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- NEW YORK RANGERS LEGEND SEAN AVERY COM OUT AS GAY, IS ENGAGED TO ANOTHER MAN
- SEAN AVERY, FORMER NEW YORK RANGER, ON BEG GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE
- SEAN AVERY GAY? ANDY COHEN DENI HE'S ENGAGED TO FORMER NHL STAR, CLAIMS ALLEGED BOYIEND IS 'VERY, VERY STRAIGHT' [VIDEO]
- ANDY COHEN NI HE'S ENGAGED TO NHL STAR SEAN AVERY BUT WOULD DATE HIM IF HE WERE GAY
- SEAN AVERY, GAY SUPPORT SYSTEM
NEW YORK RANGERS LEGEND SEAN AVERY COM OUT AS GAY, IS ENGAGED TO ANOTHER MAN
The World's Most Unexpected Straight Advote For Gay Rights? * sean avery is gay *
It has been revealed today that former New York Rangers legend Sean Avery is a gay man who has actually been engaged to a boyiend that he has been seeg for a year and a half now. "If this news is te (and is), Sean Avery has jt e out as the first NHL player, retired or active, to be openly gay.
There have been mors for years the NHL league about Sean Avery’s sexualy, but he has always vehemently nied , Sean even went as far as to “date” a beard girliend (Elisha Cuthbert), who he was never even remotely to, to ver up him receivg backlash om his NHL teammat and ternally the NHL for beg gay. “… Sean thks that by havg an openly gay relatnship wh another pubic figure such as Andy will give him the tle of “NHL’s first openly gay athlete datg a BRAVO Executive” followg him and people not notice him for anythg else. Sean is openly gay/bisexual around close iends, but not to the public.
”Cohen is known as the first openly gay host of an Amerin late-night talk show. Avery was the first NHL player to speak out favor of marriage equaly New York and was the talyst for discsns about gay athlet that have ntued wh mpaigns like “You Can Play.
SEAN AVERY, FORMER NEW YORK RANGER, ON BEG GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE
Bravo exec Andy Cohen ni that he's engaged to former NHL star Sean Avery, tellg a meraman that Avery is straight. “A gay guy and a straight guy should be able to be iends whout you askg * sean avery is gay *
” He was on the board of Athlete Ally, “a group of straight athlet voted to eraditg homophobia sports.
” Avery has also been the target of gay slurs durg gam, cludg an famo one om Wayne Simmonds of the has appeared on Bravo’s programmg for years, and even ma a facto retirement claratn on Cohen’s show. "Maybe ’s bee when I was such a bully when I had my uniform on, that when I took off I felt the need to stand up agast the bully, " That's how Sean Avery scrib his cisn to speak out fense of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights recent years. The 32-year-old, who publicly backed marriage equaly 2011, also claims to have been subjected to a number of anti-gay slurs recent years.
Also, Avery poted that the e of anti-gay language by players has yet to be addrsed at the NHL labor negotiatns. “A gay guy and a straight guy should be able to be iends whout you askg me if we’re engaged, " Cohen said. ”Cohen, who is openly gay, was approached this week by a TMZ meraman, who offered him “ngratulatns” on his mored engagement to Avery.
SEAN AVERY GAY? ANDY COHEN DENI HE'S ENGAGED TO FORMER NHL STAR, CLAIMS ALLEGED BOYIEND IS 'VERY, VERY STRAIGHT' [VIDEO]
The Rangers' Sean Avery has taken a stand support of gay marriage, and that's surprisg enough. But the real eye-opener is how much the negative backlash is helpg the e. * sean avery is gay *
“A gay guy and a straight guy should be able to be iends whout you askg me if we’re engaged.
”Rumors of the alleged gay relatnship began earlier this month, when gossip blog The Fame Driven published photos of Cohen and Avery on vatn together the Hamptons. Acrdg to an unnamed source, Avery and the openly gay Cohen had been secretly datg for more than a year, and were even engaged.
Even though Sean is retired om the NHL, he still don’t want the ‘gay’ tle attached to him, pecially after so many years he’s nied he was homosexual, ” The Fame Driven’s source claims.
ANDY COHEN NI HE'S ENGAGED TO NHL STAR SEAN AVERY BUT WOULD DATE HIM IF HE WERE GAY
Andy Cohen is settg the rerd straight about the mors he's gay-sex' wh his iend, NHL star Sean Avery ... tellg TMZ jt a't happeng, but he wish was. * sean avery is gay *
“Sean is openly gay/bisexual around close iends, but not to the public.
”In addn to the ments Cohen ma to the TMZ meraman, both the Bravo host and Avery took to social media to addrs mors regardg their alleged gay relatnship. Is Sean Avery gay? In May 2012, Avery joed the board of directors of Athlete Ally, a nonprof anizatn foced on endg homophobia and transphobia sports by tg those the athletic muny and empowerg them to take a stand agast prejudice.
In an terview wh the New York Tim, he stated, "I certaly have been surround by the gay muny. A., you certaly have a lot of gay iends. Author of "The Rivals"It's hard to gge who did more to advance the e of legalizg gay marriage the past week -- New York Rangers forward Sean Avery (the first pro athlete to publicly support New Yorkers for Marriage Equaly), or the father-and-son sports agent team of Don and Todd Reynolds, whose swift attacks of Avery's stance ed a remarkable thg to happen.
SEAN AVERY, GAY SUPPORT SYSTEM
The Reynolds' reactns ed thoands of other people to step forward and out themselv as gay rights supporters, too, a lour, longer show of support for Avery on Twter and Facebook, rad and TV, blogs and newspapers and sports fan msage boards than Avery's appearance a vio advertisement for the marriage equaly mpaign might have generated on s of which led to a send surprise: Avery's support for gay rights isn't unique male pro sports at last pot is worth lgerg on bee challeng an endurg nard that we've been told about gays and male sports for forever -- that revealg yourself as a supporter of gay rights is only slightly ls risky than admtg you are 's been 30 years sce Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova were outed wh months of each other 1981 and then ntued petg pro tennis after acknowledgg they are lbians. And yet, male pro sports ntue to be portrayed as one of last unbreachable bastns of homophobia.