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Out Magaze on gay fns and sports. Read about the openly gay athlet who are breakg barriers profsnal sports.

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TAYLER WIL: I HOPE THE MEN'S PELOTON BE MORE ACCEPTG OF GAY RIRS

Laevens, who’s 19 years old, says he wants to be an example for other gay cyclists. * openly gay professional cyclists *

"Estimat on the proportn of UK and US people who are gay or bisexual range om about three to seven per cent, as reported a recent Cyclg Weekly vtigatn to the absence of openly LGBTQ+ rirs the profsnal timat suggt there should be between five and 12 LGBTQ+ rirs currently ridg the Tour France. "The whole peloton, the whole cyclg fay, will have to face when somebody will feels fortable enough to clare [they are LGBTQ+], " Guarnieri says of how the more homophobic elements of the sport will have to tch up quickly when the first pro rir cis to e out.

THIS GAY TEENAGE CYCLIST IS ONE OF THE FIRST PRO MALE RIRS TO EVER E OUT

Few profsnal male cyclists of any disciple have been openly gay. * openly gay professional cyclists *

I mean people thk thgs like yeah, this job is too hard for a homosexual person.

BMX PRO COREY WALSH COM OUT AS ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE CYCLISTS

Brendan Holer is a Masters Natnal Champn, 9-time state champn, a pro cyclg ach, and openly gay. The stigma of the gay male athlete persists, and ’s a stigma he hop to change. * openly gay professional cyclists *

Tayler Wil spoke wh Cyclgnews om the Trek-Segaedo mp January shortly after 'cross racer Jt Laevens me out as growg up Utah surround by nservative Mormon culture to livg the Bay Area as an openly gay profsnal cyclist, Amerin Tayler Wil has fed her own unique path through life and sport. Cyclgnews spoke wh the Trek-Segaedo rir about her hop for gay rirs the men's peloton, cyclg the time of panmic and the shiftg Olympic Wil and her partner Olivia Dillon have been the subject of numero articl, they've been lled one of cyclg's olt upl. While Wil' reer the pro peloton tak her around the world, Dillon's role wh the clothg pany Veloc allows her to work remotely and jo Wil Europe for long stretch – much like many married upl the 's not que the same for the men's peloton: there are no openly gay WorldTour rirs and when an U23 cyclo-cross racer Jt Laevens me out, ma headl.

ACCINTAL FIGUREHEAD: CLAY DAVI, THE ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE ELE RIR THE UK

"There are a lot of gay women the sport and I've always had teammat that were gay. "It may be that gay men perceive that sports aren't part of their culture or that pro sport's macho culture exclus them, but Wil says she hop the culture will change.

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