Why Gay Men Love Rugby, One of the Rought Sports Around

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Years before gay players broke down barriers the NBA and NFL, gay gby players mand acceptance the most rough-and-tumble sport of all.

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GAY PRO GBY PLAYER SPIRED TO E OUT BY LOVE OF HIS BOYIEND

The Lester scm-half has thanked his ach and teammat for their ‘unbelievable’ support after g out as gay * rugby esporte gay *

Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so.

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

Dev Ibañez out as a gay player profsnal gby and hop to spir others a siar suatn. * rugby esporte gay *

I'm a footballer and I'm gay. "He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay.

In a September terview wh USA Today, 25-year-old mor league baseball player beme the only active baseball profsnal to be out as gay!

GAY PRO GBY PLAYER NICK MCCARTHY OUT IRELAND TO WISPREAD ACCEPTANCE

Kgs Cross Steelers, named after the NFL si om Ptsburgh, is the first gay gby club the world, and a new documentary film, Steelers, follows their journey om trma to triumph. * rugby esporte gay *

Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay July, the first active player the league to e out.

"I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay, " he wrote a heartfelt msage on social media. The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract. I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay.

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

There are many great gay profsnal gby players and personali. The players have bee a bean of light bee they overme the stereotyp. * rugby esporte gay *

The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. "He wanted everyone to know he was "still the same Colton everybody met on TV" and is "proud to be gay. Hiltz had prevly e out as gay while llege and has been a visible and affirmg prence for gay athlet the past.

HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON

Gay Rugby League Player Says He's Seen Much 'Gayer' Thgs In Sports Changg Rooms * rugby esporte gay *

Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone. Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher. He ially feared negative stereotyp about gay male athlet but threw those ncerns asi after his two-tle performance at the U.

29 and cid to e out publicly as gay. A month prr, my partner Ferg and I had created an Instagram acunt — thatgaygger — and I cid to fally share somethg I had long kept separate om my gby reer.

He n be reached by email () or Instagram (@thatgaygger). The Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy has e out as gay, and thanked ach Leo Cullen and Stuart Lanster for their “unbelievable” support. I need to accept beg gay myself before I uld addrs wh others.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

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Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho/ShutterstockFellow Lester player Dunne revealed his bisexualy last year, around the same time Nassib announced he was gay and a few months before Atralian Cavallo ma headl across the world by sharg his news. Last month, Blackpool’s Jake Daniels beme the first UK-based male footballer to e out as gay sce 1990.

GAY RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER SAYS HE'S SEEN MUCH 'GAYER' THGS IN SPORTS CHANGG ROOMS

Former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone beme the first All Black to e out publicly as gay, an terview wh TVNZ's Seven Sharp on Monday. * rugby esporte gay *

Nick McCarthy, a profsnal gby player for Lester Ireland, has e out publicly as gay.

When he talked wh a uple of ach last year, the support they showed him opened his ey to the te state of wispread acceptance of gay athlet sports. 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.

IS GBY AS GAY AS LOOKS? A CURUFC PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE

He created his Instagram acunt yterday as “thatgaygger, ” sce he is one of the very few openly gay pro gby players, past or prent.

FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY

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”.

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.

GAY GBY PLAYER TEXAS SHAR HIS PRI VIO TO SPIRE OTHERS TO LOVE THEMSELV

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.

RUGBY’S ‘GAY WORLD CUP’ BEGS SPORTS BOSS TO DCH TRANS ATHLETE BANS: ‘IT’S G SER HARM’

But I have also found high level men’s gby to still be far om a welg place for gay gby players. Here’s some pics of me and my partner livg our bt life together to make the homophob my iends list crge.

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