Kanyon, one of the first out gay wrtlers, is the subject of the latt episo of Vice’s ‘Dark Si of the Rg,’ but the absence of LGBTQ voic tellg his story is unacceptable.
Contents:
- OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
- GAY PRO WRTLER JAI VIDAL SIGNS MULTI-YEAR NTRACT WH IMPACT WRTLG
OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
Moore beme the first openly gay wrtler to e out while still signed to WWE. * ring wrestling gay *
MEGA’s first openly-gay wrtler’s nfince was on full display when he entered the rg as the egotistil Kenn Vazn, the lear of the factn KashINC.
In 2013, WWE wrtler Fred Roser, wrtlg unr the nickname of Darren Young, me out as gay. Moore beme the first openly gay wrtler to e out while still signed to WWE, the world’s largt wrtlg pany.
The fun-lovg and givg man also stggled to e to terms wh his inty as a gay man, remag firmly closeted except to select close iends throughout most of his reer. Perhaps the ternalized homophobia that spired such self-hate and paranoia of beg outed wouldn’t have felt so strong.
GAY PRO WRTLER JAI VIDAL SIGNS MULTI-YEAR NTRACT WH IMPACT WRTLG
* ring wrestling gay *
He was one of the first out gay active pro wrtlers the dtry’s history. The program mov between visceral acunts of Kanyon’s stggle wh bipolar disorr, enhanced by ternalized homophobia, and beg st off by the WWE (though not before havg him drs up like Boy Gee while the Unrtaker stroyed him on live TV 2003) and showsg his legacy as an out pro wrtler and the admiratn he engenred om every terview subject.
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.
Pro wrtlg has long been the home of gay panic and homophobia, but the tim are changg. * ring wrestling 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.