The Unofficial Gayt Sport: Volleyball - San Francis Bay Tim | San Francis Bay Tim

Contents:

• GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER’S SELF-ACCEPTANCE LED TO EPER BOND WH LLEGE TEAMMAT
• GAY BRAZILIAN VOLLEYBALL STAR DOUGLAS SOUZA DO THE SAMBA, LLS HIS TEAMMAT HOTTI AND HAS 1.6 LN INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS
• GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER, ACH FDS NFINCE HIMSELF AND RENEWED LOVE OF THE SPORT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• THE UNOFFICIAL GAYT SPORT: VOLLEYBALL

GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER’S SELF-ACCEPTANCE LED TO EPER BOND WH LLEGE TEAMMAT

The North Amerin Gay Volleyball Associatn is a not for prof 501(c)(7) anizatn, mted to promotg and velopg the sport of volleyball the GLBT muny.

Gay volleyball player’s self-acceptance led to eper bond wh llege teammat. “How n you tell when another guy is gay?

Francis Universy near Ptsburgh when I me out as gay. I was hont wh them about what kept me the closet: the homophobic locker room talk, wonrg if people would accept me and not beg able to accept myself.

GAY BRAZILIAN VOLLEYBALL STAR DOUGLAS SOUZA DO THE SAMBA, LLS HIS TEAMMAT HOTTI AND HAS 1.6 LN INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS

Some part of me always realized that I was gay. In high school the tim I would hear words and phras like “fag” or “that’s gay” thrown around really ma hard to accept that I was gay.

I started to thk, there is nothg wrong wh beg gay. You are gay. You are gay and that’s a good thg!

” His look of ncern was quickly met wh my words: “I am gay. I spent my last semter of llege livg my life openly as a gay man and athlete.

GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER, ACH FDS NFINCE HIMSELF AND RENEWED LOVE OF THE SPORT

He’s also dog is as openly gay, after g out publicly 2020. “I want to be remembered as the first homosexual to play volleyball at a high level Brazil, ” he said. “I don’t know exactly when I started to openly clare myself as a homosexual, ” he said an terview this month.

It was simply the bt game the tournament, and the long-legged ladi ma the natn and their fans _ a lot of them gay _ proud, pecially me. Volleyball is somehow one of the most popular sports among gay people.

Wh volleyball makg headl everywhere this week, brought back memori of one of the most groundbreakg Thai gay films, The Iron Ladi, or Satree Lek, released 2000.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

When me out 13 years ago, was screened at many film ftivals around the globe, many of them LGBT-orientated, and also played a part bunkg the ia that Thai cema is all about "gays and ghosts" _ a gross generalisatn.

Directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, The Iron Ladi is based on the te story of a volleyball team om Lampang that prised gay and transgenr members, and only one heterosexual player, that won the Thai Volleyball Natnal Champnship 1996. In the film, we are troduced to each member of the team _ om an open transvte to a baret showgirl, an out gay ary man and a closeted Thai-Che gay, and a straight team pta who is a key character, reprentg the many people who aren't happy to be around gays until he gets to know his teammat better and learns how they stggle to fight for their dreams. However, was the first film that tackled the genr issue om a different perspective, where gay characters were the centre of the story which allowed them a strong voice.

Sce 2000, there's been a number of betiful and scere LGBT-themed films produced Thailand (though still many others that ntue to explo gay antics as cheap humour), and openly gay and transgenr figur today are much more visible and admired than before. Parya is one of our first gay sports celebri, and people learned to like her not jt bee of her sexualy or the "eccentric" look of a boxer wh red lips and pated fgernails but bee of her skill and ferocy as a fighter. The qutn I would like to ask the people is: Will you like them any ls if they are gay?

THE UNOFFICIAL GAYT SPORT: VOLLEYBALL

And n athlet be openly gay and be accepted for who they are?