Read about key moments the history of the LGBTQ fight for rights Ameri, om the first gay rights group to prent day.
Contents:
- HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
- TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
- TOP 10 UNTENTNALLY GAY MOMENTS
- WHEN IT COM TO BEG GAY-FRIENDLY, WOMEN’S SPORTS ARE AHEAD OF THE GAMEWHEN IT COM TO BEG GAY-FRIENDLY, WOMEN’S SPORTS ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME
HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
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When John Amaechi me out publicly 2007, he was ahead of his time, sharg that he’s gay and a former profsnal basketball player. Sce Colls showed the world you uld be a gay man profsnal basketball, there has been a trickle of gay athlet to follow, most recently former NBA player and current Atralian pro basketball player Isaac Humphri. Here are the gay men who have blazed a trail on basketball urts around the world.
TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
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Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so. I'm a footballer and I'm gay.
"He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay. In a September terview wh USA Today, 25-year-old mor league baseball player beme the only active baseball profsnal to be out as gay!
Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay July, the first active player the league to e out. "I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay, " he wrote a heartfelt msage on social media.
TOP 10 UNTENTNALLY GAY MOMENTS
The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract.
I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know.
"He wanted everyone to know he was "still the same Colton everybody met on TV" and is "proud to be gay. Hiltz had prevly e out as gay while llege and has been a visible and affirmg prence for gay athlet the past.
WHEN IT COM TO BEG GAY-FRIENDLY, WOMEN’S SPORTS ARE AHEAD OF THE GAMEWHEN IT COM TO BEG GAY-FRIENDLY, WOMEN’S SPORTS ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME
Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone.
Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher.
He ially feared negative stereotyp about gay male athlet but threw those ncerns asi after his two-tle performance at the U. None of the athlet are nfirmed to be gay or anythg like that.