Campbell Johnstone: First All Black to e out as gay praised for 'bravery' | ITV News

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• FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY
• FIRST ALL BLACK PLAYER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY TELLS HIS STORY
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS GAY, FORMER ALL BLACKS GBY PLAYER HAS GLOBAL REACH
• GAY RUGBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE ON COMG OUT
• CAMPBELL JOHNSON, FORMER ALL BLACKS PRO-RUGBY PLAYER, COM OUT AS GAY
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE: FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY PRAISED FOR 'BRAVERY'
• SPORTRETIRED ALL BLACK, CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE, RECEIV SUPPORT OM FORMER ACH AND PLAYERS AFTER G OUT AS GAY A TELEVISN TERVIEW

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.

“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.

FIRST ALL BLACK PLAYER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY TELLS HIS STORY

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 OUT AS GAY, FORMER ALL BLACKS GBY PLAYER HAS GLOBAL REACH

Campbell Johnstone, a former gby player New Zealand who played for the natnal All Blacks team, has e out publicly as gay.

GAY RUGBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE ON COMG OUT

“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.

CAMPBELL JOHNSON, FORMER ALL BLACKS PRO-RUGBY PLAYER, COM OUT AS GAY

He told prenter Hilary Barry he was g out now to help other gay athlet stgglg the closet.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE: FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY PRAISED FOR 'BRAVERY'

“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. I’m homosexual and I no longer want to hi myself.

SPORTRETIRED ALL BLACK, CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE, RECEIV SUPPORT OM FORMER ACH AND PLAYERS AFTER G OUT AS GAY A TELEVISN TERVIEW

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