12 Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Intersex (LGBTI) Athlet I Admire Most | alastairlawrie

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Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ...

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ATHLET WHO ARE GAY

Rapoe intifi as gay and has been out publicly sce 2012, tellg Out at the time, "I feel like sports general are still homophobic, the sense that not a lot of people are out. "We're gay, we're women, we're women of lour, " she said, unrsrg the diversy across women's sports.

5 GAY ATHLET WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

" She said she didn't fully feel fortable about beg gay until she was 51, but add that if she uld change anythg about her experienc, "I'd e out earlier. I am not 100 percent straight, I'm not 100 percent gay, I'm jt queer. Michael Sam was the first openly gay man to be drafted by an NFL team, lled up by the St.

12 LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND INTERSEX (LGBTI) ATHLET I ADMIRE MOST

As a queer black woman, I live at the tersectns of beg a woman, beg black and beg gay... Gymnast Josh Dixon peted for Stanford and, after g out 2012, dreamt of beg the first openly gay Amerin Olympic gymnast. And I'm gay, " wrote Jason Colls a 2013 edn of Sports Illtrated, beg the first athlete any of the four ma profsnal sports leagu to publicly e out.

"I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport, " Colls ntued. He me out as gay a 2013 blog post and, after some time away om the sport, returned to bee the first openly gay player the MLS. "I thk when young kids n see Jason Colls and myself and Michael Sam, and Abby Wambach and Megan Rapoe, and different athlet e out, will fely change and enurage younger gay men and women to play a sport.

Olympian Orlando Cz me out 2012, makg him the first openly gay profsnal boxer the sport's history. I have always been and always will be a proud gay man.

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