Sonya Deville — 1st openly gay female WWE wrtler — on her cisn to e out on natnal TV

Contents:

• WWE NXT STAR JAKE ATLAS SAYS HE DON'T WANT TO BE KNOWN AS 'THE GAY WRTLER'
• WHICH WWE SUPERSTARS ARE 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
• SONYA DEVILLE — 1ST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WWE WRTLER — ON HER CISN TO E OUT ON NATNAL TV
• DARIA BERENATO REFLECTS ON MAKG HISTORY AS WWE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WRTLER

WWE NXT STAR JAKE ATLAS SAYS HE DON'T WANT TO BE KNOWN AS 'THE GAY WRTLER'

Sonya Deville, The First Openly Gay Female Wrtler (Source: Ptert).

WHICH WWE SUPERSTARS ARE GAY

Jake Atlas is openly gay and proud. In fact, he is the first gay man to have opened up about his sexualy the sport. He remembers ntemplatg if beg gay and a wrtler was patible.

He knew that he was gay and not bisexual. Hence, he directly uttered the word gay.

He remembers cryg then and sayg, ‘I know this is wrong, but I’m gay. Most muni do not regard homosexuals as somethg regular. Instead, they tend to impose heterosexualy, and Marquez g om the same upbrgg, regard beg gay as somethg of a s.

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

She cried WITH disappotment and lked him beg gay wh relign. For a number of years, was ma clear that Darren Young was the only openly homosexual WWE star and the pany was unable to make that part of any storyle while he was part of the pany. Sonya Deville is creded as the first openly gay female wrtler WWE.

And 's been ma clear throughout his short reer that he is an openly gay and proud wrtler. The AEW rec is the first openly gay male wrtler on the pany's ma roster sce Darren Young. 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. 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.

SONYA DEVILLE — 1ST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WWE WRTLER — ON HER CISN TO E OUT ON NATNAL TV

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.

) 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.

DARIA BERENATO REFLECTS ON MAKG HISTORY AS WWE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WRTLER

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.