The USTA has signated a Palm Sprgs tournament for gay upl an official Natnal Champnship event.
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Are you a tennis fan lookg for a perfect match? GLTA (Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance) worldwi tennis tournaments and the muny of more than 10,000 tennis enthiasts awa! * palm springs gay tennis tournament *
It seems like a lifetime ago that a prepostero and unwrten le of thumb existed; if you're gay or lbian and want to enter an LGBT tennis tournament, you might be wise to nsir g a fake name. Ironilly, the longt nng LGBT tennis tournament (35 years) is named the Uned Stat Gay Open (USGO). So image my shock when the USTA fiercely phed a new and evolved natnal agenda embracg not jt black Amerins, Latos, Asians, and female members, but my gay brothers and sisters as might thk this isn't a big al this day and age, but nsirg the IOC's poor relatnship wh the gay muny, s "turn-a-bld-eye" attu at Rsia's horrific human rights vlatns of their own gay cizens, mak me proud, and mak me feel safe to know the USTA has my back.
At a time when our untri youth is electg suici over beg bullied simply for beg gay or perceived gay, there's an anizatn of fluence and affluence that not only ntu to open doors, but also mds.
"Gay tennis" has evolved om a fake-name mentaly of survival, to a grassroots force that hosts tournaments all over the globe. One such tournament celebratg a major tone is the 20th Palm Sprgs Open Tennis Tournament, Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance champnship, where more then 300 players om all over the untry and the world will be participatg. Sean Taroli is a PTR certified tennis ach, and a 30 year member of the worlds olst GLBT tennis anizatn, the Gay & Lbian Tennis Feratn (GLTF) of San Francis.
GAY UPL TENNIS TOURNAMENT NOW OFFICIAL USTA NATNAL CHAMPNSHIP EVENT
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"At the end of January, the Uned Stat Tennis Associatn, partnership wh the Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance, add same-genr upl to s sanctned list of petive fay divisns, which up until now has featured hband-wife or father-dghter divisn highlights the importance of fay the sport, somethg that prev years never clud gay be an adult upl event, the team's bed age mt be 80 years old, and there are divisns for 100 years old and 120 years, 65, and Wheeler, 62, will pete the 120-age event is poised to grow signifintly the years to e, and anizers expect ci throughout the untry to follow su wh siar petns.