10 Inspirg Gay Rugby Players and Personali

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• WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV
• GARETH THOMAS: ‘WHEN I ME OUT AS GAY, I WANTED TO SHOW A SIGN OF STRENGTH’
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• WAL GBY LEGEND GARETH THOMAS OUT AS GAY
• WELSH GBY STAR REVEALS HE IS GAY
• EX-LN GARETH THOMAS REVEALS HE IS GAY
• HOW WAL' LGBT+ GBY TEAMS ARE BREAKG DOWN THE STIGMA OF SEXUALY SPORT'AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE’RE STILL A TEAM, AND THE BON IS WE N BE WHO WE ARE'WALONLEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSPORTBYJOSEPH ALICOMMUNY REPORTER17:29, 9 DEC 2020BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV

He was also the first profsnal gby unn player to announce that he was gay, when he me out 2009. Thomas married his wife, Jemma, 2002, but they later divorced before he announced that he was gay 2009. He me out as gay 2009, makg him the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player - and will be a star on ITV's new show The Real Full Monty on Ice.

2 The former Welsh ternatnal me out as gay after his marriage broke up and said he hoped would enurage other young gay gby playersCred: Getty Imag. When did Gareth Thomas e out as gay?

In December 2009, Thomas announced publicly that he is gay.

GARETH THOMAS: ‘WHEN I ME OUT AS GAY, I WANTED TO SHOW A SIGN OF STRENGTH’

He said he did not want to be known as a "gay gby player" but simply as a "gby player". The 47-year-old ma history when he beme the first openly gay gby unn player 2009, facg a media enzy at a time when there was snt regnn of diverse sexuali and inti sport. Was difficult to e out as gay at the time?

Is tratg general, that when you’re a gay person the public eye, people tomatilly thk you want to be an outspoken activist? There would be so many non-gay footballers who would support a gay footballer speakg openly about his sexualy, yet nobody seems to fd that a pot of tert. “Around six per cent of the total populatn are gay, but if you only have one openly gay person a sport of around 500 or 600 people, somethg’s not addg up there.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

It’s also still illegal to be gay 69 untri the world, so we n s here and say everythg’s fe but there’s still a way to go. “Another thg I’m really passnate about gettg across to people, is that this isn’t jt a vis that affects black Ain men or women or gay men.

Nothg the upbrgg of Gareth Thomas – once Wal’s most-pped gby unn player and still the most proment sportsman the UK to have e out publicly while still playg – uld have prepared him for the media scty he has faced the past , sce tellg the world he was gay December 2009 and then announcg that he is livg wh HIV a uple of months was forced to post a vio on Twter September revealg his HIV stat, after a tabloid journalist turned up on the doorstep of his unspectg parents to rm them of the news and ask for he ed the experience to make an acclaimed documentary, Gareth Thomas: HIV and Me.

“When I me out as gay, I always wanted to show a sign of strength, ” he says.

WAL GBY LEGEND GARETH THOMAS OUT AS GAY

”Gareth Thomas: ‘You n get thgs off your cht five mut, and then ’s done’ (Photo: Chris Floyd/Men’s Health)He laments the fact that there are still so few openly gay sportsmen and talks passnately about the need for sport to create an environment where someone g out would know that their rights would be rpected. In light of recent ntroversy regardg homophobic slurs by Israel Fol, we thought we would she a light on 10 fluential gay gby personali.

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.

WELSH GBY STAR REVEALS HE IS GAY

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.

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. 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.

EX-LN GARETH THOMAS REVEALS HE IS GAY

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.

HOW WAL' LGBT+ GBY TEAMS ARE BREAKG DOWN THE STIGMA OF SEXUALY SPORT'AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE’RE STILL A TEAM, AND THE BON IS WE N BE WHO WE ARE'WALONLEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSPORTBYJOSEPH ALICOMMUNY REPORTER17:29, 9 DEC 2020BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

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.