Rugby's Only Openly Gay Referee Reveals Players' Support Over Comg Out
Contents:
- WHO IS GBY REF NIGEL OWENS? WELSHMAN BRAVELY ME OUT AS GAY, FOUGHT BULIMIA AND OVERME SUICI
- NIGEL OWENS: 'I ULDN'T ACCEPT I WAS GAY'
- RUGBY’S TRAILBLAZG GAY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS REVEALS SUICI ATTEMPT AT AGE 11 DUE TO BULLYG — YEARS BEFORE TRYG TO KILL HIMSELF A BATTLE WH SEXUALY
- GAY GBY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS SUBJECTED TO HOMOPHOBIC TWTER ABE AFTER ENGLAND'S VICTORY OVER FRANCE
- RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015: REFEREE NIGEL OWENS ON BEG GAY IN THE SPORT
WHO IS GBY REF NIGEL OWENS? WELSHMAN BRAVELY ME OUT AS GAY, FOUGHT BULIMIA AND OVERME SUICI
In 2007, the Mynyddcerrig-native shocked the sports world by g out as gay.
NIGEL OWENS: 'I ULDN'T ACCEPT I WAS GAY'
6 In 2007 Owens shocked the sports world by g out as gayCred: SWNS:South Wt News Service.
RUGBY’S TRAILBLAZG GAY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS REVEALS SUICI ATTEMPT AT AGE 11 DUE TO BULLYG — YEARS BEFORE TRYG TO KILL HIMSELF A BATTLE WH SEXUALY
It's such a big taboo to be gay my le of work, I had to thk very hard about bee I didn't want to jeopardise my reer. A GAY REF IN A MACHO SPORT.
GAY GBY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS SUBJECTED TO HOMOPHOBIC TWTER ABE AFTER ENGLAND'S VICTORY OVER FRANCE
"It's such a big taboo to be gay my le of work, I had to thk very hard about bee I didn't want to jeopardise my reer, " he nfsed. "When I beme a referee, beme clear that there was nobody the sport who was gay.
"Although that’s not to say that the sport is openly homophobic.
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015: REFEREE NIGEL OWENS ON BEG GAY IN THE SPORT
Owens knew he was gay his late teens. He hadn't met a gay man before and his feelgs were totally alien to him, so much so that he sperately tried to supprs them. ''I didn't want to be a gay person.