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• FOR GAY TEXAS RANGERS WRER, LIFE HAS TURNED SWEET AFTER HE H ROCK BOTTOM
• BOSTON SPORTS WRER COM OUT ON MORNG RAD SHOW"WELL, I'M GAY, I SHOULD JT SAY THAT." {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CODY GOHLNOVEMBER 7, 2016/12:30 PMBY CODY GOHLNOVEMBER 7, 2016 / 12:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BOSTON SPORTS WRER COM OUT ON MORNG RAD SHOW","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-07T17:30:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-07T17:30:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CODY GOHL","KEYWORDS":"SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOSTON-BASED SPORTS WRER ALEX REIMER ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY AN EARLY MORNG RAD TERVIEW LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REIMER, WHO WR FOR THE LIK OF SB NATN, BOSTON MAGAZE AND FORB, OPENED UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY ON WEEI’S “KIRK & CALLAHAN” {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE WRER HAS BEEN OUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE TERVIEW MARKED THE FIRST TIME HE'D PUBLICLY SPOKEN ABOUT HIS INTY AS A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "REVEAL" OCCURRED THE FAL TWENTY MUT OF THE TERVIEW, WHEN ONE OF THE HOSTS ASKED REIMER: "WHAT IS SOMETHG THE LISTENERS DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WELL, I'M GAY, I SHOULD JT SAY THAT," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HOSTS WERE SURPRISED AND APPEARED TRATED, BUT NOT BEE OF HIS SEXUALY—THEY ONLY WISHED THAT HE'D BROUGHT UP THE TOPIC EARLIER SO THEY ULD'VE HAD MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT, CALLAHAN ADMTED, "HE'S GAY, SO WHAT, DON'T MATTER TO ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO HEAR REIMER CHAT ABOUT HIS CSH ON JT BIEBER, HIS PARTICIPATN THE BOSTON GAY FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND A FEW OF HIS PRIVATE FANTASI, CHECK OUT THE TERVIEW, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WHEN THIS SPORTS WRER SAID HE’S GAY, RAD HOSTS GOT MAD AT HIM FOR BURYG THE LEAD
• TAG: GAY WRER

FOR GAY TEXAS RANGERS WRER, LIFE HAS TURNED SWEET AFTER HE H ROCK BOTTOM

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BOSTON SPORTS WRER COM OUT ON MORNG RAD SHOW"WELL, I'M GAY, I SHOULD JT SAY THAT." {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CODY GOHLNOVEMBER 7, 2016/12:30 PMBY CODY GOHLNOVEMBER 7, 2016 / 12:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BOSTON SPORTS WRER COM OUT ON MORNG RAD SHOW","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-07T17:30:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-07T17:30:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CODY GOHL","KEYWORDS":"SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOSTON-BASED SPORTS WRER ALEX REIMER ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY AN EARLY MORNG RAD TERVIEW LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REIMER, WHO WR FOR THE LIK OF SB NATN, BOSTON MAGAZE AND FORB, OPENED UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY ON WEEI’S “KIRK & CALLAHAN” {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE WRER HAS BEEN OUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE TERVIEW MARKED THE FIRST TIME HE'D PUBLICLY SPOKEN ABOUT HIS INTY AS A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "REVEAL" OCCURRED THE FAL TWENTY MUT OF THE TERVIEW, WHEN ONE OF THE HOSTS ASKED REIMER: "WHAT IS SOMETHG THE LISTENERS DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WELL, I'M GAY, I SHOULD JT SAY THAT," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HOSTS WERE SURPRISED AND APPEARED TRATED, BUT NOT BEE OF HIS SEXUALY—THEY ONLY WISHED THAT HE'D BROUGHT UP THE TOPIC EARLIER SO THEY ULD'VE HAD MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT, CALLAHAN ADMTED, "HE'S GAY, SO WHAT, DON'T MATTER TO ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO HEAR REIMER CHAT ABOUT HIS CSH ON JT BIEBER, HIS PARTICIPATN THE BOSTON GAY FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND A FEW OF HIS PRIVATE FANTASI, CHECK OUT THE TERVIEW, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Here I was as an out gay man. I am a 29-year-old gay man who works at a full-time job wh a si job verg Dallas sports, pecially the Texas Rangers.

I’m an out gay man and a damn proud one. I didn’t know any gay guys.

I had only been exposed to the Hollywood gay stereotype, so the only gay exposure I got were flamboyant dus who talk high pch voic wh energetic mov and liked figure skatg. I thought I uldn’t be gay and maybe I was jt cur.

WHEN THIS SPORTS WRER SAID HE’S GAY, RAD HOSTS GOT MAD AT HIM FOR BURYG THE LEAD

To be clear, I wasn’t surround by homophobia. I knew I was gay. I figured my reer sports was over sce a gay guy workg profsnal sports jt don’t happen.

TAG: GAY WRER

On the first day, I me out as gay to my therapist. I mean, a closeted gay man verg a baseball team was hardly a norm, and still ate at me, but I didn’t want to say anythg bee I didn’t want to the moment.

Later the year I told a few more people I was gay.