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The gby legend on his teammat' reactns when he told them he was gay and the benefs of revealg his HIV diagnosis. By John Nghton. * gay wales rugby *

Players are urged to don rabow-loured lac to back the mpaign and among those supportg the e are Cardiff Lns and Swansea Vikgs For they are the gay clive gby clubs Wal that have been givg LGBT+ people the opportuny to play the natnal sport. Wh both teams a part of the Inclive Gay Rugby league (IGR), a world-wi league acmodatg gay clive gby, they give players the chance to make nnectns around the globe.

GARETH THOMAS: ‘WHEN I ME OUT AS GAY, I WANTED TO SHOW A SIGN OF STRENGTH’

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Beg amongst others who are jt like you who happen to be gay and enjoy the sport of gby - 's jt brilliant. For Josh, the Lns have enabled him to nnect more wh the wir gay muny.

"It mak me feel part of a muny and ’s a bridge to the wir gay muny, somethg which I’ve never experienced before. Trag weekly Swansea Uplands, the club was found 2015 and beme the 11th gay and clive gby team to emerge the UK.

Swansea Vikgs were found 2015, beg Wal' send gay clive gby club. Nothg the upbrgg of Gareth Thomas – once Wal’s most-pped gby unn player and still the most proment sportsman the UK to have e out publicly while still playg – uld have prepared him for the media scty he has faced the past , sce tellg the world he was gay December 2009 and then announcg that he is livg wh HIV a uple of months was forced to post a vio on Twter September revealg his HIV stat, after a tabloid journalist turned up on the doorstep of his unspectg parents to rm them of the news and ask for he ed the experience to make an acclaimed documentary, Gareth Thomas: HIV and Me. “When I me out as gay, I always wanted to show a sign of strength, ” he says.

WAL GBY LEGEND GARETH THOMAS 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. * gay wales rugby *

”Gareth Thomas: ‘You n get thgs off your cht five mut, and then ’s done’ (Photo: Chris Floyd/Men’s Health)He laments the fact that there are still so few openly gay sportsmen and talks passnately about the need for sport to create an environment where someone g out would know that their rights would be rpected. The former Wal and Brish Lns pta Gareth Thomas has surprised the world of gby by g out as gay.

WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV

Wal gby unn ternatnal Gareth Thomas has announced that he is gay an terview Bra's Daily Mail newspaper. * gay wales rugby *

I feel I have achieved everythg I uld ever possibly have hoped to achieve out of gby and I did beg gay.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

A former ternatnal gby star has shocked the sports world by revealg that he is gay. * gay wales rugby *

I want to send a posive msage to other gay people that they n do , too. He me out as gay 2009, makg him the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player - and will be a star on ITV's new show The Real Full Monty on Ice. 2 The former Welsh ternatnal me out as gay after his marriage broke up and said he hoped would enurage other young gay gby playersCred: Getty Imag.

When did Gareth Thomas e out as gay? In December 2009, Thomas announced publicly that he is gay. He said he did not want to be known as a "gay gby player" but simply as a "gby player".

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.

WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV

The gby legend on his teammat' reactns when he told them he was gay and the benefs of revealg his HIV diagnosis. By John Nghton. * gay wales rugby *

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. At the same time, there are many misnceptns about this betiful sport, which has led to the margalizatn and targetg of gay players.

WHO IS GBY REF NIGEL OWENS? WELSHMAN BRAVELY ME OUT AS GAY, FOUGHT BULIMIA AND OVERME SUICI

Some high-profile stars like Israel Fol have recently ma headl due to potentially homophobic posts on social media.

WELSH GBY STAR REVEALS HE IS GAY

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.

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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.

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.

RUGBY STAR GARETH THOMAS: I'M GAY

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. Let know the ments sectn "Though we’re predomately a gay club, we do wele straight alli that want to play wh .

In 2007, the Mynyddcerrig-native shocked the sports world by g out as gay.

GARETH THOMAS: ‘WHEN I ME OUT AS GAY, I WANTED TO SHOW A SIGN OF STRENGTH’

6 In 2007 Owens shocked the sports world by g out as gayCred: SWNS:South Wt News Service. It's such a big taboo to be gay my le of work, I had to thk very hard about bee I didn't want to jeopardise my reer. A GAY REF IN A MACHO SPORT.

WAL AND BRISTOL BEARS’ ELOR SNOWSILL ON LIFE AS A GAY WOMAN GBY

"It's such a big taboo to be gay my le of work, I had to thk very hard about bee I didn't want to jeopardise my reer, " he nfsed.

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"When I beme a referee, beme clear that there was nobody the sport who was gay. "Although that’s not to say that the sport is openly homophobic.

Owens knew he was gay his late teens.

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Who is Gareth Thomas? Openly gay Wal gby legend and realy star diagnosed wh HIV | The US Sun .

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