5 active tennis players who have e out as gay or bisexual, ft. Daria Kasatka & Samantha Stosur

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Fabien Reboul and Maxence Broville l up the ter wh their kissg photos. Are they actually gay and love?

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5 ACTIVE TENNIS PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY OR BISEXUAL, FT. DARIA KASATKA & SAMANTHA STOSUR

While there are many out women on the women’s tour, there are currently none on the ATP Tour on the men’s si, though var former pro tennis players — most notably Brian Vahaly — have e out as gay. The other possibily that volv a big “g out” is that one of them is gay and the other is playg along or supportg him. But none of that means they’re gay or love.

Earlier this year two former profsnal soccer players — Iker Casillas and Carl Puyol — joked on social media about beg gay and a relatnship, drawg some lghs but mostly srn for (or so the accatns go) mockg the g-out experience of athlet. On a prsg note, the event will once aga have no out male players, not a surprise sce there are no out gay or bi men on the tour. The historic nature of that many out players is not lost on Nick Lee, a former llege tennis player at Vassar who is openly gay and who was stmental pilg this list.

As for the men’s si, we have wrten at length about the absence of out male players (the bt theory as to why me om a gay former llege player), but at least there are LGBTQ alli among top men’s players.

"IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT

“I don’t thk ’s really a taboo, but I’ve seen qutns before about why there aren’t any openly gay men on the tour, and I jt wanted to kd of voice my support that general area.

The sportg world hasn't been ignorant of the discsn, and many athlet the recent past have found themselv fortable enough to e out as gay or lbian. Unlike several other sports, where homosexual athlet have received ser backlash and threats, tennis has been largely open and non-homophobic. Tennis is arguably one of the world’s most gay-iendly sports.

Many former champns are openly gay, and those clu the greatt of champns. Here is a list of five homosexual tennis players who have achieved a lot of succs:.

DARIA KASATKA OUT AS GAY AND SPEAKS OUT AGAST RSIAN ATTUS

Raymond has been quoted as sayg: "I me out bee I knew that there would be life after tennis, and beg gay and playg tennis is not a big al. Today, she is an ternatnal lear seekg regnn and equal rights for gays and lbians. Prently, Navratilova is volved wh var chari that advote gay and lbian rights.

You would never, ever choose this, choose to be gay. The most famo homosexual tennis player recent tim, Amelie Mrmo has been there, done that. The two shared a photo of each other embracg on social media their tennis club gear It was followed by a photograph of them kissg which was shared on both of their social media pag This opened up the possibily that the ATP Tour uld fally have active gay players - somethg the sport has been cricised for the past.

At this year's French open, there were reported to be seven openly gay female players - and zero men. Daria Kasatka me out as gay a recent terview wh blogger Vya Kravchenko. The 25-year-old went on to speak about how homosexualy is treated Rsia, before statg that there is nothg easier the world than beg straight.

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"If there's a gay player the locker room, nothg happens" - Diego Schwartzman, the latt star to support the LGBTQ movement .

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