WWE star Daria Berenato reflects on makg history by beg the work's first openly gay female wrtler.
Contents:
- 10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
- PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
- MEET OPENLY GAY WRTLER DYLAN WATSON
- SONYA DEVILLE — 1ST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WWE WRTLER — ON HER CISN TO E OUT ON NATNAL TV
- GAY PRO WRTLER JAI VIDAL SIGNS MULTI-YEAR NTRACT WH IMPACT WRTLG
- IMPACT WRTLG SIGNS ITS FIRST-EVER OPENLY GAY WRTLER
- DARIA BERENATO REFLECTS ON MAKG HISTORY AS WWE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WRTLER
10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
Pro wrtlg ed to make wrtlers stay the closet, while fakg kayfabe gay romance storyl for shock value, but now embrace their LGBTQ stars. * openly gay wrestler *
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.
PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
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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. ) 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.
MEET OPENLY GAY WRTLER DYLAN WATSON
Pro wrtlg in Pat Patterson, the dtry's first openly gay star and a litenant of promoter Vce McMahon, has died. The WWE Hall of Fame member was 79. * openly gay wrestler *
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. " 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.
SONYA DEVILLE — 1ST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WWE WRTLER — ON HER CISN TO E OUT ON NATNAL TV
Meet Dylan Watson, an openly gay llege wrtler who found solace, muny and acceptance wrtlg and his teammat. * openly gay wrestler *
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. 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.
Sce then, she changed her name om Allie Kat to Katch and partnered up wh Effy a tag team lled Bsy — or, as Katch has lled the duo, "Too Gay Power Trip" — which won the GCW tag team champnship April 2022 and fend until July. Anthony Bowens may be one of the bt-known gay wrtlers now, but when his boyiend revealed their relatnship on YouTube 2016, he was fearful the backlash would be harsh. "Cassandro, a well-known Exoti (a type of luchador that rporat a drag queen athetic to their act), was the first such performer to e out as gay.
GAY PRO WRTLER JAI VIDAL SIGNS MULTI-YEAR NTRACT WH IMPACT WRTLG
Jai Vidal be the first out gay male wrtler to sign wh IMPACT the pany’s 20-year history. * openly gay wrestler *
He broke ground for numero other gay Exotis, sayg, "Nowadays, we Exotis, we're flamboyant wrtlers that are tly wrtlers. "Fred Rosser ma history as the first-ever WWE wrtler — known then as Darren Young — to e out as gay, dog so a 2013 TMZ terview.
Sonya Deville, The First Openly Gay Female Wrtler (Source: Ptert). Jake Atlas is openly gay and proud. In fact, he is the first gay man to have opened up about his sexualy the sport.
IMPACT WRTLG SIGNS ITS FIRST-EVER OPENLY GAY WRTLER
Moore beme the first openly gay wrtler to e out while still signed to WWE. * openly gay wrestler *
He remembers ntemplatg if beg gay and a wrtler was patible.
He knew that he was gay and not bisexual. Hence, he directly uttered the word gay. He remembers cryg then and sayg, ‘I know this is wrong, but I’m gay.
DARIA BERENATO REFLECTS ON MAKG HISTORY AS WWE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WRTLER
"I am also gay. I am proud of that." * openly gay wrestler *
Most muni do not regard homosexuals as somethg regular. Instead, they tend to impose heterosexualy, and Marquez g om the same upbrgg, regard beg gay as somethg of a s.
She cried WITH disappotment and lked him beg gay wh relign. 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. A few veats and honorable mentns: WWE Legend Pat Patterson is obvly hugely important to history as a gay wrtler om an era where that was basilly unthkable, but I want to keep this short list foced on current wrtlers whose reers you n follow right now.
Young buted 2010 as part of Nex, and publicly me out as gay 2013. In 2018 he appeared Big Time Wrtlg and Chikara, as well as Nuclear Heat Wrtlg, where he had a great match agast another openly gay wrtler, Jake Atlas (more him a b).