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- TENNIS' LAST TABOO: WHY NO OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYERS?
- THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
TENNIS' LAST TABOO: WHY NO OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYERS?
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The Glam Slam is an ternatnal tennis event sanctned by the Gay Lbian Tennis Alliance (GLTA) and held Melbourne durg the Atralian Open. As Jamie Murray puts : "We have players om all over the world, all different cultur, many walks of life" yet spe of the multiculturalism, there is still one great anomaly at the heart of the men's game: the absence of any openly gay players.
In almost 150 years of beg an anised sport, only two openly gay men have ever played at ele level, both of whom peted primarily before World War II - multiple grand-slam champn Gottied von Cramm who was arrted for homosexualy Nazi Germany, and the Amerin 10-time major wner Bill Tiln. A third gay player, Ameri's former world No. Vahaly revealed last Augt that a handful of profsnal players, and about 30 at junr and llege level, had told him privately that they were gay, but had opted agast gog Vahaly actn at the Atralian Open Viki LasrisVahaly is sure there are many more, and wants to create as welg an environment as possible to help them e out, should they want to.
They are, he believ, "sred" of revealg their te the absence of LGBT trailblazers such as Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova the women's game - and more recent openly gay players, such as Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck - Vahaly looks to have his work cut out.