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Contents:
- WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
- THE HIDN GAY LIV FALLY BEG UNVERED
- ESTA ROMáNTI PROPUTA AMOR GAY ENTRE UNOS ALUMNOS L CBTIS HA REVENTADO INTER (+VIDEO)
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
- WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
- AM I GAY?
WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
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Overnight, Prokop's announcement doubled the number of out gay athlet currently playg the untry's four major men's sports — football, basketball, baseball and hockey.
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That uld be due to the mascule culture at the center of the major sports, experts say, creatg an environment that is ls welg to gay athlet. Magrath helped thor a study that found that male athlet who me out as gay while still playg sports were largely met wh acceptance by their teammat. NBA player Jason Colls, who me out 2013 while he was still playg the league, later told NPR " went great" when he scribed the perd after announcg he was gay.
After Michael Sam beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL 2014, then-Miami Dolphs safety Don Jon tweeted "horrible, " rultg penalti and a spensn. There are key differenc the cultur of men's and women's athletics While few active players the major men's sports leagu have e out, many female profsnal athlet have said publicly that they're gay, om U.
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