Former Manly player Ian Roberts was the first openly gay NRL player - he hop the ntroversy around their pri short sparks more discsn about LGBTQ reprentatn the sport.
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- IAN ROBERTS SAYS HE RECEIVED HORRIFIC HOMOPHOBIC ABE AS THE FIRST NRL STAR TO E OUT AS GAY
- IAN ROBERTS SPEAKS ABOUT BEG AN OPENLY GAY MAN THE NRL, THE TRAGEDY THAT MA HIM E OUT
- DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
IAN ROBERTS SAYS HE RECEIVED HORRIFIC HOMOPHOBIC ABE AS THE FIRST NRL STAR TO E OUT AS GAY
The former South Sydney and Manly ont rower told the world he was gay 1995 a landmark announcement that shocked Atralia. * gay nrl player ian *
Ian Roberts is happy to be known as "that gay footballer" but even happier that he is no longer the only one.
IAN ROBERTS SPEAKS ABOUT BEG AN OPENLY GAY MAN THE NRL, THE TRAGEDY THAT MA HIM E OUT
* gay nrl player ian *
The former ont-rower is the days remembered and revered as a trailblazer for the gay muny after he urageoly me out the mid 1990s.
DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
I ma a cisn before we went that I was gog to go on the tour as a gay man, I wasn't gog to pretend that I wasn't. I unrstand to a lot of people I'm "that gay footballer". Myself and three or four other actors put the boys very awkward suatns around misogyny, racism, homophobia, dgs that they n fd themselv , real life.