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Are you a tennis fan lookg for a perfect match? GLTA (Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance) worldwi tennis tournaments and the muny of more than 10,000 tennis enthiasts awa!

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GAY AND LBIAN TENNIS ALLIANCE

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Tennis Sydney has no tolerance for ableism, sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia or any form of discrimatn.

Up to the 1980s, gay athlet were a hidn and margalised muny wh the LGBTQ+ muny. However, a group of brave Sunday social players began to anise gay tennis activi Sydney.

TENNIS' LAST TABOO: WHY NO OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYERS?

Fair Day marks the begng of the Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras, providg a fantastic place for muny groups to nnect wh the LGBTQIA+ muny. This… * sydney gay tennis *

In 1982, an advertisement was placed the Sydney Star Observer recg gay tennis players to jo the group. The Gay & Lbian Tennis Associatn (GLTA) tournament format was adopted 1988 and the Mardi Gras tournament was born (today known as AGLO, the Atralian Gay & Lbian Open). In 1996, Tennis Sydney entered s first Mardi Gras Para and was the first ever sportg body to “e out” promotg a healthy and petive environment for the gay muny.

In November 2002, the Gay Gam VI was held Sydney, the first Gay Gam the Southern Hemisphere which drew 11, 000 participants for 31 sports and 11 cultural events om 80 untri. Tennis Sydney hosts seven tournaments each year, cludg two Gay Lbian Tennis Alliance (GLTA) sanctned tournaments and five club tournaments.

The Glam Slam is an ternatnal tennis event sanctned by the Gay Lbian Tennis Alliance (GLTA) and held Melbourne durg the Atralian Open.

DRAMATIC GRDR ENUNTER AT A PARK ADDS CHAPTER TO SYDNEY’S GAY HISTORY

Green Park Darlghurst has been central to the cy's gay life for s. A new play, to be performed the park, adds a chapter." name="scriptn * sydney gay tennis *

Tennis Sydney and Amazon Tennis is Atralasia’s largt LGBT tennis club that aims to promote and facilate gay and lbian tennis Sydney. Our progam of events clu social tennis; mid-week night petns; Club doubl days; and two major Gay & Lbian Tennis Alliance (GLTA) tournaments each year.

GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

Gay llege tennis players offer theori as to why no ele pro players are out, wh the solo nature of the sport beg a key. * sydney gay tennis *

Fair Day marks the begng of the Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras, providg a fantastic place for muny groups to nnect wh the LGBTQIA+ muny. The Pri Sport Inx (PSI) is the first and only benchmarkg stment specifilly signed to asss the cln of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ) people wh Atralian sport and sportg anisatns. Tennis NSW promot zero tolerance on attus regardg homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia wh our sport.

Players will pete unr the global Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance l at Albert Park’s Tennis World, before the fals take place at the Open’s 5000-seat Kia Arena on Atralian Open Pri Day on January 27 (the same day as the men’s semi-fals), thanks to support om Tennis Atralia’s diversy and cln team.

THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA

”Adam Watson, 40, will also be grabbg his racquet after fdg gay and lbian associatn VicTennis after movg to Victoria om Bra on the eve of the COVID-19 lockdowns. As Jamie Murray puts : "We have players om all over the world, all different cultur, many walks of life" yet spe of the multiculturalism, there is still one great anomaly at the heart of the men's game: the absence of any openly gay players.

In almost 150 years of beg an anised sport, only two openly gay men have ever played at ele level, both of whom peted primarily before World War II - multiple grand-slam champn Gottied von Cramm who was arrted for homosexualy Nazi Germany, and the Amerin 10-time major wner Bill Tiln. A third gay player, Ameri's former world No.

GAY SNAS SYDNEY

Vahaly revealed last Augt that a handful of profsnal players, and about 30 at junr and llege level, had told him privately that they were gay, but had opted agast gog Vahaly actn at the Atralian Open Viki LasrisVahaly is sure there are many more, and wants to create as welg an environment as possible to help them e out, should they want to. They are, he believ, "sred" of revealg their te the absence of LGBT trailblazers such as Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova the women's game - and more recent openly gay players, such as Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck - Vahaly looks to have his work cut out.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* SYDNEY GAY TENNIS

There will be no out gay male tennis players at the U.S. Open - Outsports .

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