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Contents:

• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK
• THERE HAVE BEEN 11 KNOWN GAY PLAYERS NFL HISTORY
• TIMGAY
• BENJAMGAY
• BENJAMGAY

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.

TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK

(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office.

THERE HAVE BEEN 11 KNOWN GAY PLAYERS NFL HISTORY

He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group. He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton.

“I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.

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TIMGAY

Tyson Gay, one of the most rated U.

Throughout Gay’s early reer, wng rac meant phg himself to extrem durg trag. Like that of many young athlet, Gay’s workout strategy was to go as hard as he uld, for as long as he uld, the gym and on the track.

“I’ve always done that sce I was young, ” says the soft-spoken Gay.

BENJAMGAY

Gay’s new outlook is part of his natural growth as a world-class athlete. Gay knows what’s on the le this summer. Before Jamain world-rerd holr Usa Bolt took track and field by storm, Gay was the domant force the sport’s marquee events: the 100m and 200m.

At the 2007 World Champnships Osaka, Japan, Gay beme only the send man history to w tl the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay. Gay seemed sted to reach his peak at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beijg.

“I felt a ltle twge my hamstrg, ” Gay says. The jury forced Gay to whdraw om the 200m race at the 2008 Olympics. That loss opened the door for Bolt, who upstaged Gay’s tle sweep Osaka by claimg Olympic gold the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m events Beijg.

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Gay never fully revered om the hamstrg jury, but he ocsnally showed flash of brilliance, most notably 2010 at the DN Galan Stockholm Diamond League event.

Racg the lane next to Bolt, Gay shocked the track world wh a mandg performance and upset victory, handg Bolt his send loss ever a 100m event. Ls than a year after that fg victory, Gay experienced yet another setback. The operatn put Gay on ctch for the first time his life, and kept him off the track until mid April of this year, a few months before the start of the Olympics.

To get himself om the hospal bed to the track, Gay had to rebuild his body om the ground up. “I have to stay mentally strong through the revery procs to know that I n acplish my goals, bee ’s not a team sport, ” Gay says. After four months away om the weight room, Gay was chg to get back.