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Contents:
- LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
- GAY DUBL
- GAY GOLF PRO OUT TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS NSERVATIVE SPORT
LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
Adults — nearly six percent — intify as gay, while a further lve to the numbers shows that almost 16 percent of Generatn Z (18-23-yearolds) intify as LGBTQ. Jog Stonewall as his workload allows, Kyle Wn, PGA, is a gay golf profsnal and the golf and events sal ordator at Shadow Ridge, as well as a life skills ach at The First Tee of the Coachella Valley.
“There actually ed to be a bar Palm Sprgs named Dk’s, which is an old joke the gay muny. It’s actually an acronym that stands for ‘Double Ine No Kids, ’ which is still reprentative of many gay upl.
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From Metti’s vantage pot, a arth of gay golf groups serv as a signifier that an overt LGBTQ prence the game may be far om reachg the latter ne. “I thk that most of avid gay golfers still feel left out some rpects, ” Wn nclus.
GAY GOLF PRO OUT TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS NSERVATIVE SPORT
This month the PGA of Ameri has been spotlightg gay members, and for several years has strsed that golf’s long-term health and enomy mands drawg a more diverse dience. Last year, Tadd Fujikawa beme the first male player of even morate promence to announce that he is gay.
The LPGA Tour has long been a welg ward for lbians, but gay men are entirely visible on the PGA Tour and only slightly ls so the broar golf universe. The only thg I re to hi golf is my wretched swg, not the fact that I am gay.
There are numero proment figur golf wh gay children or siblgs.