F1 would wele an openly gay driver, says Vettel | Rters

Contents:

• GAYS LOVE RS, AND NOW THERE’S A PLACE TO MEET AND GATHER
• THIS GAY RACE R DRIVER IS OUT AND PROUD, AND CHASG HIS MOTORSPORTS DREAM
• THERE ARE MORE 'OUT' GAY RACG DRIVERS THAN YOU THK
• RIDG WH THE OLST ALL-GAY, ALL-MALE, ALL-RIDG MOTORCYCLE CLUB
• F1 WOULD WELE AN OPENLY GAY DRIVER, SAYS VETTEL
• NORTH AMERI’S FOUR BIGGT PRO SPORTS LEAGU HAVE BEEN AROUND A BED 398 YEARS. THEY’VE HAD TWO OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYERS
• WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
• OLR/ FATTER - NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA
• GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

GAYS LOVE RS, AND NOW THERE’S A PLACE TO MEET AND GATHER

Several officials si racg anisatns say that spe drivers like Lewis Haton and Sebastian Vettel, both of whom have worn Pri lours at var rac this season, beg supportive alli, many queer people team garag feel more fortable stayg Bishop, Aston Mart's chief munitns officer, has worked motorsport for over 25 years, and as "the only [out] gay the F1 village" the 1990s, he has often field msag om people stgglg to e out to lleagu after years the dtry. "Richard Morris, a gay racg driver and founr of Racg Pri, scrib how a simple e of language n e some people to feel like g out is not an optn.

THIS GAY RACE R DRIVER IS OUT AND PROUD, AND CHASG HIS MOTORSPORTS DREAM

Bee you're aaid that if you say you're gay, and they don't support you, then they're not gog to give you that drive or they won't treat you the same as your teammate. "Emmanouilis, an Atralian wh Greek herage, did not e out to her fay until after universy, but to everyone else she has always been open about beg gay.

"To be a woman, to be a gay woman, F1 is important to me, not jt bee I want to be accsible to others and be that visibily, but to help other people who want to be my posn. "Y, you n be a woman a male-domated dtry, or a gay man or non-bary, transgenr, but, at the end of the day, everyone lov motorsport and I thk that's really important to foc on.

THERE ARE MORE 'OUT' GAY RACG DRIVERS THAN YOU THK

"Formula 1, as an anisatn, has taken steps to addrs s lack of diversy, lnchg the We Race As One iative 2020 to raise awarens for racial equaly and discrimatn of all kds, cludg anti-gay said their statement: "It will not be a one-week or one-year theme that disappears as issu disappear om headl, will unrp the Formula 1 strategy to make a tangible difference our sport and society. Vettel and his Aston Mart team have been champng Pri across the season, wh Vettel's rabow T-shirt and attire at the Hungarian Grand Prix worn to prott the untry's anti-gay laws that were passed June. Sponsors, vtors, race partners, host untri, all fund the sport and toeg the le uld prove difficult on some ocsns, such as the ncerns for racg untri wh anti-gay example, Qatar, which outlaws homosexualy, announced that rabow flags would be allowed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup to rpect "the difference people's cultur, " but gay cizens still live fearful liv.

"The same go for fans too, says Emmanouilis: "Image how many gay people were watchg when Aston Mart had the rabow on their r, perhaps unsure about whether there was a place for them. "People have told me, 'I've jt told the other people my marshal post for the first time ever that I'm gay, and 's been great and they've been pletely acceptg and 's been wonrful', " he visibily is spreadg other ways too.

"W Seri, the women-only racg seri, has three openly gay drivers, while other top-level seri like IndyCar, Formula One, Formula E, have none.

RIDG WH THE OLST ALL-GAY, ALL-MALE, ALL-RIDG MOTORCYCLE CLUB

I certaly didn’t choose bee so far away om any sort of gay nightlife.

