William Seth-Wenzel is an openly gay jujutsu fighter whose boyiend cheered him on as he won the world champnship.
Contents:
- OPENLY GAY JIU-JSU PRACTNER FDS SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY
- FIRST OPENLY GAY UPLE BRAZILIAN JIU-JSU LNCH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL, URG CHANGE SPORT
- AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY GUY BJJ PRACTNER!
- THREAD: BRAZIIAN JIU JSU IS GAY
- A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER
- GAY MARTIAL ARTIST FDS SUPPORT, MARARIE HIS SPORT
- EDDIE BRAVO: MMA IS ‘STILL IN J TIM’ WH GAY MEN
- STRADDLG THE REDLE: THE MIC AND JIU JSU OF TY GAY
OPENLY GAY JIU-JSU PRACTNER FDS SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY
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Nicholas “Rh” Rotas is one of the few openly gay martial artists the Uned Stat. Not a sgle man on the team r that they’re sparrg and trag wh a gay man, and Rotas tak pri that fact. “It sadns me that many gay people may not ever experience the amazg support and skill offered by the sports bee of fear: fear that they won’t be accepted, or that they might get kicked out or shunned for beg who they are.
FIRST OPENLY GAY UPLE BRAZILIAN JIU-JSU LNCH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL, URG CHANGE SPORT
There is a dishearteng storyof a man who was kicked out of his gym after beg outed South Carola a few years back, and I thk that reputatn has stuck among the gay muny spe of clear progrs over the years. “At the end of the day, to them I’m jt Rh: their teammate, iend and I jt happen to be gay.
An openly gay martial artist fdg support group fellow fighters is an credible velopment.
AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY GUY BJJ PRACTNER!
Not all sports are so acmodatg to gay athlet, though. And as the first openly gay married athlet the sport, the black belt stctors say their martial arts school serv as an athletic haven for women and the LGBTQ+ is mted to providg the tsted news and lol reportg you rely on. And gog public as part of the first openly gay married uple had exposed even more difficulty for the athlet.
“And the guy, he me to me and he said 'I didn't know the muny was so homophobic, ’ Vieira said. '"And I said, ‘yeah, that's that's how they the muny is, you know, so beg a woman and gay this sport is not easy.
”Janis said as a gay woman, Aviv Jiu Jsu school Boynton Beach giv her "a sense of eedom" she hadn’t felt other schools before. Vieira said raisg the profile of women and gay people the sport is a battle they’re fightg together on and off the mat.
THREAD: BRAZIIAN JIU JSU IS GAY
Vieira said the openg of Aviv Jiu-Jsu is a huge step toward creatg more female athlet the sport bee seeg champns actn is a blueprt, a template of sorts, for aspirg female and gay before the uple met at a trials petn Brazil, Alzuguir was a huge spiratn for her now-wife, Vieira. “And I knew she was gay and I was like ’Wow, n be me.
A survey nducted 2019 by the Homosexual Group of Bahia, Brazil showed that, last year, Brazil rerd 329 aths om homotransphobia.
A WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPN STRS VISIBILY AS AN OUT GAY FIGHTER
Recently we had a gay our gym. The first qutn is do you fd the word Gay ? Bee I noticed that you ll yourself Gay and I ll you gay all the time ?.
It’s a short word and I fd easier to say than Homosexual ? I don’t have any problems wh the word “gay”.
And y, I’m Gay for whole my life and I’m not sick ?. Tell what do mean to be gay BJJ gym. I wasn’t Gay-only BJJ gym I was gay every sport I traed till now and there were a lot of them.
GAY MARTIAL ARTIST FDS SUPPORT, MARARIE HIS SPORT
What is weird is that, for stance, Soccer I had more problems beg gay than others. Guys martial arts ll soccer players gays so maybe that was the reason hahaha.
When we were talkg you mentned ps BJJ bee of beg gay? I ma mistak wh lettg people know that I’m gay. If you are gay and ci to speak loud about you need to know you will have to rry some nsequenc.
Every time I admted to someone that I’m gay I would notice a difference their behavr towards me.
EDDIE BRAVO: MMA IS ‘STILL IN J TIM’ WH GAY MEN
They would start to thk about what they will say, how to behave and stuff and that’s not somethg you want to achieve when you’re gay. Dcribe to some problems you had wh people the gym once they knew you’re gay! I n remember one qutn of another BJJ practner when he serly asked me: “Do you hate straight people like most straight people hate gays?
If they don’t know I’m gay there is no problems but if they do, y, there are some problems. If I know that guy i’m rollg wh knows I’m gay I have some swch my bra that tells me to watch my every move. Was that bee you’re gay or there are some other reasons?
There are a few reasons and y, I n say one of them is for beg gay a small place started to bee a b tough Poland!
STRADDLG THE REDLE: THE MIC AND JIU JSU OF TY GAY
I thk that no matter how brave you are admtg that you’re gay you need to be a very tough person to rry all the time. So now Norway, no one knows that you’re gay? Is there any difference between beg gay Poland and Norway?
The only problem is that I maybe won’t be alive when that happens ? Btw you asked me if I’m gay, why? Any last words you want to say about beg gay Brazilian Jiu-Jsu and send a msage to all gays?