Greg Fzgerald is an openly gay golf pro and he thks the sport is ready for more out members, even players.
Contents:
- GAY GOLF PRO SE SPORT AS MORE ACCEPTG AND WANTS GOLFERS TO E OUT
- GAY GOLF PRO OUT TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS NSERVATIVE SPORT
- I’M A GOLFER, AND I’M GAY. GET OVER .
- LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
- HOW AN ELE AMATR ENJOYED SUCCS, BUT NEVER FORT, AS A GAY MAN GOLF
- TADD FUJIKAWA BE FIRST MALE PRO GOLFER TO E OUT AS GAY
GAY GOLF PRO SE SPORT AS MORE ACCEPTG AND WANTS GOLFERS TO E OUT
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Adults — nearly six percent — intify as gay, while a further lve to the numbers shows that almost 16 percent of Generatn Z (18-23-yearolds) intify as LGBTQ.
GAY GOLF PRO OUT TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS NSERVATIVE SPORT
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Jog Stonewall as his workload allows, Kyle Wn, PGA, is a gay golf profsnal and the golf and events sal ordator at Shadow Ridge, as well as a life skills ach at The First Tee of the Coachella Valley.
“There actually ed to be a bar Palm Sprgs named Dk’s, which is an old joke the gay muny. It’s actually an acronym that stands for ‘Double Ine No Kids, ’ which is still reprentative of many gay upl.
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The dollars, the rounds and the Gallup poll notwhstandg, beg gay Ameri still reprents taboo for much of the culture, on or off the turf.
LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
“It wasn’t okay to be an openly gay golfer anyplace the untry 1990, or even 2000, ” Buie says.
HOW AN ELE AMATR ENJOYED SUCCS, BUT NEVER FORT, AS A GAY MAN GOLF
A hundred toward the ast, another of the natn’s largt gay golf groups te up wh equal ardor, albe wh a different approach to s msagg. The group’s retired Mare founr don’t see a need to openly promote the group’s gay membership.
TADD FUJIKAWA BE FIRST MALE PRO GOLFER TO E OUT AS GAY
From Metti’s vantage pot, a arth of gay golf groups serv as a signifier that an overt LGBTQ prence the game may be far om reachg the latter ne.
“I thk that most of avid gay golfers still feel left out some rpects, ” Wn nclus.
Two exampl: TPC Hardg Park hostg the gural Pri Open, anized by Greg Fzgerald, the first out, gay male PGA teachg pro, and the USGA raisg Pri flags at s headquarters June and sharg an image of the flags on the anizatn’s social-media acunt. Tour pro Tadd Fujikawa says that not all homophobic ments are obv to people, and sometim not even tentnal.