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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?
TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
* best gay athlete of all time *
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. The thgs you hear as a child—every time you hear someone say 'f----t' or talk bad about a gay guy, or see somethg on TV and make fun of that.
COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
List of openly gay athlet volved both profsnal and llege sports. This list clus athlet who have "e out" durg their active ... * best gay athlete of all time *
" He scribed hidg his sexualy while playg for the Utah Jazz, but said some teammat who spected he was gay were welg about a 2007 terview on "Outsi the L, " Amaechi, who played five seasons the NBA, said he thought there were other gay players the league, but said 's "terrifyg" for some to e out. 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.
NOTABLE GAY ATHLET IN AMERIN SPORTS (LIST)
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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.
WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
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.
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. 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.