls and Michael Sam all me out publicly three different pro sports leagu wh a year, I was nvced that there would then be a stream of gay and bi pro athlet who followed su and me out publicly. Now 2022 we have Carl Nassib out on a new team the NFL, Solomon Bat out on a new team mor league baseball, Le Prokop as an NHL prospect, Coll Mart the USL Champnship, and a few other gay guys playg pro sports while publicly out other untri.
EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
Over the years reportg at Outsports about gay athlet, there has been one most-mon qutn I’ve heard the most often, and ’s picked up steam over the last year: Are we on the precipice of a slew of gay and bi men g out pro sports and changg the game? I’ve spoken to straight and gay athlet om var generatns — Michael Irv, Chris Kluwe, O’Callaghan, Trenton Thompson — and they’ve each told me that yeah, you’d hear some homophobic stuff high school, but by the time guys enter the ranks of profsnal sports, that’s mostly gone (though Kluwe had choice words and a lawsu for one ach). Send, while homophobic and anti-gay slurs may be rare as athlet elevate to high-level llege and pro sports, nversatns about women still abound.
While gay pro baseball player Bryan Ruby has wrten about athlet askg him about his relatnship, I’m not gog to profs that every locker room is que there yet. Playg out my theory on the other si of sports, men’s ele leagu are domated by straight guys bee so many of the gay and bi athlet have cid to foc on another votn before they get here. He had a theory many years ago (unproven) that gay men gravated to sports bee was a great hidg spot: If you’re a football player, no one assum you’re gay.
“We n fively say that gay men are numerilly ls attracted to popular mastream sports and more attracted to athetic sports, ” Anrson told Outsports.
WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
Instead, gay men are highly over-reprented multiple other sports: sports that are judged, require athetic appeal, and are more dividualistic. If you accept this premise — there are simply fewer gay and bi men who choose profsnal sports than the general populatn — the rt of the reasons substantiate the power of beg a mory of a mory a mory ele-level men’s sports.
Given how few out gay and bi men there are profsnal sports, anyone g out pro sports anytime soon will have that as part of their legacy.
IS GABE KAPLER GAY? ON TE SEXUALY & BEG AN LGBTQ ALLY
Sometim the choice gay athlet make to keep their personal liv away om the public has nothg to do wh sports and everythg to do wh fay. Yet football gets blamed for the arth of out football players (spe the NFL havg more current and former out gay and b athlet than all the other men’s Amerin pro leagu bed).
Havg more players and ach publicly talk about their gay iends and fay members, addn to their undyg support for people on their team who are gay, n absolutely help gay athlet and ach be their te selv both on the team and to spire others.