Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn.
Contents:
- THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA
- THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
- TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
- QUERREY: ‘THERE’S GOT TO BE SOMEONE WHO PLAYS TENNIS WHO IS GAY’
- TOP TENNIS STARS VOICE SUPPORT FOR GAY ATHLET, SAY THE ATP TOUR IS ACCEPTG
- "IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT
- FRZ SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER WOULD BE ACCEPTED ON ATP TOUR
- WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ELE MEN'S TENNIS?
- TENNIS' LAST TABOO: WHY NO OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYERS?
- WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
- FORMER PRO TENNIS PLAYER BRIAN VAHALY TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY, HIS HBAND AND BEG A DAD
- ATHLETE’S GOAL IS TO REACH THE TOP AS AN OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL TENNIS PLAYER
THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA
Gay llege tennis players offer theori as to why no ele pro players are out, wh the solo nature of the sport beg a key. * rumoured gay tennis players *
The most tellg sign of the lack of out gay men profsnal tennis is that the only player wearg any rabow apparel this summer was a straight guy who had to apologize for g gay slurs durg the Olympics.
THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
The U.S. Open hosted s very first Pri, and out tennis player Nick Lee was there to ask: where are the other gay men? * rumoured gay tennis players *
Open starts s two-week n New York, I feel pelled to rehash this prsg statistic: There will once aga be no openly gay male players at one of the sport’s premier events.
“To be hont, I’m somewhat surprised that there still hasn’t been an out active ATP Tour level player, ” said Nick Lee, a former llege tennis player at Vassar who is openly gay. The absence of out male pro tennis players is noteworthy a summer that saw the first gay NFL player and gay NHL prospect e out and a rerd number of out LGBTQ Olympians, cludg the most men ever. C., foced on the dividual nature of the sport when tellg Outsports why he thks gay pro tennis players stay closeted.
“There are no out gay players on the ATP tour bee most players don’t pick up a racket hop to be a role mol for an entire margalized muny, ” Bradley said. But the fear that an out player would be hound by the media has been molished by how quickly the Carl Nassib story fad after the Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman me out as gay June. I thk “gay male pro tennis player out” would be a story that quickly fas as an obssn a culture where “breakg news” gets old really fast.
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 * rumoured gay tennis players *
As a former men’s llegiate tennis player and openly gay member of my team, this qutn nagged at me as I attend the monumental first ever Pri event at the U.
QUERREY: ‘THERE’S GOT TO BE SOMEONE WHO PLAYS TENNIS WHO IS GAY’
Fabien Reboul and Maxence Broville l up the ter wh their kissg photos. Are they actually gay and love? * rumoured gay tennis players *
After all of the homophobia I have personally experienced sports, the panelists and the packed dience gave me so much hope for the future of cln sports. The trailblazer for gay visibily on the ATP tour scribed himself durg the panel discsn as “an anx guy and an anx tennis player, ” statg that his disfort wh his sexual orientatn throughout his life was a signifint ntributor to his anxiety. To me, the fact that Vahaly was even able to make on tour as a closeted gay man the 2000s mak him que an anomaly.
The days, top players Roger Ferer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have all publicly stated that they would wele an out gay man to the ATP. While we now celebrate Kg for her acplishments as a gay rights activist, the sacrific she had to make and terrors that she endured for wantg to be her thentic self after beg outed towards the end of her profsnal tennis reer – nearly 40 years ago – are unjtifiable. Combe that wh gay and bisexual men reprentg a signifintly smaller portn of the populatn than heterosexual men, and the odds of havg one of makg through the ranks growg up and currently beg a profsnal tennis player are slim, no matter how welg players such as Ferer, Djokovic and Murray are 2019.
There uld be someone makg their way up the rankgs junrs right now, who hopefully will not be terred om tennis for beg a gay or bisexual man, who will see events such as the U.
TOP TENNIS STARS VOICE SUPPORT FOR GAY ATHLET, SAY THE ATP TOUR IS ACCEPTG
Daniil Medvev, Stefanos Tssipas and Felix Auger-Aliassime all exprs support for gay athlet on the Tour. * rumoured gay tennis players *
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. 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.
"IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT
Taylor Frz said that if a men's player on the ATP Tour me out as gay, he would be weled by his peers, the top-ranked Amerin told tennis publitn Clay. * rumoured gay tennis players *
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.
The sportg world hasn't been ignorant of the discsn, and many athlet the recent past have found themselv fortable enough to e out as gay or lbian. Unlike several other sports, where homosexual athlet have received ser backlash and threats, tennis has been largely open and non-homophobic.
FRZ SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER WOULD BE ACCEPTED ON ATP TOUR
Raymond has been quoted as sayg: "I me out bee I knew that there would be life after tennis, and beg gay and playg tennis is not a big al. While there are many out women on the women’s tour, there are currently none on the ATP Tour on the men’s si, though var former pro tennis players — most notably Brian Vahaly — have e out as gay. The other possibily that volv a big “g out” is that one of them is gay and the other is playg along or supportg him.
Earlier this year two former profsnal soccer players — Iker Casillas and Carl Puyol — joked on social media about beg gay and a relatnship, drawg some lghs but mostly srn for (or so the accatns go) mockg the g-out experience of athlet. Querrey: ‘There’s got to be someone who plays tennis who is gay’“Whether they are on the tour now or up and g, I’m pletelIn terviews wh USA Today, var male players say they aren’t sure what the reactn would be if a guy on tour announced he was gay.
Basketball player Jason Colls recently announced he was gay to Sports Illtrated and received support om a number of tennis players, cludg Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, and the Bryan brothers. ”Fish and Roddick are first two male tennis players to jo Athlete Ally, an anizatn dited to endg homophobia sports.
WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ELE MEN'S TENNIS?
“I don’t know how an openly gay male tennis player would be received but my ey nothg would change, ” Fish said. At the US Open on Wednday was Pri Day, which opened the door for reporters to ask some of the game’s bt players how they’d feel about havg an out gay athlete on the Tour.
TENNIS' LAST TABOO: WHY NO OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYERS?
Butone aspect of diversy that is yet to be seen the tennis world is an active player on the ATP tour g out as gay. After Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova, several top female players have intified themselv as gay over the years. Schwartzman went on to extend the nversatn to sexual orientatn, and asserted that a fellow petor g out as gay would be a plete non-issue for him.
WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
"There are also sports which they beg to wonr if there are gay players or not, and the tth is that is not unrstood, " the Argente said.
FORMER PRO TENNIS PLAYER BRIAN VAHALY TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY, HIS HBAND AND BEG A DAD
20-time Grand Slam wner Roger Ferer, wily regard as one of the greatt players of all time, had claimed back 2013 that a player g out as gay wouldn't be a big al for him personally. "I knew they weren't really gog to unrstand" - Brian Vahaly on his journey as a gay player on the ATP tour. One player who has spoken about his first-hand experience of beg gay and petg on the ATP tour is former World No.
The 41-year-old, currently a member of the USTA’s Board of Directors, is among the very few former male tennis pros who have e out as gay. But several barriers have been broken over the years thanks to the efforts of Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean Kg, the Williams sisters and many other champns, who have emerged om every nook and rner of the world to show that nothg is clive of a fellow male gay player is among the few major barriers that still hasn't been overe.
ATHLETE’S GOAL IS TO REACH THE TOP AS AN OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL TENNIS PLAYER
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. "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! Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay July, the first active player the league to e out. 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.