Rugby News, Former Wallaby Dan Palmer out as gay powerful lumn

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• ‘LOVED, ADORED AND RPECTED’: TRIBUT FLOW AFTER ATH OF FIRST OUT GAY BOBSLEIGH ATHLETE
• GAY GBY PLAYER, BOBSLEDR, ACTIVIST SIMON DUNN DI AT 35
• GAY GBY CLUB V PRO PLAYER WHO YELLED GAY SLUR TO PRACTICE WH THEM
• GAY RUGBY PLAYER, BOBSLEDR SIMON DUNN DI AT 35
• 'MY OWN ATH FELT PREFERABLE TO ANYBODY DISVERG': FORMER WALLABY DAN PALMER OUT AS GAY POWERFUL LUMN
• LIVGTOPICSALL LIVGSAVAGE LOVETRAVELASTROLOGYFROM THE VLTHEALTHSTYLELGBT+SEX & ROMANCEBT OF VANUVERTRANSPORATNCARTOONSHOMELS VANUVER LGBT+GAY FORMER GBY STAR BRENNAN BASTYOVANSZKY RECHARG VANUVER ROGU
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

‘LOVED, ADORED AND RPECTED’: TRIBUT FLOW AFTER ATH OF FIRST OUT GAY BOBSLEIGH ATHLETE

Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual. They were then asked to rate the men on their sexual orientatn g a sle om zero (exclively heterosexual) to 10 (exclively homosexual). Rults om the study showed listeners uld distguish between gay and straight men’s voic wh an accuracy of 62 per cent, apparently nsistent wh prev rearch.

The thors said their rearch showed bisexual men’s voic were perceived as beg more exclively attracted to women pared wh both gay and straight men’s voic.

GAY GBY PLAYER, BOBSLEDR, ACTIVIST SIMON DUNN DI AT 35

Bisexual men’s voic were rated as more mascule than both gay and straight men’s voic. ‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone.

“The fdgs may also she light on whether bisexual male voic, like gay male voic, differ om straight voic terms of their genr non-nformy – a qutn that to date has not been examed. ”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch.

‘Loved, adored and rpected’: Tribut flow after ath of first out gay bobsleigh athleteSimon Dunn, the first openly gay man to reprent any untry the sport of bobsleigh, has been remembered as a kd and genero athlete and muny lear after his ath at 35 years sports star was well known for his succs bobsleigh and played wh Sydney’s gay and clive gby unn club, the Sydney Convicts, for more than 10 years. “Simon was passnate about givg back to the muny and volunteerg, he gave his time and [ed] his profile to help multiple chari, ” the statement Dunn, wh former L Girls performer Kathere Wolfgramme, preparg for a gay pri cise September Peter RaeThe Bobby Goldsmh Foundatn, an HIV support chary for which Dunn was an ambassador, scribed him as a “selfls, passnate and kd dividual who treated everyone equally, stood up for margalised and vulnerable people and lled out jtice”. “He was a passnate advote for LGBTQIA+ reprentatn sport, speakg about his experienc of homophobia his younger years, ” the group’s statement said.

GAY GBY CLUB V PRO PLAYER WHO YELLED GAY SLUR TO PRACTICE WH THEM

I will cherish the betiful moments we spent together, ” he said on was voted the “world’s hottt man” by Attu magaze 2015, and wrote lumns for var LGBTQIA+ publitns around the grew up playg gby but “when I first me out, I tried to f to the ‘normal’ gay image: I gave up sport, ” he told the Star Observer moved to Calgary Canada, where he pursued bobsleigh later returned home to Sydney and joed gay gby unn team the Convicts. Simon Dunn, an openly gay bobsledr and gby player who beme an advote for LGBTQ , died Saturday Sydney, Atralia.

“He was a passnate advote for LGBTQIA+ reprentatn sport, speakg about his experienc of homophobia his younger years, ” a statement om the HIV support group Bobby Goldsmh Foundatn said. Dunn played gby wh gay-oriented teams London and Sydney and then moved to Canada while he tackled bobsled, hopg to qualify for the Olympics. Atralian gymnast Heath Thorpe, himself gay, posted a lovg tribute to his iend on Twter:.

The Sydney Convicts are Atralia’s first gay and clive Rugby Unn club. Together wh our partners at ACON we have worked to grow the nversatn around anti-homophobia sport, and been volved creatg real change for our muny.

GAY RUGBY PLAYER, BOBSLEDR SIMON DUNN DI AT 35

On the back of Bgham 2014 wh the support of the Atralian Sports Commissn the Convicts lnched an Anti-Homophobia & Incln Framework for Atralian Sports.

The Convicts also head up the Out on The Fields survey, the first ternatnal study on homophobia Sport. When the Atralian Rugby Unn fed NSW Waratahs player Jacqu Potgieter $20, 000 for g a gay slur durg a recent match, the top gay gby team Atralia (and the world) praised the quick rponse. "We appld the Atralian Rugby Unn and the Waratahs for actg so quickly to vtigate and rolve this matter and rercg their mment to eradite homophobia gby and providg a posive environment for all, " Said Andrew Purchas, founr of the Sydney Convicts and Print of last year's Sydney Bgham Cup.

"It is certaly disappotg that this event occurred at all and highlights the ongog need for all sports to be actively engaged elimatg homophobia. "He would quickly regnize that beg gay has no impact on a person's abily to play gby or their passn for the game.

'MY OWN ATH FELT PREFERABLE TO ANYBODY DISVERG': FORMER WALLABY DAN PALMER OUT AS GAY POWERFUL LUMN

He was ma history when he earned a spot on the Atralian bobsleddg team, the first out gay man the sport.

He also played for the Sydney Convicts, the profsnal gby team ma up entirely of gay players. 1674436812Dunn had been an avid gby player when he was younger but stepped away om playg large part due to the homophobia the sport.

He ced an episo where a straight player on his high school team qutned whether a gay person should be a scm. “Havg your own teammat not wantg you on the field was tough and was part of the reason why I qu the game, actually all sport, for a nsirable amount of time, ” he told ESPN left sports and the untry for a perd, but eventually returned to Atralia and tried out for the all-gay Sydney Convicts gby team.

LIVGTOPICSALL LIVGSAVAGE LOVETRAVELASTROLOGYFROM THE VLTHEALTHSTYLELGBT+SEX & ROMANCEBT OF VANUVERTRANSPORATNCARTOONSHOMELS VANUVER LGBT+GAY FORMER GBY STAR BRENNAN BASTYOVANSZKY RECHARG VANUVER ROGU

“You learn to believe a gay person don't have a place the sportg field, ” he said.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

Are all the blok gay? “Never thought there’d be that many gay blok who played gby.

”The exchange typifi the verable tsunami of goodwill towards the Bgham Cup, the World Cup of gay gby.

They’ve celebrated their brotherhood, and tried to bat homophobia sport. They aim to challenge stereotyp, alter perceptns of what is to be gay.

What is to be gay?

And so do The Gays.