Former Wal gby pta Gareth Thomas has spoken of his relief at fally makg public the fact he is gay -- and now wants to bee a role mol for gay people sport.
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- WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV
- RUGBY PLAYER GRABS OPPONENT’S CROTCH AND A GAY FORMER PLAYER MAK A JOKE OF
- RUGBY STAR GARETH THOMAS: I'M GAY
- THE GBY WORLD FENDS OUT GAY ATHLETE, LASH OUT AT HOMOPHOBIA
- MICKEY ROURKE'S GAY GBY FILM IS NO LONGER ABOUT GARETH THOMAS
- THOMAS RELIEF AFTER ADMTG HE IS GAY
WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV
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He me out as gay 2009, makg him the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player - and will be a star on ITV's new show The Real Full Monty on Ice. 2 The former Welsh ternatnal me out as gay after his marriage broke up and said he hoped would enurage other young gay gby playersCred: Getty Imag.
When did Gareth Thomas e out as gay?
In December 2009, Thomas announced publicly that he is gay. He said he did not want to be known as a "gay gby player" but simply as a "gby player".
RUGBY PLAYER GRABS OPPONENT’S CROTCH AND A GAY FORMER PLAYER MAK A JOKE OF
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He was also the first profsnal gby unn player to announce that he was gay, when he me out 2009. Thomas married his wife, Jemma, 2002, but they later divorced before he announced that he was gay 2009.
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RUGBY STAR GARETH THOMAS: I'M GAY
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Thomas has been an amazg role mol for other gay players by and beyond, so he gets a pass on this beg nothg more than a bad attempt at humor on live TV that fell flat. Gareth beme the first openly gay gby player 2009 (Picture: Rex)Gareth told The Mirror that Stephen do not have HIV.
Then, December 2009, he publicly announced he was gay, the first profsnal gby unn player to do so. ” Wh a year he’d been voted the most fluential gay person the Inpennt on Sunday Pk List, and received Stonewall’s Hero of the Year was diagnosed HIV+ 2012. A newly sgle gay man by 2012, he’d settled to a route when me to takg sexual health tts.
HIV for me was always the gay plague. “When I me out as gay I watched everyone e out wh me. I went om Gareth Thomas the gby player to Gareth Thomas the gay gby player.
THE GBY WORLD FENDS OUT GAY ATHLETE, LASH OUT AT HOMOPHOBIA
Dad went om Barry Thomas, father of the pta of Wal, to father of the gay boy. I was near enough forced to e out as gay. STORY HIGHLIGHTSFormer ternatnal gby star Gareth Thomas of Wal reveals that he is gayThe 35-year-old is the sport's first high-profile name to acknowledge beg homosexualHe married his childhood sweetheart 2002 but they are separated and gettg divorcedThomas retired om ternatnals 2007 as Wal' most-pped player (CNN) -- A former ternatnal gby star has shocked the sports world by revealg that he is gay.
He is the first openly gay top-level gby player, although top referee Nigel Owens me out 2007.
MICKEY ROURKE'S GAY GBY FILM IS NO LONGER ABOUT GARETH THOMAS
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I knew I would never be accepted as a gay man and still achieve what I wanted to achieve the game--Gareth Thomas. " He said he knew he had was gay om as young as 16 or 17, but hid as he sought to tablish his gby reer, later gog on to pta the Brish and Irish Lns and beg one of the top backs ternatnal gby. "I uld never accept bee I knew I would never be accepted as a gay man and still achieve what I wanted to achieve the game, " he said.
" The player fally revealed he was gay to Wal ach Stt Johnson after a match November 2006, and the Atralian then rmed his teammat Stephen Jon and Martyn Williams. Statistilly I n't be the only one, but I'm not aware of any other gay player still the game. ' "I don't want to be known as a gay gby player.
THOMAS RELIEF AFTER ADMTG HE IS GAY
I jt happen to be gay. Rugby players and clubs around the world are rpondg wh roundg uny to the homophobic attack agast out gay gby star Gareth Thomas.
Thomas, who was a star gby player for Cardiff and Wal’ natnal team, was the victim of a physil anti-gay attack recently.
Dear @gareththomas14, All of French Rugby is wh you regardg the homophobic moltatn you’ve been victim show our support, the French gby players will wear a rabow shoe lace durg the France – Fidji game on Saturday night. What’s tertg about the French wearg the Rabow Lac and unndnally supportg the LGBTQ muny is that recently we were told that somehow the sports world France is jt so much more anti-gay than everywhere else.