Alison van Uytvanck and Greet Mnen ma history at Wimbledon on Tuday as the first ever gay uple to pete doubl together.
Contents:
- FIRST GAY UPLE TO PLAY WIMBLEDON DOUBL LL FOR BACKG OM THE SPORT
- THE GAY TENNIS PLAYERS SMASHG DOWN BARRIERS AS WIMBLEDON 2023 GETS UNRWAY
- LBIAN POWER UPLE MAK HISTORY AT WIMBLEDON, SPEAKS UP FOR GAY MEN TENNIS
- WIMBLEDON EXCLUSIVE: THE VIEWS OF AN ACTIVE GAY PLAYER ON TENNIS IN SDI ARABIA
FIRST GAY UPLE TO PLAY WIMBLEDON DOUBL LL FOR BACKG OM THE SPORT
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The first openly gay uple to team up the doubl at Wimbledon have urged more people the game to exprs their support for same-sex relatnships, sayg would help more players – particularly men – to e van Uytvanck and Greet Mnen, both om Belgium, have been partners off the urt for three years, and on Tuday played at Wimbledon together for the first the number of women who have e out while playg is relatively small, clus trailblazers and legends of the game, such as the Wimbledon champns Billie Jean Kg, Marta Navratilova and Amélie far outstrips progrs the men’s game, where the only known gay player sce the send world war has been Brian Vahaly, who only revealed his sexualy 2017, a after retirg. ”The 59th-ranked sgl player add: “There mt be some gay men [actively playg] out there. ”Vahaly said homophobic ments were part of locker-room culture when he was a player, but Van Uytvanck and Mnen said they had had only posive reactns.
”His nquerer last year’s fal, Novak Djokovic, has said he would wele a player g out as “a really urageo move” om Vahaly, other known gay male players clud Gottied von Cramm, who lost the Wimbledon men’s sgl fal three years a row (1935 to 1937) – the first two ocsns to Fred Perry. He beme a target for the Nazis after he rejected their overtur and was arrted for homosexualy.
Belgians Mnen and van Uytvanck ma history by beg the first out gay uple to ever play together at the famed tennis tournament London, England.
THE GAY TENNIS PLAYERS SMASHG DOWN BARRIERS AS WIMBLEDON 2023 GETS UNRWAY
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” While the number of gay athlet the sport is still low, clud their numbers are tennis legends. In addn to van Uytvanck and Mnen, two other out gay women — Johanna Larsson of Swen and Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands — peted this year’s sgl tournament. Amerin Brian Vahaly is the only known gay male tennis player, and he didn’t e out until ten years after he retired om profsnal tennis.
Vahaly prevly told the Telegraph that when he was playg profsnally he, “heard homophobia all the time – was part of the culture” “Women are g out more easily than men, ” said van Uytvanck. Wimbledon 2023 is officially unrway – weather permtg – but spe the All England Club’s all-whe le, there are a handful of out gay players offerg some val rabow LGBTQ+ reprentatn at tennis’s most prtig tournament.
Sce the days of trailblazg gay Grand Slam champns Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova, women’s tennis has long provid some of the biggt LGBTQ+ nam sport – and there are currently several players Women’s Tennis Associatn (WTA) tour rryg that torch for a new generatn. However, the men’s Associatn of Tennis Profsnals (ATP) isn’t currently jt laggg behd, ’s yet to even cross the startg le: There are currently no out gay players on the men’s tour and no profsnal male tennis player has e out publicly the Open Era while still playg the game. Amerin former world number 57 Brian Vahaly me out publicly as gay 2017, a after retirg om the sport, and shed light on some of the barriers faced by gay male players.
LBIAN POWER UPLE MAK HISTORY AT WIMBLEDON, SPEAKS UP FOR GAY MEN TENNIS
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Amerin former world number 57 Brian Vahaly me out publicly as gay 2017, a after retirg om tennis. “I heard homophobic ments all the time the locker room – to my face, behd my back.
In 2022, men’s top 10 player and former Wimbledon quarter-falist Taylor said he believed an out gay male player would be “accepted” on the tour, but as Wimbledon rolls around for another, the wa go on.
In the meantime, here’s a n-down of the out gay women’s players to look out for the Wimbledon 2023 ma draws – as well as a few others who aren’t makg an appearance at SW19 this year, but are still reprentg for the LGBTQ+ muny on the tour. Rsia’s Daria Kasatka says she’s unable to return home as a gay person who oppos the vasn of Ukrae.
WIMBLEDON EXCLUSIVE: THE VIEWS OF AN ACTIVE GAY PLAYER ON TENNIS IN SDI ARABIA
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Rsian tennis star Daria Kasatka beme the hight-profile out gay tennis star on the WTA tour when she me out publicly July 2022.
In the year sce, Kasatka has been an outspoken cric of Rsia’s vasn of Ukrae and anti-gay polil culture – even if ’s e at great personal st.
As a gay person who oppos the war, ’s not possible to go back, ” she told The Tim July 2023. I wanted to say my posn on the war and my [sexualy], which was tough, g om a untry where beg gay is not accepted, but felt like I had a backpack of ston on my shoulrs and I jt had to throw off.