Gay men are nearly visible golf, but we’re not non-existent

Contents:

• FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET
• WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?
• WHO ARE THE GAY PLAYERS ON THE LPGA?
• WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE
• LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
• ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y
• LPGA GOLFER ALENA SHARP TALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT BEG GAY
• 81 PERCENT PGA TOUR PRO SURVEY THK THERE'S A GAY PRO ON TOUR

FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET

Now, Pri Month is shouted loudly, thanks to those players, like Mel Reid, who’ve publicly shared their homosexualy and all those wh the Tour’s fay who’ve supported them. “Pri month for me is all about cln, ” says Reid, who me out as Gay to the tens of lns of LPGA fans late 2018.

Ined, Pri Month falls June to honor the Stonewall Demonstratns New York Cy that began on June 28, 1968, and lasted several days as thoands took to the streets to mand equal rights for the Gay muny. On one hand, there are no out gay profsnal golfers.

WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?

This is disappotg bee there are certa to be gay players the profsnal golf circu. What is holdg back the male gay players om g out? The first profsnal male golfer to e out as gay is nsired to be Tadd Fujikawa of the Uned Stat.

This may, part, expla the plete absence of a gay profsnal golfer.

There also rema stanc of homophobic slurs on the greens and the locker rooms. Gay Golfers List: PGA Players, Pros, and College Athlet.

WHO ARE THE GAY PLAYERS ON THE LPGA?

After our Grandma Aka read our post on Gay Wrtlers, she was like, “Ohhh, I didn’t know there are many of them. After all, there are probably thoands of wrtlers out there grapplg for the big dogs like WWE and the Lucha Unrground as well as the ls known on the die wa, this is supposed to be a gay golfers list, why are we gettg distracted by wrtlg?

” [Via The Guardian]Another gay golfer featured on Outsports is Chris Noble who played for the golf team of the Holy Cross College at Notre Dame. And Anrson Cooper would not publicly e out as gay for another 30 years.

There was a time when players feared fan reactn, wonred what might mean for endorsement als and were told worried whispers that tournaments might lose sponsors if players were openly gay.

WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE

It was a time when tour officials quietly suggted to gay players that low-key was the way to go. Televisn brought posive portrayals of gay people to Ameri’s livg rooms and lns found the to be people they liked.

As more people me out, virtually everyone disvered they had a fay member or iend who is gay. When Reid, 31, publicly me out December and moved to Florida om England to foc on her LPGA reer, a large part of the cisn was to give back to the gay muny ways a prev generatn uldn’t.

LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT

“It was even more difficult for those players who were thought to be gay. Players didn’t hi beg gay, but they weren’t open about eher.

But societal norms dictated that this open secret rema a secret, which placed gay players the awkward posn of obftg who they really are.

ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y

] I felt that the tour was a different place, sponsors were more performance-driven and the public was gettg more e to the gay life style. “The feedback I got om our fans was far more rewardg that the money I received om my new gay sponsor, ” Jon says. Mel Reid is a hero for makg certa more gay voic are heard.

As of 2022, around 20 percent of WNBA players are openly gay.

LPGA GOLFER ALENA SHARP TALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT BEG GAY

A poll nducted by Pk News found that participants ranked tennis as the most gay-iendly sport.

Though an timate om New Zealand Golf Magaze stat that anywhere om 10–14 percent of golfers are likely to be gay, the number of out profsnal golfers is low. In 2018, Tadd once aga ma PGA history, beg the first male player to openly e out as gay. Not only was I gettg ed to a new facily, I was also tryg to figure out which -workers I uld tst and which members might be OK wh me beg gay.

81 PERCENT PGA TOUR PRO SURVEY THK THERE'S A GAY PRO ON TOUR

However, there have still been no openly gay men to play the PGA Tour or Masters.

So, is so shockg that homophobia would also be prevalent on the urse and the untry clubs?

Homophobic and anti-trans sentiments seem to be a staple tradnal nservative valu, as shown by recent legislatn such as the “Don’t Say Gay” bills phed by Republin lears like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. In his article, Wn scrib the golf urse as “a place some people n ngregate and e racist, misogynist and homophobic terms and get away wh bee ‘they’re at a golf urse. ’” Look no further for proof than profsnal Jt Thomas sayg a homophobic slur at a tournament 2021.