Is gby as gay as looks? A CURUFC player’s perspective | Varsy

Contents:

• IS GBY AS GAY AS LOOKS? A CURUFC PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE
• STLAND’S GAY GBY PLAYERS OFFER THANKS TO STT HASTGS
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
• FIRST OPENLY GAY GBY LEAGUE PLAYER HAILS 'OVERWHELMG' SUPPORT
• 10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT
• GAY GBY PLAYER JA KONKEL-ROBERTS ON HOW THE SPORT HELPED HER FD HERSELF
• GAY GBY PLAYER TEXAS SHAR HIS PRI VIO TO SPIRE OTHERS TO LOVE THEMSELV
• SAM STANLEY IS FIRST ENGLISH GBY PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER
• GAY PRO GBY PLAYER SPIRED TO E OUT BY LOVE OF HIS BOYIEND
• GAY STTISH GBY TEAM CELEBRATE VICTORY AT BGHAM CUP
• 10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT
• STTISH GAY GBY TEAM CROWNED CHAMPNS AT THE WORLD’S LGBT GBY WORLD CUP

IS GBY AS GAY AS LOOKS? A CURUFC PLAYER’S PERSPECTIVE

Wh the issue of homophobia football htg the headl, one player reveals his experience as a gay man the world of gby.

One stunt attribut the solidary among gby teams to his posive experienc as a gay gby playerOli Butler. Rugby, taken out of s sportg ntext, is about as homoerotic as a platonic activy n get. I beme obssed wh gby at the same age I began to realise I was gay: 11.

STLAND’S GAY GBY PLAYERS OFFER THANKS TO STT HASTGS

I was very lucky to have this social pal to protect me when mours emerged that I was gay.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

(If you didn’t know, I’m gay and play gby #niche). The only b of -game homophobia that has ever been directed at me me one of my first XV gam when the opposn hooker emerged om a scm and lled me a “f***g f*ggot”. It was this reactn which has epomised my relatnship wh homophobia: gby, your teammat have your back.

My favoure recent one has been: “Do you watch gay porn?

LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

This nocent ignorance do filter through to what I would refer to as ‘lazy homophobia’. General “locker room banter”, to quote Mr Tmp, is omniprent – like llg someone gay for not enjoyg the fensive aspect of the game. Comments like this don’t make someone homophobic, but they do pat an image of an unwelg environment, which n make very timidatg to e out to people – particularly if those around you are olr (and bigger).

I thk ’s a shame that flippant ments like this give the imprsn that gby is not a sport for all sexuali bee, while may seem disuragg om the outsi, homophobia, om my experience, is not particularly apparent a team.

FIRST OPENLY GAY GBY LEAGUE PLAYER HAILS 'OVERWHELMG' SUPPORT

A major reason for this is the high-profile openly gay dividuals who are begng to brg gby’s hidn diversy to light.

10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT

Nigel Owens, who is wily regnised as one of the bt refere the world, is openly gay and has been vol on how the gby world has been hugely acmodatg. It is the sport’s rponsibily to posively promote anti-homophobia, and anti-bullyg general, so that the majory of people who are acceptg have a lour voice than those who prott. SportThe print of Stland’s leadg “gay and clive gby club” Caledonian Thebans has praised Grand Slam hero Stt Hastgs for his terventn the Israel Fol homophobia Atralian ternatnal was sacked after a social media post which he said “hell awas” gay people.

The 73-tim pped Wallaby full-back had his ntract wh the Rugby Atralia and New South Wal Waratahs end after beg warned followg siar ments last 30-year-old vout Christian of Tongan scent posted on Instagram: “Dnks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornitors, thiev, atheists and idolators [sic] – Hell awas you. ”Hastgs, the former Stland and Lns centre, whose son Corey is gay, tweeted his disapproval of England ternatnal Billy Vunipola’s support for Fol’s ments on Saturday om Sgapore where he was mentatg on the world sevens seri 54-year old Hastgs, who played 65 Tts for Stland and two for the Brish and Irish Lns between 1986 and 1997, was rpondg to a tweet by English gby mentator Nick Heath, who had said “as a gay gby mentator, I’ve had enough of God-fearg athlet tellg me I need to repent for my ss”. 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 GBY PLAYER JA KONKEL-ROBERTS ON HOW THE SPORT HELPED HER FD HERSELF

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.

GAY GBY PLAYER TEXAS SHAR HIS PRI VIO TO SPIRE OTHERS TO LOVE THEMSELV

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.

SAM STANLEY IS FIRST ENGLISH GBY PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

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.

MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER

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

GAY PRO GBY PLAYER SPIRED TO E OUT BY LOVE OF HIS BOYIEND

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.

GAY STTISH GBY TEAM CELEBRATE VICTORY AT BGHAM CUP

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.

10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT

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.

English gby player Pl Doran-Jon is the latt straight athlete to appear naked the Brish gay magaze Attu and the latt to say that gay teammat will be embraced if they e out.

STTISH GAY GBY TEAM CROWNED CHAMPNS AT THE WORLD’S LGBT GBY WORLD CUP

"Of urse there are loads of gay guys sport and when they are ready they will e out knowg 's all accepted, " Doran-Jon said. Doran-Jon lled openly gay gby player Gareth Thomas his hero and I admire how matter of fact he is on the subject.