QT Marshall discs posive "I'm Gay" segment wh Anthony Bowens.
Contents:
- OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
- GAY WRTLG UNIVERSE
- WRTLG IS GAY, AND I WANT IT EVEN GAYER
- 10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
- GAY PRO WRTLER JAI VIDAL SIGNS MULTI-YEAR NTRACT WH IMPACT WRTLG
- WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
- QT MARSHALL PCHED ANTHONY BOWENS 'I'M GAY' LE ON AEW RAMPAGE
OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
Liberals and activists across the untry celebrated a victory social progrs rather recently as the Uned Stat passed a law legalizg gay marriage across the entire untry. While some nser * wrestiling gay *
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. 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.
GAY WRTLG UNIVERSE
Jai Vidal be the first out gay male wrtler to sign wh IMPACT the pany’s 20-year history. * wrestiling 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.
WRTLG IS GAY, AND I WANT IT EVEN GAYER
Beg more faiar wh the gay history of wrtlg mak one realize what a different product would be today whout gay culture. * wrestiling gay *
" 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.
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.
10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
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. (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.
Sunday’s “Great Midwtern Trendkill” event wasn’t the first time out gay pro wrtler AC Mack stepped to a Naptown All-Pro Wrtlg rg, but will be his last. He is an out gay Black man the South who thrived, buildg human nnectns whose strength manifted the emotnal rponse by the ACTION fanbase when he announced he was leavg -rg petn last month. Why do people thk wrtlg is gay?
A short while ago, for a limed amount of time, pennt wrtler Effy was sellg a Wrtlg is Gay shirt orr to llect for chary. Wrtlg s absolutely and wonrfully gay, and ’s gog to bee a whole lot gayer.
GAY PRO WRTLER JAI VIDAL SIGNS MULTI-YEAR NTRACT WH IMPACT WRTLG
Now, when I exprs “wrtlg is gay” I’m cludg the full spectm of the LGBTQIA+ muny.
Gore, Paris Is Bumpg, and one of my favore shows of last year Effy’s Big Gay Bnch that have found succs, praise, and an dience who not only dug their heels (and looked fabulo them as we did) but then started marchg toward the mand more.
WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
Wrtlg is fuckg gay, and I’m all about that sh. *FIGHT FOREVER UPDATE*FF Block Announcement:10AM-12PMEFFY's BIG GAY BLOCKSponsors:@movie_marks@CountOutPodDonate Now (100% to wrtlers): will stream LIVE & FREE for EVERYONE on the GCW Youtube!?
QT MARSHALL PCHED ANTHONY BOWENS 'I'M GAY' LE ON AEW RAMPAGE
The stereotyp n still be found, some wrtlers still lter their promos wh homophobic sults and not jt for heat. You n still fd hetero performers appropriatg elements (whout acknowledgment) of gay culture and g gay stereotyp their gimmicks and performance for a reactn and rponse.
Is Wrtlg Gay? You goddamn right is, and ’s jt gog to get a whole lot gayer. If you actually pay attentn though, wrtlg seems to be gettg gayer every day, as more and more performers e out, and more young performers who’ve never been closeted to beg wh jo the bs.