When Anthony Nimo fally worked up the urage to tell his players he was gay, he was prepared for the worst. He didn't expect what happened next.
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- GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYER ENDUR HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS AT END OF HIS REER
- THIS GAY ATHLETE ME OUT TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL AT AN AWARDS BANQUET THE SOUTH
- 'I AM A GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH'
- COMG OUT AS A GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH: THE SURPRISG AFTERMATH
- GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYER ATTACKED ON THE URT BY HOMOPHOBIC RIVALS
GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYER ENDUR HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS AT END OF HIS REER
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Peter High School basketball player Alex Bosacker me out as gay earlier this wter, he was met wh hugs, love and acceptance om his teammat and ach — the kd that numero other LGBTQ athlet have received. In three separate gam, New Ulm players and fans attacked Bosacker wh a filla of homophobic words and actns that ranged om meang to disturbg. When Bosacker took his posn at the begng of a game Febary, the New Ulm player he was matched up agast tnted, “I’ve got the gay kid guardg me!
That player ntued hurlg homophobic trash talk at Bosacker throughout the game and then thgs took a physil turn. ” Th far at New Ulm, homophobic tnts and attacks have led to fewer nsequenc than wearg a hat to class.
A gay athlete havg fun was apparently too much for some stunts at New Ulm. This is part of an ongog seri of articl highlightg the voic of var members of the Natnal Gay Flag Football League.
THIS GAY ATHLETE ME OUT TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL AT AN AWARDS BANQUET THE SOUTH
I rried the weight of that dread to every locker rom where my teammat ma no hatns the discsn of their jad ias on homosexualy. It was quickly obv there was a unified belief that gay men were athletilly ferr. I never unrstood how homosexual men seemed to domate so much of heterosexual men’s nversatns.
They likely viewed gay athlet as ferr as well. “I’m gay.
I started my journey to prove my worth as an athlete, and led to lecturg my peers on the gay experience, an experience I’d yet to fully grasp myself.
'I AM A GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH'
I took to the task fastidly, fieldg up to and cludg the most obv queri about what actually is to be a gay man. Dpe the horrific reputatn the South had mataed for s homophobia, I refed to let my opportuny to brg my muny to the 21st century pass me up.
When pro basketball player Jason Colls announced earlier this year that he was gay, Anthony Nimo was listeng. I am a gay high school basketball ach. " While Nimo acknowledg that his players belong to a generatn that is more acceptg of gay people, he was ncerned about the ntug stigma among athlet.
COMG OUT AS A GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH: THE SURPRISG AFTERMATH
I shared some of the letters wh my team and reflected on what had occurred sce I me out publicly 10 weeks 35 years I showed my te inty by g out publicly as a gay high school basketball ach. I had created a blog, emailed var gay sports figur and even broached the topic of a gay teammate wh my team. To many, sports and homosexualy do not mh, as the weight of masculy weighs heavily on me, 's time to let people know that gay people n play and ach.
GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYER ATTACKED ON THE URT BY HOMOPHOBIC RIVALS
I am not the gay basketball ach but a ach who happens to be those letters ma crystal-clear, there are far too many of out there for me to stay silent anymore.
Relatedgay basketball achg out as gayg outComg Out Of The Closetqueer voicPopular the CommunyYou May Like. Mnota high school athlete Alex Bosacker was greeted wh support when he me out as gay to his peers and ach at Sat Peter High School earlier this wter. “I got the gay kid guardg me!
Over the urse of the game, he said, the other player ntued his anti-gay tnts while pchg him hard enough to leave bis.