Who is gby ref Nigel Owens? Welshman bravely me out as gay, fought bulimia and overme suici – The Sun | The Sun

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• WHO IS GBY REF NIGEL OWENS? WELSHMAN BRAVELY ME OUT AS GAY, FOUGHT BULIMIA AND OVERME SUICI
• NIGEL OWENS: 'I ULDN'T ACCEPT I WAS GAY'
• ‘I NSIRED CHEMIL STRATN,’ SAYS GAY GBY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS
• RUGBY’S TRAILBLAZG GAY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS REVEALS SUICI ATTEMPT AT AGE 11 DUE TO BULLYG — YEARS BEFORE TRYG TO KILL HIMSELF A BATTLE WH SEXUALY
• CRAIG MAXWELL-KEYS: PREMIERSHIP GBY REFEREE ME OUT AS GAY VIA WHATSAPP
• PNEERG GAY GBY REFEREE NIGEL OWNS LLED AN ‘ABOMATN’ HATEFUL, HOMOPHOBIC LETTER
• THE ONLY GAY ON THE PCH
• CLOSED PTNG SCREW-UP WR THAT GBY REFEREE ‘IS A GAY’

WHO IS GBY REF NIGEL OWENS? WELSHMAN BRAVELY ME OUT AS GAY, FOUGHT BULIMIA AND OVERME SUICI

In 2007, the Mynyddcerrig-native shocked the sports world by g out as gay. 6 In 2007 Owens shocked the sports world by g out as gayCred: SWNS:South Wt News Service. It's such a big taboo to be gay my le of work, I had to thk very hard about bee I didn't want to jeopardise my reer.

A GAY REF IN A MACHO SPORT.

"It's such a big taboo to be gay my le of work, I had to thk very hard about bee I didn't want to jeopardise my reer, " he nfsed. "When I beme a referee, beme clear that there was nobody the sport who was gay. "Although that’s not to say that the sport is openly homophobic.

NIGEL OWENS: 'I ULDN'T ACCEPT I WAS GAY'

Owens knew he was gay his late teens.

When gby referee Nigel Owens me out as gay 2007, he said was “a big taboo” to be LGBT+ his le of work.

‘I NSIRED CHEMIL STRATN,’ SAYS GAY GBY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS

Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas later me out as gay, and other players have opened up about their inti too.

RUGBY’S TRAILBLAZG GAY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS REVEALS SUICI ATTEMPT AT AGE 11 DUE TO BULLYG — YEARS BEFORE TRYG TO KILL HIMSELF A BATTLE WH SEXUALY

Did you enunter much homophobia after g out as gay?

But on the odd ocsn – on the very, very odd ocsn that there were homophobic ments shouted at me om the spectators – was heard by other people and was reported to the relevant bodi and they managed to al wh the suatn. Rugby has allowed to be who we are, so nobody uld say that gby is a homophobic sport. He hadn't met a gay man before and his feelgs were totally alien to him, so much so that he sperately tried to supprs them.

''I didn't want to be a gay person.

CRAIG MAXWELL-KEYS: PREMIERSHIP GBY REFEREE ME OUT AS GAY VIA WHATSAPP

''Alongsi his battle wh prsn and anxiety, Owens veloped bulimia and beme hooked on steroids as he stggled to accept that he was gay.

I didn't want to be a gay person Aged 24, Owens attempted to take his own life due to his self loathg over his sexual orientatn - a regret he says will plague him for the rt of his life. Rugby referee Nigel Owens is one of the most proment gay men sport.

As an openly gay figure one of the most mascule of sports Nigel Owens is a rary – but he might never have achieved his inic stat gby unn if he had gone ahead wh plans for a chemil stratn.

PNEERG GAY GBY REFEREE NIGEL OWNS LLED AN ‘ABOMATN’ HATEFUL, HOMOPHOBIC LETTER

“I didn’t want to be gay, ” Owens, who me out 2007, told CNN.

THE ONLY GAY ON THE PCH

“I actually went to the doctor at one stage to see if I uld be chemilly strated any way, if would get rid of me beg gay. They n’t tell other people they’re gay bee they’re fightg themselv. However, he believ the mcular world of gby unn is way ahead of other global sports when to acceptg gay stars, although Gareth Thomas beme the first profsnal player to open up about his sexualy as recently as 2009.

“It annoys me sometim when people say gby is homophobic.

Rerd-Breakg Rugby Unn Referee & Gay Sports Personaly of the Year.

CLOSED PTNG SCREW-UP WR THAT GBY REFEREE ‘IS A GAY’

Publicly me out as a gay 2007 makg him the first openly gay gby referee. Stonewall’s Gay Sports Personaly of the De.

Nigel Owens is a profsnal gby unn referee who ma history by g out as gay 2007.