State-champn Colorado high school ach Mih Porter out as gay - Outsports

Contents:

• HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS PROTT AFTER GAY ACH WAS ALLEGEDLY FORCED TO RIGN
• FROM LLEGE SWIMMER TO HIGH SCHOOL ACH, GAY ATHLETE STAYED TE TO HIMSELF
• VALOR CHRISTIAN ALLEGEDLY PHED OUT TWO GAY TEACHERS AND IS FACG CALLS FOR CHANGE. NOW IT’S BEG HONORED AS A TOP SCHOOL NATNALLY
• COMG OUT AS A GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH: THE SURPRISG AFTERMATH
• STATE-CHAMPN COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL ACH MIH PORTER OUT AS GAY
• 'I AM A GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH'
• GAY HIGH SCHOOL COACH COM OUT TO HIS PLAYERS

HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS PROTT AFTER GAY ACH WAS ALLEGEDLY FORCED TO RIGN

That’s how I rpond as the rults me on our Out In Sports study, the world’s largt study of openly gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr high school and llegiate athlet who have e out to teammat while petg. After g out of the closet as Ameri’s first openly gay high school ach 1993, sufferg immense homophobia, I returned to llege to plete a PhD on the topic. In the terveng years between my g out, and my first study 2001, youth culture changed s view on homosexualy.

FROM LLEGE SWIMMER TO HIGH SCHOOL ACH, GAY ATHLETE STAYED TE TO HIMSELF

In my first study, the first-ever study of openly gay athlet on high school and llegiate teams, I found the gay athlet experienced near-acceptance om teammat.

VALOR CHRISTIAN ALLEGEDLY PHED OUT TWO GAY TEACHERS AND IS FACG CALLS FOR CHANGE. NOW IT’S BEG HONORED AS A TOP SCHOOL NATNALLY

I have for two s argued that was unfair to scribe team-sport athlet as homophobic.

COMG OUT AS A GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH: THE SURPRISG AFTERMATH

I evinced my claims wh dozens of studi on the experienc of gay men and the attus of straight men toward gay men. However, the msage of my rearch has often been drowned out by a few high-profile athlet makg homophobic ments, alongsi the rightful cultural regnn that out gay men were highly unr-reprented a few sports.

STATE-CHAMPN COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL ACH MIH PORTER OUT AS GAY

The wrongful portrayal of male team-sport athlet beg hyper-homophobic was also fueled by studi of LGBT athlet that foced on said language and around sports.

'I AM A GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH'

The studi lead to the perceptn that athlet were hostile to gay men, and more broadly, hostile to other sexual and genr mori. Yet sce 1993, the clear trend has been for youth to reject homophobia. Whereas was homosexualy that was unacceptable the 1980s, today is homophobia that is not acceptable.

GAY HIGH SCHOOL COACH COM OUT TO HIS PLAYERS

Why should we therefore thk that the same kid wh gay iends their history class would sudnly treat their gay teammate poorly on the football field? Given the rults of this study, ntued utteranc of sport (and therefore athlet and ach) beg homophobic is to m an act of prejudice.

The volleyball ach at Highlands Ranch’s Valor Christian High School said he was phed out of his job last week after employe found a social media post ditg the ach was gay.