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Contents:
- ONE OF THE MOST RATED GAY ATHLET OF ALL TIME PASSED AWAY CHRISTMAS EVE
- TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
- COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
- NOTABLE GAY ATHLET IN AMERIN SPORTS (LIST)
- WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
ONE OF THE MOST RATED GAY ATHLET OF ALL TIME PASSED AWAY CHRISTMAS EVE
Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * best gay athlete of all time *
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. "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.
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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 * best gay athlete of all time *
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 2016, he dited a match to the victims of the gay nightclub shootg at Pulse Orlando, Florida.
COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
* best gay athlete of all time *
I showed jt bee I'm gay don't make me any different or ls of a person, " Denson told the Milwkee Journal Sentel 2017. I was offend, bee beg gay is no way offensive, but more so bee was and always has been/felt very tsive. Adam Rippon, a figure skater, was the first openly gay Amerin to qualify for the Olympics.
"One time, I was the fourth gra and somebody said, 'Oh, bee you skate, you're gay, '" Rippon told Today 2019. I felt embarrassed and I didn't know why and I didn't even know what beg gay really meant.
Greg Louganis won four gold medals and one silver medal at three Olympic Gam om 1976 to 1988 as a diver, but wasn't until 1994 that he me out as gay. ""If I n show that I'm out and I'm fe, then hopefully the younger generatn will feel the same way, " Grer said the same year, Grer recieved a multi-ln dollar al om Nike, and beme the first openly gay basketball player endorsed by the brand, acrdg to The married her wife, Cherelle, 2019.
NOTABLE GAY ATHLET IN AMERIN SPORTS (LIST)
Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Football star Michael Sam ma headl 2014 when he beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL.
WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
His announcement provoked mixed reactns om his fellow players and the media.Are you surprised that so many profsnal athlet are gay? Share your thoughts the ments sectn.Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC-BYOlympic soccer player Megan Rapoe me out as gay 2012. She has been a relatnship wh Atralian soccer player Sarah Walsh for three years.Age: 38Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Reddg, CaliforniaTeams: Chigo Red StarsTennis great Billie Jean Kg beme the first proment female profsnal athlete to e out as gay back 1981.Age: 79Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Long Beach, California, Uned Stat of AmeriOlympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay.