Meet Dylan Watson, an openly gay llege wrtler who found solace, muny and acceptance wrtlg and his teammat.
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MEET OPENLY GAY WRTLER DYLAN WATSON
And are set to wrtle at No Peace Unrground’s Fear The Gay Agenda event on June 11. There have been tim I’ve intified as gay, bi, pan, ace, and others, ” he said. One word that typilly don’t is “homosexualy.
” Fearful of what their fai, iends, and teammat will thk of them, many gay athlet stggle wh ever g out. I was aaid of tellg anyone bee of the bullyg I had seen other openly gay kids go through. Even though I chose to transfer to NYU, the wrtlers at HSC showed me that there’s nothg wrong wh beg an openly gay wrtler.
Personally, one of the problems I’ve faced as a gay athlete is havg to al wh the nstant small jabs thrown at the LGBTQ muny. Teammat might say, “If I ever had a gay kid, I’d kick him out, ” or ments along those l. It starts to make an athlete wonr, “What will they say when I tell them I’m gay?
THIS ELE ILLOIS HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER IS PROUDLY GAY
” Also, you have ach that hear the ments and say nothg or even repeat them, effectively tellg their athlet that beg gay is wrong. For some reason, this notn has prevailed society that a gay man is somehow ls of a man, weaker everyone’s md, and unworthy of beg on any athletic team. In wrtlg, homosexualy is still stigmatized, only recently beg brought to the open as athlet like Mike share their stori.
Once people see that openly gay wrtlers are able to pete at the hight levels of llegiate and ternatnal petns, negative nnotatns among wrtlers towards the LGBTQ muny will slowly start to fa away. It was only a uple weeks after startg to date his boyiend that Stevenson High School’s gay star wrtler, Dylan Geick, cid the closet wasn’t for him.