I’m a golfer, and I’m gay. Get over .

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Adults — nearly six percent — intify as gay, while a further lve to the numbers shows that almost 16 percent of Generatn Z (18-23-yearolds) intify as LGBTQ. 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.

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“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.

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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.

Two exampl: TPC Hardg Park hostg the gural Pri Open, anized by Greg Fzgerald, the first out, gay male PGA teachg pro, and the USGA raisg Pri flags at s headquarters June and sharg an image of the flags on the anizatn’s social-media acunt.