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Contents:

• U.S. PRO GBY PLAYER DEV IBAñEZ OUT AS GAY
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• 10 SPORTIFS GAYS AMOURX ET FIERS L’êTRE
• KEEGAN HIRST, GBYMAN ET GAY - LA CHAMPN FA SON G-OUT
• LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT
• DANS SON LENDRIER, CE CLUB GBY GAY OSE LE NU ET L'TIME
• GBYL JOURS D'UN CLUB GBY GAY POSENT N POUR LR LENDRIER
• RUGBY: GAYS ET GAILLARDS
• UN CLUB GBY GAY DANS (PRQUE) CHAQUE éTAT L'ATRALIE
• GBYL JOURS D'UN CLUB GBY GAY POSENT N POUR LR LENDRIER
• RUGBY PLAYER GRABS OPPONENT’S CROTCH AND A GAY FORMER PLAYER MAK A JOKE OF

U.S. PRO GBY PLAYER DEV IBAñEZ OUT AS GAY

Dev Ibañez, who played profsnally Major League Rugby, has e out as gay social media posts, sayg he has “cid to embrace what I once felt embarrassed of and be proudly and shamelsly myself. He created his Instagram acunt yterday as “thatgaygger, ” sce he is one of the very few openly gay pro gby players, past or prent. I am openly gay.

The fal goal beme “Once I sign a pro ntract I will be more vol and bee the first openly gay MLR [Major League Rugby] player. I had been separatg gby and my personal life/sexualy sce I was high school bee I didn’t wanna be known as “that gay gger”.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

I have met some credibly talented LGBTQ gby players over the years, many of whom were blackballed om playg a high level solely due to beg gay. As of now I am the only openly gay gby player to earn a ntract wh an MLR si (At least I haven’t heard of any others, would love to talk wh anyone who has. So I will proudly ll myself “that gay gger” hop that one day won’t sound strange men’s gby.

And bee I know that I am much more than jt that gay gby player, and more than jt someone obssed wh gby. But I have also found high level men’s gby to still be far om a welg place for gay gby players.

10 SPORTIFS GAYS AMOURX ET FIERS L’êTRE

Here’s some pics of me and my partner livg our bt life together to make the homophob my iends list crge.

KEEGAN HIRST, GBYMAN ET GAY - LA CHAMPN FA SON G-OUT

But I am nfint the homophobia will be drowned out by the valu, love and support that the gby muny is built upon. In light of recent ntroversy regardg homophobic slurs by Israel Fol, we thought we would she a light on 10 fluential gay gby personali.

The players have bee a bean of light bee they overme stereotyp and other challeng faced by homosexual athlet way too often. In this article, we’ll name ten of the most notable gay gby personali, analyze their acplishments, discs how they are shapg the game today, and asss their impact on the overall perceptn of homosexual profsnal athlet around the world. That beg said, due to s physily, gby is regard as a “manly” sport, which mak more difficult for gay players to publicly acknowledge their preference.

LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT

At the same time, there are many misnceptns about this betiful sport, which has led to the margalizatn and targetg of gay players. Some high-profile stars like Israel Fol have recently ma headl due to potentially homophobic posts on social media. This is one of the ma reasons why reprentativ of World Rugby met wh the lears of Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) to help eradite homophobia and tolerance om the game.

Notable homosexual gby players and personali. Here’s a list of ten notable gay gby players and how they are shapg the game today. The very first high-profile gby player to ever e out to the public as gay is former Atralian ternatnal Ian Roberts.

Even though Ian Roberts may have been the first high-profile player to openly adm beg gay, Keegan Hirst was the first to ever do while still active. Currently a Wakefield Try prop, Hirst has bee one of the most notable gay athlet, earng himself a startg role after signg a ntract wh the League si 2016. Sam Stanley beme the first openly gay Rugby Unn and Sevens player the UK.

DANS SON LENDRIER, CE CLUB GBY GAY OSE LE NU ET L'TIME

Although he never played gby at a profsnal level, Mark Bgham has bee an inic figure for gay gby players and sportspeople around the world.

