The U.S. Open hosted s very first Pri, and out tennis player Nick Lee was there to ask: where are the other gay men?
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- THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA
- "IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT
- RUMOR: LAKERS, WARRRS AMONG POTENTIAL RUDY GAY SUORS EE AGENCY
- FRZ SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER WOULD BE ACCEPTED ON ATP TOUR
- THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA
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. * gay tennis player rumours *
The sportg world hasn't been ignorant of the discsn, and many athlet the recent past have found themselv fortable enough to e out as gay or lbian. Unlike several other sports, where homosexual athlet have received ser backlash and threats, tennis has been largely open and non-homophobic. Tennis is arguably one of the world’s most gay-iendly sports.
Many former champns are openly gay, and those clu the greatt of champns. Here is a list of five homosexual tennis players who have achieved a lot of succs:. Raymond has been quoted as sayg: "I me out bee I knew that there would be life after tennis, and beg gay and playg tennis is not a big al.
Today, she is an ternatnal lear seekg regnn and equal rights for gays and lbians. Prently, Navratilova is volved wh var chari that advote gay and lbian rights. You would never, ever choose this, choose to be gay.
"IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT
Recently released by the Thunr, veteran forward Rudy Gay is beg targeted by multiple teams, cludg the Lakers and Warrrs. * gay tennis player rumours *
The most famo homosexual tennis player recent tim, Amelie Mrmo has been there, done that. The most tellg sign of the lack of out gay men profsnal tennis is that the only player wearg any rabow apparel this summer was a straight guy who had to apologize for g gay slurs durg the Olympics.
RUMOR: LAKERS, WARRRS AMONG POTENTIAL RUDY GAY SUORS EE AGENCY
Taylor Frz said that if a men's player on the ATP Tour me out as gay, he would be weled by his peers, the top-ranked Amerin told tennis publitn Clay. * gay tennis player rumours *
Open starts s two-week n New York, I feel pelled to rehash this prsg statistic: There will once aga be no openly gay male players at one of the sport’s premier events. “To be hont, I’m somewhat surprised that there still hasn’t been an out active ATP Tour level player, ” said Nick Lee, a former llege tennis player at Vassar who is openly gay. The absence of out male pro tennis players is noteworthy a summer that saw the first gay NFL player and gay NHL prospect e out and a rerd number of out LGBTQ Olympians, cludg the most men ever.
Brian Bradley, who is gay and played tennis for Catholic Universy Washgton, D. C., foced on the dividual nature of the sport when tellg Outsports why he thks gay pro tennis players stay closeted.
“There are no out gay players on the ATP tour bee most players don’t pick up a racket hop to be a role mol for an entire margalized muny, ” Bradley said. “It tak a special personaly to both thrive a profsnal sport AND live thentilly as a gay man. For so long gayns has been attributed to weakns — this n alienate a player om g out.
FRZ SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER WOULD BE ACCEPTED ON ATP TOUR
“What happens if you’re the the FIRST out gay player? “The g out procs is so nuanced, and I n image the trici that e wh beg gay and playg a profsnal sport.
That closeted player may not have signed up to be the first gay player. But the fear that an out player would be hound by the media has been molished by how quickly the Carl Nassib story fad after the Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman me out as gay June.
I thk “gay male pro tennis player out” would be a story that quickly fas as an obssn a culture where “breakg news” gets old really fast. Are there any gay male ATP players, current or retired? Butone aspect of diversy that is yet to be seen the tennis world is an active player on the ATP tour g out as gay.
THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
After Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova, several top female players have intified themselv as gay over the years. But the lack of active male tennis players who intify themselv as gay seems to suggt otherwise.
Schwartzman went on to extend the nversatn to sexual orientatn, and asserted that a fellow petor g out as gay would be a plete non-issue for him. "There are also sports which they beg to wonr if there are gay players or not, and the tth is that is not unrstood, " the Argente said. "And if there is a gay player the locker room, what happens?
20-time Grand Slam wner Roger Ferer, wily regard as one of the greatt players of all time, had claimed back 2013 that a player g out as gay wouldn't be a big al for him personally.