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• FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY
• FORMER ALL BLACK CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PRAISED AFTER PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS GAY, FORMER ALL BLACKS GBY PLAYER HAS GLOBAL REACH
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• 20 YEARS OF GAY RUGBY NEW ZEALAND TO BE CELEBRATED ANNIVERSARY MATCH
• OPENLY GAY RUGBY PLAYER FEATURED IN RUGBY ATRALIA’S NEW #PARTOFMORE CAMPAIGN
• 'KIDS ARE KILLG THEMSELV': NRL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER IAN ROBERTS BLASTS ISRAEL FOL

FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY

Former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone beme the first All Black to e out publicly as gay, an terview wh TVNZ’s Seven Sharp on Monday. “If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, ” Johnstone said. The former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg he hoped to “take away the prsure and the stigma” of dog so publicly.

Johnstone, 43, said Seven Sharp TV terview that he had told iends and fay “a long time ago” that he was gay.

”New Zealand’s sports mister, Grant Robertson, who is also gay, said Johnstone had blazed a trail for the natnal team – which is domant on the world stage, venerated at home and has bee a multi-billn dollar global brand. The Black Ferns – the natnal women’s team – has multiple openly gay current and past players, cludg Louisa Wall, a former member of parliament who was part of the wng si at the 1995 Women’s Rugby World has been much rarer for men the sport’s top echelons to e out publicly.

FORMER ALL BLACK CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PRAISED AFTER PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY

In 2009, the former Wal pta Gareth Thomas beme the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player the world. Campbell Johnstone, a former gby player New Zealand who played for the natnal All Blacks team, has e out publicly as gay.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS GAY, FORMER ALL BLACKS GBY PLAYER HAS GLOBAL REACH

“If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and the stigma surroundg that whole issue, then n actually help other people, ” he said on the Seven Sharp TV program earlier today. Men’s gby has seen var stars e out publicly as gay over the years.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

In light of recent ntroversy regardg homophobic slurs by Israel Fol, we thought we would she a light on 10 fluential gay gby personali.

20 YEARS OF GAY RUGBY NEW ZEALAND TO BE CELEBRATED ANNIVERSARY MATCH

The players have bee a bean of light bee they overme stereotyp and other challeng faced by homosexual athlet way too often.

OPENLY GAY RUGBY PLAYER FEATURED IN RUGBY ATRALIA’S NEW #PARTOFMORE CAMPAIGN

In this article, we’ll name ten of the most notable gay gby personali, analyze their acplishments, discs how they are shapg the game today, and asss their impact on the overall perceptn of homosexual profsnal athlet around the world. That beg said, due to s physily, gby is regard as a “manly” sport, which mak more difficult for gay players to publicly acknowledge their preference.

At the same time, there are many misnceptns about this betiful sport, which has led to the margalizatn and targetg of gay players. Some high-profile stars like Israel Fol have recently ma headl due to potentially homophobic posts on social media.

'KIDS ARE KILLG THEMSELV': NRL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER IAN ROBERTS BLASTS ISRAEL FOL

This is one of the ma reasons why reprentativ of World Rugby met wh the lears of Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) to help eradite homophobia and tolerance om the game. Notable homosexual gby players and personali.