Pro disc golf’s only openly gay MPO player, Thomas Gilbert, starts the nversatn.
Contents:
- PRO DISC GOLFER THOMAS GILBERT OUT AS GAY
- LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
- GAY, GEIA
PRO DISC GOLFER THOMAS GILBERT OUT AS GAY
* disc golf is gay *
Thomas Gilbert, a profsnal disc golfer, had a simple msage wrten above his photo on an Instagram post this weekend: “I’m gay.
LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
Therefore I feel like ’s time to e out to you all, and let you know that I am gay. When Thomas Gilbert me out as gay the begng of 2022, he did not jt for himself, but for other disc golfers who might be part of the LGBTQ+ muny. At the begng of 2022, Gilbert announced via an Instagram post that he is gay.
In December, Gilbert watched the Netflix seri Comg Out Colton, a doceri that followed former NFL player and one-time The Bachelor star Colton Unrwood on his journey as he told iends and fay that he was gay.
"I don't thk anyone knew I was gay up until the begng of 2021, and slowly throughout the season I me out to more and more people, " Gilbert said. He's often heard players e "gay" as a rogatory term toward their poor shots, for example, and enuraged people to choose their words more refully.
GAY, GEIA
Thomas Gilbert beg an openly gay, active PDGA player is kd of a big al. Le Prokop is the only gay active NHL player, ever.
There is one openly gay MLS player, Coll Mart. There have been more one-hand players the MLB than gay players. Whether your argument is that r/discgolf should be rerved for pictur of you standg next to a basket you swear you aced, or that the wonrful, clive world of 2022, a person's sexualy isn't news, or you're jt a bigot threatened by exceptnally talented, likeable gay people, this is a really big al.
This month the PGA of Ameri has been spotlightg gay members, and for several years has strsed that golf’s long-term health and enomy mands drawg a more diverse dience.