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.
THIS ELE ILLOIS HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER IS PROUDLY GAY
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?
” 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.