10 Inspirg Gay Rugby Players and Personali

Contents:

• MEET THE GAY-IENDLY LEEDS GBY TEAM BREAKG NEW GROUND
• LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• GAY BARS AND PUBS LEEDS
• HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON
• FIRST DAT: VIEWERS LEFT MORTIFIED FOR GBY STAR KEEGAN HIRST AND HIS TERRIBLE FIRST GAY DATE
• LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

MEET THE GAY-IENDLY LEEDS GBY TEAM BREAKG NEW GROUND

What started as a get together Roundhay Park has grown to a club that has over 70 members and has gone on to reprent not jt Leeds, but Yorkshire at IGR Internatnal Gay Rugby world tournament, The Bgham Cup Amsterdam June 2018. NewsAn clive gby team aimed at gay and bisexual men has enjoyed 'overwhelmg' support sce formg Hunters were only set up November, but now have a squad of over 30 players and are preparg for their first gby unn team tra at Roundhay Park and want to offer experienced players the chance to try the sport a iendly and supportive environment, whatever their sexual project was set up by Rob Wilson, who works on clive sports iativ for Leeds Cy squad tra at Roundhay Park"We n different social events to enurage people to get volved sports, and there were que a lot of people g up to me and sayg they wanted to take part gby. "Rob timat that the majory of the squad intify as gay or bisexual, although there are also several heterosexual squad tra at Roundhay Park"Some of them had played at school, but had never really found a group they felt part of later on.

Historilly, some people have had negative experienc around sport and PE, such as homophobic bullyg. "The team also acts as a social opportuny for young gay men away om the bar scene. At the unis, there may be gay and straight guys who want to play gby away om the stunt scene, and who maybe aren't keen on the drkg culture.

LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT

"Future plans clu enterg a league, playg ternatnal gay gby petns and arrangg more lol iendli.

The Leeds Hunters were tablished as a gby club which all men regardls of whether they are gay, bisexual, trans or straight n be fortable beg themselv whilst accsg an amazg sport. We will support the velopment of a lol gby team that provis a safe space for all gay, bi and lbian women and trans women n accs gby. The Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy has e out as gay, and thanked ach Leo Cullen and Stuart Lanster for their “unbelievable” support.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

I need to accept beg gay myself before I uld addrs wh others. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho/ShutterstockFellow Lester player Dunne revealed his bisexualy last year, around the same time Nassib announced he was gay and a few months before Atralian Cavallo ma headl across the world by sharg his news.

Last month, Blackpool’s Jake Daniels beme the first UK-based male footballer to e out as gay sce 1990.

In light of recent ntroversy regardg homophobic slurs by Israel Fol, we thought we would she a light on 10 fluential gay gby personali.

GAY BARS AND PUBS LEEDS

The players have bee a bean of light bee they overme stereotyp and other challeng faced by homosexual athlet way too often.

In this article, we’ll name ten of the most notable gay gby personali, analyze their acplishments, discs how they are shapg the game today, and asss their impact on the overall perceptn of homosexual profsnal athlet around the world. That beg said, due to s physily, gby is regard as a “manly” sport, which mak more difficult for gay players to publicly acknowledge their preference. At the same time, there are many misnceptns about this betiful sport, which has led to the margalizatn and targetg of gay players.

Some high-profile stars like Israel Fol have recently ma headl due to potentially homophobic posts on social media. This is one of the ma reasons why reprentativ of World Rugby met wh the lears of Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) to help eradite homophobia and tolerance om the game.

HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON

Notable homosexual gby players and personali.

Here’s a list of ten notable gay gby players and how they are shapg the game today. The very first high-profile gby player to ever e out to the public as gay is former Atralian ternatnal Ian Roberts. Even though Ian Roberts may have been the first high-profile player to openly adm beg gay, Keegan Hirst was the first to ever do while still active.

FIRST DAT: VIEWERS LEFT MORTIFIED FOR GBY STAR KEEGAN HIRST AND HIS TERRIBLE FIRST GAY DATE

Currently a Wakefield Try prop, Hirst has bee one of the most notable gay athlet, earng himself a startg role after signg a ntract wh the League si 2016.

Sam Stanley beme the first openly gay Rugby Unn and Sevens player the UK.

Although he never played gby at a profsnal level, Mark Bgham has bee an inic figure for gay gby players and sportspeople around the world. Known for his heroics durg the September 11 attacks, Bgham was a robt send-row man who played for the gay-clive San Francis Fog RFC. The Mark Kendall Bgham Memorial Tournament, simply known as the Bgham Cup, is a biennial gay gby unn tournament which was held for the first time 2002.

LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

Thomas publicly me out 2009 and has sce scribed his experience as a secretly gay player, revealg how the social prsure and stereotyp pose a signifint challenge for many athlet today. The Welshman is also a TV personaly and a voted activist for the LGBT e, wng “Gay Sports Personaly of the De” at the Stonewall awards ceremony London back 2015.

We also have a pact gay village centred around Lower Briggate, wh all of the venu jt a stone's throw away om each other. Whether you’re gay, straight or jt uncid you n be assured that there is somethg here for you.