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FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY

Former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone beme the first All Black to e out publicly as gay, an terview wh TVNZ's Seven Sharp on Monday. * all black come out gay *

Former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone beme the first All Black to e out publicly as gay, an terview wh TVNZ’s Seven Sharp on Monday. “If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, ” Johnstone said.

Today is a signifint day, bee for the first time an All Black is puttg on the rerd publicly that he’s gay. The prop played three All Black Tt match 2005 and ma 72 appearanc for Canterbury and 38 for the told his fay and close iends he was gay but tonight he’s openg up publicly the hope will help other players.

"If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, " Johnstone said. Campbell Johnstone, a former gby player New Zealand who played for the natnal All Blacks team, has e out publicly as gay.

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“If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and the stigma surroundg that whole issue, then n actually help other people, ” he said on the Seven Sharp TV program earlier today. Men’s gby has seen var stars e out publicly as gay over the years. "Last month, Johnstone beme the first All Black to e out publicly as gay, around a after llg time on his gby rponse to the announcement, he says, took him by surprise.

New Zealand gby stars Ruby Tui and Aaron Smh, among others, praised Johnstone for his bravery on social media, while sports mister Grant Robertson, who is openly gay, thanked him for "blazg this trail" and spirg "future generatns to be open, happy and fortable.

"There are only a handful of openly gay men the profsnal gby referee Nigel Owens me out 2007, and two years later, former Wal ternatnal Gareth Thomas beme the first openly gay top-level male gby Owens and Thomas have spoken about experiencg suicidal thoughts as they stggled to e to terms wh their sexualy, while former Atralia ternatnal Dan Palmer, who me out as gay 2020, said he "routely numbed" himself wh a "heavy cktail of opids" durg his playg Johnstone is optimistic about gby's future. A former member of the famed New Zealand natnal gby team has e out as gay. He told prenter Hilary Barry he was g out now to help other gay athlet stgglg the closet.

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“If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, ” the 43-year-old said on Monday. Getty ImagThe actor, who is bt known for playg Will Byers Netflix's credibly popular sci-fi thriller seri Stranger Thgs, publicly me out as gay a January the viral 'You know what never was?

That ser' d on the popular app, Schnapp ptned the post: "When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know. Getty ImagThough the Grammy-wng rapper has been out as gay for years, January, X opened up on Twter about possibly intifyg as bisexual. Getty ImagThe Czech profsnal soccer player ma history Febary when he beme the first active ternatnal soccer player to publicly e out as gay.

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I’m homosexual and I no longer want to hi myself. 100 percent, yeah, " the DJ and producer said, though he noted he wasn't aroed much by asked by Ratajkowski about how he intifi wh the sexualy spectm, Diplo then answered:"I thk the bt answer I have is I’m not not gay. In a sport like this where a majory of the fans beg the homophobic c*cksuckers they are, I didn’t see myself dog this durg this part of my reer.

I wanted to be known for my skills and what I’ve dited the last 11 years of my life to not and not the 'bi UFC fighter' that I’m sure would jt be translated to 'gay UFC fighter. I am a gay man.

Getty ImagTomás González, an Olympic gymnast om Santiago, Chile, publicly me out as gay Augt via his tobgraphy entled Champn: Lsons, Triumphs, and Falls of an Olympic an terview wh La Tercera promotg his tobgraphy, González talked more about g out, sayg, “I suppose ’s no longer an issue. But y, I’m gay.

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"So, I me to pansexual bee – and I know that I’m pletely msg up the dictnary meang – but to me, pan means beg able to be attracted to anyone who intifi as gay, straight, bi, [transgenr], or non-bary. "When I was younger I thought I was straight, bee I was more attracted to women, and I didn't know there were more optns bis gay and straight. In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan.

"My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis. Then Augt, durg an terview wh People Magaze's Every Day podst, the R&B star remisced about his s-long reer the mic/entertament dtry so far, while also givg listeners a rare glimpse to his personal life and nfirmg that he do intify as a gay man.

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The edian, actor, and star of the NBC's The Carmichael Show me out as gay April durg his HBO Max edy show Rothaniel. And the secret is that I'm gay.

The popular and credibly private vio game streamer, who is most known for playg Mecraft and for streamg on Twch, me out an April Twter Q&A wh his followers when he was asked by a fan what his favore moment the gay, romantic, teen Netflix seri Heartstopper was.

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""For those nfed basilly I gus I am technilly unlabeled as the way I have kda always gone around life jt beg attracted to whoever I am attracted to jt so happens that most of them le up wh a 'certa type' you uld say, " he later clarified, sayg that he is "okay wh the gay label.

Vcent Wang -- the popular, UK-based League of Legends ports player better known by his streamg name Bost -- publicly me out as gay a May Twter statement. "I'm gay, " he wrote. At the age of 8, I was bombard wh homophobic and sexist remarks at home.

I was hyper-nsc of how I should act and tried not to act or sound 'gay, ' but I was still nstantly bullied for . "He ntued: "The gamg dtry is rampant wh sexism, prejudice, and homophobia.

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