We make a list of gay wrtlers rangg om high school, llege, universy grapplers to pennt wrtlers, to ternatnal fighters, to WWE superstars.
Contents:
- 10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
- OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- QT MARSHALL PCHED ANTHONY BOWENS 'I'M GAY' LE ON AEW RAMPAGE
- THIS ELE ILLOIS HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER IS PROUDLY GAY
- FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLET, SPORTS HUNKS, SPORTS IS SO GAYGAY WRTLERS LIST: COLLEGE, AMATR, PRO, WWE
10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
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Wrtlg fans often like to remisce about how awome everythg was back the Attu Era, but one thg that was cidly unol was how pro wrtlg ma LGBTQ wrtlers stay the closet while g kayfabe gay romance storyl for shock value or havg a wrtler "play gay" to draw heat. In fact, when Goldt turned face, WWE ma a big al out of announcg his heterosexualy, while Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo pretend to marry 2002, then stopped the ceremony to say "jt kiddg, ha ha, we're not gay, eher. Not only do Katch wrtle solo GCW, but she has partnered up wh Effy a tag team lled Bsy or, as Katch has lled the duo, Too Gay Power Trip.
Anthony Bowens may be one of the bt-known, most outspoken gay wrtlers, but wasn't too many years ago that he was nervo about g out and how might affect his reer. In , he clarified that he prefers to be "labeled" as gay.
That vio has over a quarter of a ln views and nearly 7, 000 lik, and Bowens may well now be the most over gay athlete the sport.
OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
QT Marshall discs posive "I'm Gay" segment wh Anthony Bowens. * wrestlers who are gay *
) He is also AEW's first openly gay belt holr, ever sce September 2022 when he and Max Caster won the AEW World Tag Team Champnship at "AEW Dyname: Grand Slam.
Last Word on Sports tells that Asa has been wrtlg sce high school and me out as gay at that time as well. Although Exotis' mps was origally seen as strictly kayfabe, Cassandro was the first such performer to e out as gay. In dog so, he broke ground for numero other gay Exotis who have reclaimed the trope and ma an empowerg one rather than somethg meant to margalize or make fun of the LGBTQ muny.
" Cassandro also ma-evented Effy's Big Gay Bnch 2020. (Note on the pronouns: Effy referred to Cassandro lguistilly fluid fashn as he, she, and they durg his terview wh Wrtlg Inc., but sourc cludg Outsports and Gayly refer to him wh mascule pronouns so we've followed this nventn, as well.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
The reason why we've listed him unr his old WWE rg name is bee this is what he was gog by when he ma history as the first-ever WWE wrtler to e out as gay, dog so a 2013 TMZ terview. Shortly after Young ma his announcement about beg gay, he was ntacted by Cher.
Not only is Effy himself out and proud, but he's created his own promo to showse LGBTQ athlet lled Effy's Big Gay Bnch.
Jake Atlas me out while he was still the di, so as per So Cal Uncensored, so when he signed on wh WWE, he did so as a fully out gay man. Prr to jog the pany, Atlas had also lled his shot by appearg on an episo of "Unrver Boss" and announcg his goal was "to bee the first openly gay WWE world champn. While Darren Young may have been the first openly gay WWE wrtler, Sonya Deville was the first woman on the roster to e out as LGBTQ.
QT MARSHALL PCHED ANTHONY BOWENS 'I'M GAY' LE ON AEW RAMPAGE
(For those unfaiar wh this acronym, 's meant to be a more clive — not to mentn, fun to say — alternative to LGBTQ, wh Btle explag that stands for queer/qutng, uncid, tersex, lbian, trans, bisexual, asexual, gay/genrqueer. And are set to wrtle at No Peace Unrground’s Fear The Gay Agenda event on June 11.
There have been tim I’ve intified as gay, bi, pan, ace, and others, ” he said.
THIS ELE ILLOIS HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER IS PROUDLY GAY
The untry has ma great stris wh creasg awarens on the subject of homosexualy and transgenr issu through PSAs and through advocy groups tg the public. The erroneo stereotyp of beg gay meang you’re weak or strange are beg shattered every day and that is pecially the se the wrtlg world.
Though Sonny’s persona is an amplified character, he is actually very much an openly gay man as he proudly proclaims on his Twter page.
Possibly motivated by the g out of Darren Young, Matt Cage revealed 2015 that he was gay after years of hidg his sexual orientatn and battlg prsn. Roth passed away 1983 and only after ath was revealed by people close to him that he was openly gay. Terry Garv was openly gay and not ashamed of (good for you Terry!
FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLET, SPORTS HUNKS, SPORTS IS SO GAYGAY WRTLERS LIST: COLLEGE, AMATR, PRO, WWE
After his WWE reer, he ma allegatns that WWE released him bee of the fact that he was gay, but later took that statement back, claimg only to be a publicy stunt. At the time of his ath, he was workg on a memoir tailg his stggl of tryg to make as a profsnal wrtler while beg a closeted homosexual.
Lookg back, Jordan didn’t enjoy that time bee he felt he was a stereotypil riture of how people view bisexualy or homosexualy. The French Canadian didn't e out as openly gay the 70s where homosexualy, pecially the wrtlg dtry, was not wily accepted.
It was his stg on the WWE Network exclive realy show Legends Hoe where he talked openly and tearfully about his homosexual orientatn and was embraced by his st mat for his bravery beg so ndid. The former half of The Prime Time Players is the first wrtler the WWE to e out as gay while beg an active wrtler, when he first announced that he was gay to TMZ.