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The Masters pro-golf tournament starts today. It will have zero out gay male players, so we're honorg the trailblazers who bravely me out durg the reers.

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IT’S THE 86TH STRAIGHT MASTERS WH ZERO OUT GAY PLAYERS

Greg Fzgerald is an openly gay golf pro and he thks the sport is ready for more out members, even players. * gay golf outing *

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GAY GOLF PRO SE SPORT AS MORE ACCEPTG AND WANTS GOLFERS TO E OUT

Jog Stonewall as his workload allows, Kyle Wn, PGA, is a gay golf profsnal and the golf and events sal ordator at Shadow Ridge, as well as a life skills ach at The First Tee of the Coachella Valley. “There actually ed to be a bar Palm Sprgs named Dk’s, which is an old joke the gay muny. It’s actually an acronym that stands for ‘Double Ine No Kids, ’ which is still reprentative of many gay upl.

There are a lot of gay upl wh money to spend on hobbi that st a ltle b more, such as golf.

The dollars, the rounds and the Gallup poll notwhstandg, beg gay Ameri still reprents taboo for much of the culture, on or off the turf. “It wasn’t okay to be an openly gay golfer anyplace the untry 1990, or even 2000, ” Buie says. A hundred toward the ast, another of the natn’s largt gay golf groups te up wh equal ardor, albe wh a different approach to s msagg.

LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT

The group’s retired Mare founr don’t see a need to openly promote the group’s gay membership. From Metti’s vantage pot, a arth of gay golf groups serv as a signifier that an overt LGBTQ prence the game may be far om reachg the latter ne.

“I thk that most of avid gay golfers still feel left out some rpects, ” Wn nclus.

The Different Strok Golf Associatn, DSGA, is a DFW based golf league that aniz fun and petive golf events for gay and lbian golfers of all skill levels. Our league provis a iendly social gatherg pot for gay and lbian persons who enjoy golf. Jt Thomas’ apology for anti-gay slur falls short.

5 GAY PRO ATHLET WHO BROKE GROUND BY G OUT WHILE STILL PLAYG

Thomas apologized for g an anti-gay slur on the golf urse, but ed the same clichés they all do. Salutg Ameri’s LGBTQ athlete veterans; World’s Strongt Gay; Where did all the lbian bars go?

Homophobic Instagram post sts golfer Stt Piercy multiple major sponsors. Golfer Stt Piercy ‘apologiz’ for homophobic post about Pete Buttigieg.

Stt Piercy posted an apology of a sort to Instagram and promised to "do better" after grammg an anti-gay slur and a reference to a right-wg nspiracy theory.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

Gay golf pro se sport as more acceptg and wants golfers to e out.

Greg Fzgerald is an openly gay golf pro and he thks the sport is ready for more out members, even players. In fact, there’s been only one golfer ever to play on the PGA Tour — Tadd Fujikawa — to e out as gay. We’ve had an out gay player w the MLS Cup.

I thk a lot of them probably don’t re if someone is gay, but if we don’t talk about the issue don’t get rolved.

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Gay men are nearly visible golf, but we’re not non-existent .

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