Nick McCarvel on beg a gay sports wrer an often very straight world - Outsports

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• NICK MCCARVEL ON BEG A GAY SPORTS WRER AN OFTEN VERY STRAIGHT WORLD
• THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA
• THE BT GAY BARS MELBOURNE
• WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS?
• PLAYERS WANT MARGARET COURT ARENA RENAMED OVER REMARKS ON GAYS
• MELBOURNE'S SOPHIA BROOKS-GAY ENJOYS ROUND ONE W AT 2022 WARRNAMBOOL GRASSURT OPEN

NICK MCCARVEL ON BEG A GAY SPORTS WRER AN OFTEN VERY STRAIGHT WORLD

"Live sr, rults and orr of playAlerts: Get tennis news sent to your phoneDrag queens entertaed fans at the Atralian Open's Pri Day, while Courtney Act - Atralia's most famo drag act and a prev wner of Celebry Big Brother UK - will perform at a ticketed LGBTQ event at Melbourne Park on SundayMany past and prent female players are openly gay - cludg multiple Grand Slam wners Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova - but no top-level male player has publicly e out while says remas "a plex issue" for an active male player to announce they are gay. I'm really surprised how far we've e, " said DSouza, who is on the board of the Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance, which sanctns amatr LGBTQ tournaments all over the world. "I have a gay son, so obvly I'm very supportive of Pri Day and believe should be celebrated, " said 60-year-old Wendy.

THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA

The Glam Slam is an ternatnal tennis event sanctned by the Gay Lbian Tennis Alliance (GLTA) and held Melbourne durg the Atralian Open.

It is also an opportuny for tennis clubs to lead the way on advotg zero tolerance towards homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and terphobia.

Tennis Atralia strongly advot zero tolerance on attus regardg homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and terphobia wh our sport. I am bound by the GAY & LESBIAN TENNIS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA - VICTENNIS INC nstutn, by-laws and polici, and all relevant Tennis Atralia (TA) natnal polici (as veloped and amend om time to time).

THE BT GAY BARS MELBOURNE

While he obvly had known I was gay, I had no ia the man behd so many tennis byl was gay too (OK, maybe I uld have taken a gus). I followed McCarvel on social media at the time and had never seen him talk about beg gay.

I recently asked him if he’d ever talked about beg gay specifilly the media — surprisgly, he had not.

WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS?

Now the sports wrer — who has ntributed to USA Today, NBC Sports, ESPN and others on both tennis and var Olympic sports — shar some sights to beg gay the world of ele sports wrg and whether he’s been able to help LGBT athlet, ach and media members fd their way to their own tths.

Zeigler: How long have you been openly gay your personal life?

Early my reer tennis ntent I met other out and gay dividuals, and that ma me nfint that I uld be whoever I wanted to be as long as I worked hard and was profsnal dog so.

PLAYERS WANT MARGARET COURT ARENA RENAMED OVER REMARKS ON GAYS

There have been cracks of homophobia every sport I’ve vered, but for the most part I’ve felt like I uld jt be myself and none of that would be an issue. Zeigler: Has beg gay ever been a problem for you your sports wrg reer?

They n sense that I’m gay (or they know bee I’ve now been around for a few years and don’t hold back on social media or person) and they n be mpy wh me if ’s an appropriate time, or jt let their guard down.

MELBOURNE'S SOPHIA BROOKS-GAY ENJOYS ROUND ONE W AT 2022 WARRNAMBOOL GRASSURT OPEN

Zeigler: Have you had athlet, ach or other media profsnals talk to you about beg gay, them lookg for sights or advice about how to handle their own personal liv?

I n’t tell you how many emails I’ve gotten, or Twter msag, om young wrers, gay or not, who are after advice. McCarvel: I thk the funnt part of my job for me is the reactn I get om other gay men I meet New York when I’m home or travelg for work. Zeigler: Fally, any good stori (that I n prt) om your life about beg gay and a sports wrer?