GBYL JOURS D'UN CLUB GBY GAY POSENT N POUR LR LENDRIER

Known for his heroics durg the September 11 attacks, Bgham was a robt send-row man who played for the gay-clive San Francis Fog RFC. The Mark Kendall Bgham Memorial Tournament, simply known as the Bgham Cup, is a biennial gay gby unn tournament which was held for the first time 2002.

Thomas publicly me out 2009 and has sce scribed his experience as a secretly gay player, revealg how the social prsure and stereotyp pose a signifint challenge for many athlet today. The Welshman is also a TV personaly and a voted activist for the LGBT e, wng “Gay Sports Personaly of the De” at the Stonewall awards ceremony London back 2015. Keegan Hirst a révélé son homosexualé.

RUGBY: GAYS ET GAILLARDS

Le jour gby brannique Keegan Hirst a révélé dimanche dans une vidéo son homosexualé, lui qui a divorcé récemment son époe. Dévoiler son homosexualé lorsque l’on t sportif t une éprve à mener.

UN CLUB GBY GAY DANS (PRQUE) CHAQUE éTAT L'ATRALIE

Le pilier l’équipe anglaise gby s Batley Bulldogs a révélé dimanche dans une vidéo publiée par le «Sunday Mirror» qu’il éta gay. «Au départ, je n’arrivais même pas à prononcer ce mot dans ma tête, ‘gay’. Comment pouvais-je être homosexuel?

GBYL JOURS D'UN CLUB GBY GAY POSENT N POUR LR LENDRIER

Personne n’t gay à Batley», a-t-il nfié ment s’épanouir lorsque l’on ne parvient pas à assumer qui l’on t vraiment? Je me suis nvacu que je ne pouvais pas être gay», déclare enre le champn, qui a renntré sa femme à 19 ans, persuadé qu’il alla «termer s jours avec elle». Mais après s anné soufance, Keegan a falement accepté sa sexualé, se disant «c’t ce que je suis, je suis gay.

«Je n’ai enre jamais vécu en tant que gay, c’t tout nouve. Pourtant, le «Guardian» rappelle qu’en 2008, la ligue anglaise gby ava déjà fa prve d’ouverture, lançant la toute première mpagne ntre l’homophobie d’une associatn sportive. On a voulu voir nos Dix du Sta à no… D’tant qu’on a été tré, l’an rnier x Gay Gam à Paris, quand on a vu que le gby ne faisa pas partie s sports sélectnnés.

Le nom ce champnnat vient celui Mark Bgham, gbyman gay, l’un s héros du vol UA93, qui s’écrasa en Pennsylvanie le 11 septembre 2001 (il sera joué par Cheyenne Jackson dans le film Uned 93). Et le protège-nt pt être homo-érotique dans une mêlée… Créd: Nilas MailleComment s’scrire? L Gaillard·e·s, le premier club gby gay-iendly France, dévoile un nouve lendrier batif, qui fa jouer l prolongatns à l'pace naturiste du bois Vcenn...

RUGBY PLAYER GRABS OPPONENT’S CROTCH AND A GAY FORMER PLAYER MAK A JOKE OF

Déjà nverti à l'écrure clive, le club, fier d'avoir pl en pl femm dans la mêlée, a mis en avant une jouse  l'équipe dans le lendrier gay-iendly. “On voula montrer qu'on t un club mixte”, qui réun femm et homm mais ssi homos et hétéros, to l âg et l nivex sportifs, tant sur la peloe pour valoriser le gby dans sa diversé, que so l bass s Tea Dance pour créer du lien. Désormais domicilié centre LGBT Paris, le club s't d'aillrs chargé d'une parole pl engagée en aidant un anisme renntré dans l loux la e Bebourg: l'Associatn pour la rennaissance s dros s personn homosexuell et transexuell à l'immigratn et séjour (ARDHIS).

L Dix du Sta: versn gay à Amsterdam! The Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy has e out as gay, and thanked ach Leo Cullen and Stuart Lanster for their “unbelievable” support.