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Contents:

• THIS GAY MNOTA SPRTER FOUND HIMSELF, AND LOVE, THE BIG TEN
• JT GATL SAYS TYSON GAY SERV SEND CHANCE AFTER DOPG BAN
• WILL SPRTERS JT GATL AND TYSON GAY BE REEMED AT THE OLYMPICS?
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• US SPRTER TYSON GAY (R) TAK THE BATO
• DGHTER OF OLYMPIC SPRTER TYSON GAY FATALLY SHOT
• ARRTS MA FATAL SHOOTG OF OLYMPIC SPRTER TYSON GAY'S DGHTER TRY

THIS GAY MNOTA SPRTER FOUND HIMSELF, AND LOVE, THE BIG TEN

Phtigo High School Northern Wisns was a place where beg gay was the punch le to almost every joke, and g out would have alienated anyone beyond belief, pecially if they were gay and an athlete.

I uld not go a day whout hearg the jocks mockg someone they thought was gay.

JT GATL SAYS TYSON GAY SERV SEND CHANCE AFTER DOPG BAN

Sometim the mockg and name-llg was directed at someone they knew was gay and whose stereotypil mannerisms were simply a te exprsn of their self.

I felt sick to my stomach every time somethg like this happened, bee that gay kid was brave enough to live the life I wanted. At a very young age I learned beg gay was one of the filthit featur a person uld have my town. “I wish all gays would die.

WILL SPRTERS JT GATL AND TYSON GAY BE REEMED AT THE OLYMPICS?

No one knew I was gay, but the signs were fely there. I thought I uld abolish the gay me by excellg at sports. In part, did the trick: Every medal I won transformed anyone’s thoughts of me beg gay to affirmatn of me beg straight.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

I went through high school wng track meets and breakg school rerds, hopg that would disguise the fact that I was gay. Ltle did I know, sports would lead me to be the proud, gay athlete I am today. At first, we didn’t know each other was gay.

US SPRTER TYSON GAY (R) TAK THE BATO

I hoped for the bt, but jt like home, beg gay was the punch le to every joke.

I endured an credible amount of homophobic locker room talk.

DGHTER OF OLYMPIC SPRTER TYSON GAY FATALLY SHOT

There was not a sgle openly gay man on the team, which surprised me. After listeng to the athlet and what they had to say about gay men, didn’t surprise me anymore.

We didn’t que have all the same experienc, but the opprsn of gays his hometown of Milwkee is probably parable to the opprsn my small, nservative farm town. I love my fay, iends, and teammat, but they nnot relate to the thgs closeted gay athlet go through. EDT: Gay swimmer, bisexual lacrosse player among NCAA athlet sharg their cln stori.

ARRTS MA FATAL SHOOTG OF OLYMPIC SPRTER TYSON GAY'S DGHTER TRY

Scroll down for the story of yet another out gay swimmer at another universy, wh his own vio for the NCAA project “My Story Matters.