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F1 WOULD WELE AN OPENLY GAY DRIVER, SAYS VETTEL

If he tak the green flag there, he will jo Stephen Rhos on the list of openly gay drivers a NASCAR natnal seri. On Tuday, Raphael Orlove and Bill Caswell posed the qutn on Jalopnik, “Why Aren’t There More ‘Out’ Gay Race Car Drivers?

NORTH AMERI’S FOUR BIGGT PRO SPORTS LEAGU HAVE BEEN AROUND A BED 398 YEARS. THEY’VE HAD TWO OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYERS

A Next-Gen Bolt EV Is On The Way From ChevroletOffEnglishEvan Darlg is an openly gay driver known bt for his efforts road racg. In an exclive terview wh Queers4Gears, the current NASCAR Sprt Cup Champn, Brad Kelowski said, “I don’t thk anyone r (if a driver is gay. ”That statement is accurate, as the reprentatn of openly gay people the sport is not limed to recently profiled Matthew Pattison, an openly gay official who’s worked the sport for 15 years and is one of the ma officials the Timg and Srg Tower.

Queers4Gears profiled an openly gay employee at Michael Waltrip Racg — who works the anizatn wh his partner. ”But what about the sponsors you ask — would an openly gay driver be able to attract a sponsor? Will there be fans that refe to accept an openly gay driver?

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

Nothg chang a person’s views more than them knowg and rg about a gay person their life. But Cheney’s view on LGBT rights is squarely the progrsive mp — bee he has a gay child. Attus about gay people are changg Ameri and the grandstands at the race track will not be immune to this shift.

That’s not to say sports leagu and teams should mand homogeny.

Out gay racer Devon Roe is one of the fac leadg the way. The club is one of the olst all-ridg, all-gay, all-male motorcycle anizatns the world. While other motorcycle clubs have perhaps been active for longer perds of time (at least one group disput that they are the olst all-male, all-gay group), Empire Cy is the only one that requir, and has always required, all of s members to ri a motorcycle.

OLR/ FATTER - NIWEZIJDS GAY SNA

"Beg a gay biker, beg a group, you fd yourself wh people who have the same terts, the same fort level, " he go on.

Though E stopped ridg 1996, he is currently an ECMC Emer member, meang he don't have to own a bike or license signatn, or pay the 1960s, when E joed, "gay" was not somethg you discsed and "out" was not somethg you were. Beg openly gay put you at risk for losg your job, your apartment, your fay, and iends. It don't mean that you're gay, don't mean this, don't mean that.

"E lowers his voice when he says the word "gay, " even though we are chattg the lobby of The Center, as New York's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Communy Center is known. Followg ECMC's history is a b of a Forrt Gump-like experience of gay history post-1950: E himself was a member of the Mattache Society which, tablished 1950, was one of the earlit gay rights anizatns the untry.

GAY THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT? - AMSTERDAM FOM

ECMC also predat the fluential Stonewall Rts 1969; E actually participated Christopher Street Liberatn Day, which is now nsired the first ever gay pri para, 1970. ECMC survived the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s; and today some members have married their partners wh the passage of gay marriage New York State.

"Today, ECMC is vol about s existence—members wear those aforementned leather jackets and vts whout fear of repercsn; they rec members at fairs like Folsom Street East, the largt outdoor fetish ftival on the East Coast; and they hold meetgs the first Wednday of every month at The Center, which all terted men and prospective members are wele to be a member of the ECMC, you mt be a gay man over the age of 21, you mt own a motorcycle, you mt be sured for said motorcycle, and you mt be licensed to ri a motorcycle.

THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM

Satyrs MC Archiv is the largt llectn of gay motorcycle historil documents, photographs, film, vio and club memorabilia of the olst gay anizatn the world.

Looks like Satyrs Motorcycle Club of Los Angel is the olst nng gay men's motorcycle club and anizatn the world.

It was not an easy time Ameri for gay men to ngregate wh fellow gay men. Homosexuals were emed as viants and unsirabl society.