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Associated PrsJul 22, 2022, 11:38 AM ETLONDON -- The ATP is teamg up wh You Can Play, a group workg to crease LGBTQ+ cln sports, after 75% of players who participated a survey by the men's tennis tour said they had heard other players e anti-gay tour announced Friday that is lnchg a multiyear tn partnership wh You Can Play, which has worked wh the NHL, MLS and ATP's anonymo, onle survey was distributed to hundreds of players last year; 65 rpond. "There are no openly gay athlet men's tennis tour said a majory of participants "were supportive of ATP takg actn to bat homophobia.
Wimbledon 2023 is officially unrway – weather permtg – but spe the All England Club’s all-whe le, there are a handful of out gay players offerg some val rabow LGBTQ+ reprentatn at tennis’s most prtig tournament.
Sce the days of trailblazg gay Grand Slam champns Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova, women’s tennis has long provid some of the biggt LGBTQ+ nam sport – and there are currently several players Women’s Tennis Associatn (WTA) tour rryg that torch for a new generatn. However, the men’s Associatn of Tennis Profsnals (ATP) isn’t currently jt laggg behd, ’s yet to even cross the startg le: There are currently no out gay players on the men’s tour and no profsnal male tennis player has e out publicly the Open Era while still playg the game. Amerin former world number 57 Brian Vahaly me out publicly as gay 2017, a after retirg om the sport, and shed light on some of the barriers faced by gay male players.