Charlie Bird, the gay stunt who played Brigham Young Universy’s mast, Cosmo the Cougar, danced his way to the top slot of ESPN’s ‘10 bt mast moments of all time.’
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BYU’S DANCG GAY UGAR TOPS ESPN’S ‘BT MAST MOMENTS OF ALL TIME’
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This month, ESPN unted down the 10 bt mast moments of all-time llege football, and the number one moment belonged to Charlie Bird, the gay Brigham Young Universy stunt, slayg a team dance number as Cosmo the Cougar durg BYU’s game agast Boise State on Oct.
The Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) voted agast implementg a textbook that mentns late gay rights activist Harvey Milk, cg ncerns over his alleged sexual relatnship wh mors. "Milk was the first gay man to w an electn San Francis. " A close-up of Amerin polician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk (1930-1978) as he mpaigns for a posn on the San Francis Board of Supervisors September 1977.
BYU’S COSMO THE COUGAR OUT AS GAY
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As Cosmo the Cougar, he danced his way to fans’ hearts, all the while ncealg his face, and a secret that he is only now ready to share: Charlie Bird is gay. ’ For years I plead wh God to change my sexual orientatn, but after returng to BYU om a full-time missn for The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, I began realizg that beg gay is an tegral part of who I am.
I was hyper-aware of what some of my peers said about the gay muny, how they viewed same-sex attractn and the often unkd and sensive words they ed to scribe LGBTQ people — people like me. He certaly was not the only closeted gay stunt; Andrew Evans revealed his memoir, excerpted on Outsports, how his llege roommate turned him after seeg him kiss another man, and how BYU forced him to choose between immediate expulsn or reparative therapy.
And then there was “Michael, ” an anonymo BYU football player, track star and closeted gay stunt who didn’t realize until senr year that keepg his secret had left him whout a sgle iend on mp.