We round up mors om Michael Stto of HoopsHype on P.J. Tucker, Rudy Gay, and more.
Contents:
- TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
- 9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
- EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
- 29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
- THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
- STTO’S LATT: TUCKER, GAY, SUMNER, NOEL
- SPORTS STARS WHO BATTLED GAY RUMORS
- RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
- KORLL STEWART’S STORY IS WHY WE’VE AVOID SPREADG GAY ATHLETE MORS
- NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE
- GAY OR BISEXUAL PLAYERS ON EVERY PRO FOOTBALL TEAM, SAYS FORMER U.S. FOOTBALLER
TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
Let’s be clear right om the start. None of the athlet are nfirmed to be gay or anythg like that. The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surro * athletes rumored to be gay *
The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surroundg the players, not to nvce the rear that the athlet are gay.
9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
Out Magaze on gay fns and sports. Read about the openly gay athlet who are breakg barriers profsnal sports. * athletes rumored to be gay *
In fact, as society is now much more open to people no matter their orientatn, we have seen a ton more athlet, both active and retired, e out and adm that they are homosexuals, and 's absolutely a great thg. This list will look at some of the most high profile exampl of pro athlet who have had mors about beg gay surroundg them, but aga, none of those are nfirmed and even if they were nfirmed, they would be somethg to celebrate.
EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
In major league baseball only two players have publicly me out as gay other than that few of mor league players have done so. * athletes rumored to be gay *
His ex-wife has acced him of beg gay and that Dunn’s lover om llege actually lived wh them for the first few years of their marriage. Qutns about Aikman's sexual orientatn have been around for s and the mor was started by Skip Bayls, when, his book, he stated that Troy Aikman might be gay.
Robbie Rogers, Tom Daley, Michael Sam, Gareth Thomas -- the athlet are pavg new ground the world of sports as openly gay, out-and-proud players. At both the llegiate and profsnal level, sports have historilly been the last ontier for LGBT acceptance, and homophobia still ns rampant locker rooms and on playg fields across the Uned Stat and Europe.
Gay athlet and anti-bullyg activists like Ben Cohen, former pro English gby player, are fightg to change the game and create more clive spac for LGBT players everywhere.
29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
For the first time, pro baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer has an out gay male player unr ntract. * athletes rumored to be gay *
Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so.
THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
Tim ntue to change Hollywood and around the untry. Over the past uple years, more and more celebri have e out of the closet as gay. * athletes rumored to be gay *
"He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay. In a September terview wh USA Today, 25-year-old mor league baseball player beme the only active baseball profsnal to be out as gay!
STTO’S LATT: TUCKER, GAY, SUMNER, NOEL
Players on 22 NFL teams have already had an out gay teammate, cludg six players wh the Arizona Cardals. * athletes rumored to be gay *
The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract. The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone.
Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher.
SPORTS STARS WHO BATTLED GAY RUMORS
* athletes rumored to be gay *
The prsure toward acceptg pri players baseball may be why homosexual players who e out as gay before or after retirement have a short reer. Later, terviewg wh SB natn outsports, he mentns hearg anti-gay slurs by teammat the locker room or gam felt like havg a knife the heart.
Sce 2016, no homophobic slur has been chanted for the first time, and looks like MLB is dog s bt to change the perspective toward homosexual players. Perkz/@rlnassib/@rkrelentls)When Kansas State offensive tackle and NFL hopeful Stt Frantz me out to the natn as gay, he shared that his teammat (to whom he'd e out earlier) had warmly received the news, a sign the most alpha of locker rooms may fally be ready for equaly.
Roy "Sugar Bear" Simmons, an offensive leman for the New York Giants and Washgton Redsks, beme the send NFL player ever to publicly reveal he was gay.
RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
Veteran forward Rudy Gay is expected to draw tert om several playoff-liber teams, cludg the Goln State Warrrs, Los Angel Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins, league sourc told HoopsHype. * athletes rumored to be gay *
So Coach Vce Lombardi knew McDonald was gay when he took over learship of the team 1969, but ma clear there would be no discrimatn his locker room, those close to the legend say.
KORLL STEWART’S STORY IS WHY WE’VE AVOID SPREADG GAY ATHLETE MORS
Outsports has received gay mors about athlet for years. Though that trend is clg. * athletes rumored to be gay *
Cornerback Wa Davis, who played preason wh the Tennsee Tans, Seattle Seahawks and Washgton Redsks and spent two seasons wh NFL Europe teams Berl Thunr and Barcelona Dragons, me out as gay 2012, nearly a after his retirement.
He would later nfirm his sexualy on CNN and s down wh ESPN to discs the challeng of growg up gay Jamai and playg football while closeted.
He later cled to sign wh the Tennsee Tans and Dallas Cowboys before g out as gay at 24, he told Philalphia Magaze revealed to the magaze that he'd dated a male cheerlear at Purdue who had threatened to out him then.
NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE
Every U.S. Natnal Football League team has at least one gay or bisexual player, acrdg to openly gay former player Ryan O'Callaghan, but they fear backlash for g out cludg losg sponsorships or even their place on the roster. * athletes rumored to be gay *
The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April of 2021, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. The Rairs leman ma NFL history durg Pri Month 2021 when he me out as gay a heartfelt Instagram post, beg the first active NFL player to e out as member of the LGBTQ+ muny. The Hampton Universy player ma history October of 2022 when he me out as gay an Instagram Story post, beg the first out gay football player at a Historilly Black College or Universy.
People believe Te'o was tfished to the whole thg while others believed he may be gay and was merely g the Kekua story as a way of hidg his relatnship wh Tuiasosopo. Grer got an endorsement al wh Nike after she me out, markg the first time the pany had announced a partnership wh an openly gay athlete.
He was talkg about fashn week and said "It was this one thg durg fashn week: I had my legs crossed, and they lled me gay, I've got my legs crossed, I'm chill', I'm gettg my grown man on at the event. Tim ntue to change Hollywood and around the the past uple years, more and more celebri have e out of the closet as plenty of other celebri have been acced of beg gay. This all stemmed om a sce-leted CNN iReport (a lame subsectn of the media outlet prisg “cizen journalists” om around the world) that read: “The famo pop-star Bno Mars adms his homosexualy.
GAY OR BISEXUAL PLAYERS ON EVERY PRO FOOTBALL TEAM, SAYS FORMER U.S. FOOTBALLER
So ’s a ltle hard when you go home and people are like – and that’s why people thk I’m gay – bee they’re like ‘Why aren’t you married? Jam Fran has played many gay men on screen, but: “There are lots of other reasons to be terted gay characters than wantg myself to go out and have sex wh guys, ” he once told Entertament Weekly.
Former Jersey Shore -star and hoemate, Snooki, said the past of The Suatn: “He told me one time, ‘[All the gay talk is] makg me wonr. Hogan’s ex-wife, Lda, once said the wrtler had an affair wh former WWE sta Bt Beefke, to which Hogan said::Jt to say somethg speful and hurtful, I don’t get …if was te and I was gay, I’d embrace , and I’d tell you guys about and I’d celebrate . Dpe Outsports chroniclg lerally dozens of piec of evince to the ntrary, there’s a ntued belief amongst some that NFL players would overwhelmgly reject a gay player if he me out.