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Contents:

• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• 10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT
• ‘A PUNCH THE FACE’: GAY GBY STAR WEIGHS ON MANLY JERSEY SNUB
• FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY
• LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT
• SAM STANLEY BE FIRST ENGLISH GBY UNN PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• SAM STANLEY IS FIRST ENGLISH GBY PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• ENGLAND SEVENS STAR SAM STANLEY BE FIRST ENGLISH GBY UNN PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• ENGLAND GBY SEVENS PLAYER SAM STANLEY OUT AS GAY
• ‘A PUNCH THE FACE’: GAY GBY STAR WEIGHS ON MANLY JERSEY SNUB
• FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

Retired Olympic gby sevens gold medalist Ellia Green has bee the first Olympian to transn to bee a man, acrdg to a vio posted by the Bgham Cup, the biennial world champnships of gay and clive gby. Durg the “Transphobia and Homophobia Sport” portn of a summ hosted durg the Ottawa tournament, Green on Tuday laid out the tails of how he transned the wake of his gby reer, which saw him w gold at the 2016 Olympics R Janeiro and silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Gam Atralia. In light of recent ntroversy regardg homophobic slurs by Israel Fol, we thought we would she a light on 10 fluential gay gby personali.

10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT

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.

‘A PUNCH THE FACE’: GAY GBY STAR WEIGHS ON MANLY JERSEY SNUB

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.

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

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.

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

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. 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.

SAM STANLEY BE FIRST ENGLISH GBY UNN PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

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. The team has at least four publicly out LGBTQ players that we know of: Kelly Brazier, Gayle Broughton, Ruby Tui, Portia Woodman. Rugby is one of the most loved sports the world and due to s physily, is regard as a “manly” sport, which mak more difficult for gay players to publicly acknowledge their preference.

Nigel Owens, one of the bt refere the world, is openly gay and has been vol about how the gby world has been hugely acmodatg.

SAM STANLEY IS FIRST ENGLISH GBY PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

It is the sport’s rponsibily to posively promote anti-homophobia, and anti-bullyg general, so that the majory of people who are acceptg have a lour voice than those who prott. In this article, we’ll look at 10 Gay Rugby Players and how they are shapg the game today.

In the gby world, he tak cred as the very first high-profile player to ever e out to the public as gay. After his Saturday afternoon on the pch, is reported that Roberts would spend Saturday night on Oxford Street, Sydney’s gay quarter. His brave actn saw other gay gby players g out publicly to nfs their sexual orientatn.

Followg the footsteps of Ian Roberts who may have been the first high-profile player to openly adm beg gay, Keegan Hirst was arguably the first ever to do while still actively playg gby. Currently a Wakefield Try prop, Hirst has bee one of the most notable gay athlet, earng him a startg role after signg a ntract wh the League si 2016.

ENGLAND SEVENS STAR SAM STANLEY BE FIRST ENGLISH GBY UNN PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

In an terview wh the Sunday Mirror, the now divorced father of two and self-nfsed gay tells of the moment he fally found the words to expla to his wife the reason they uld no longer be together. Sam Stanley beme the first openly gay Rugby Unn and Sevens player the UK 2015.

ENGLAND GBY SEVENS PLAYER SAM STANLEY OUT AS GAY

He fends himself by sayg, “Millns of people are the suatn, even people who have been Lrence’s (his partner) suatn and they are still married but are gay.

He is one of the current crop of players who have e out openly to say that they are gay. As a young spired player he stated, “…this is pretty spirg for me as a fairly new player who happens to be gay, I had held off pursug gby bee of but the guys i play wh give no shs whatsoever and we have good banter about . Shame some ele gby players are still sayg anti-gay thgs on social media.

A large athlete at 6 ft 4 (193 cm) and 225 pounds (102 kg), Bgham was a robt send-row man who played for the gay-clive San Francis Fog RFC and was a favore for his teammat the gby songs that he tght them.

‘A PUNCH THE FACE’: GAY GBY STAR WEIGHS ON MANLY JERSEY SNUB

This also ma him bee an inic figure for gay gby players and sportspeople around the world. To honor him, The Mark Kendall Bgham Memorial Tournament, simply known as the Bgham Cup and was started 2002, is a biennial gay gby unn tournament is named after the former gby player.

Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas was a profsnal Welsh Rugby player who broke one of the biggt taboos the sport when he announced his homosexualy 2009.

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

In 2010 he was voted the most fluential gay person the UK The Inpennt on Sunday Pk Listand received Stonewall’s Hero of the Year. He scribed his experience as a secretly gay player, revealg how social prsure and stereotyp pose a signifint challenge for many athlet today. He is a voted activist for the LGBT e, wng “Gay Sports Personaly of the De” at the Stonewall awards ceremony London back 2015.

The 36-year-old Texas-born athlete has e a long way om the homophobia she wnsed firsthand high school. “One of my iends got cut om the basketball team bee she was gay. She also thks that playg the game as a gay athlete is not really a big issue.

Sharni Williams, Atralia’s openly gay gby sevens star, has scribed the cisn of seven Manly players to not wear a pri jersey as a “b of a punch the face” 34-year-old, who will n out for Atralia on Friday the Commonwealth Gam, has been a proud and vol ambassador for the LGBTQ muny and succsfully mpaigned to be allowed to wear rabow headgear at the Tokyo Olympics last two days of llectg her thoughts, Williams posted a photo of a rabow acpanied by the ptn: “To the seven players at Manly Sea Eagl, this was a rabow society need, the game need and unfortunately through poor munitn, lack of awarens and tn, we are remd that some sports are still not a safe space for queer athlet, staff, or fans. Williams, who grew up untry New South Wal, says she believed she had to marry a man and that gay people had no place wh sport, while there was ltle LGBTQ+ visibily society.