Brazilian referee Igor Benevenuto has bee the first FIFA-ranked referee football history to e out as gay.
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- IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO E OUT AS GAY
- WWE REFEREE SHAWN BENT OUT AS GAY ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY
- BILL KENNEDY OUT AS SEND ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NBA OFFICIAL
- FIFA REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO OUT AS GAY MONTHS BEFORE THE WORLD CUP
- LLOYD WILSON: STTISH REFEREE HOP CISN TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY WILL SPIRE OTHERS
IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO E OUT AS GAY
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Adriana GarciaJul 9, 2022, 06:29 AM ETBrazilian referee Igor Benevenuto has bee the first FIFA-ranked referee football history to e out as gay. Benevenuto, 41, announced durg a Globoporte podst that he is gay and exprsed his joy that he is fally ready to be a statement to GloboEsporte, FIFA said: "FIFA wel and supports referee Igor Benevenuto and his cisn to e out. WWE referee Shawn Bent took Natnal Comg Out Day to heart Monday when he me out publicly as gay beamg fashn.
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Longtime NBA referee Bill Kennedy revealed to Yahoo Sports Sunday night that he is gay, makg him the send openly gay active NBA official after Vlet Palmer's announcement 2014. He's also the third active openly gay official pro sports along wh MLB umpire Dale Stt. "I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man, " Kennedy told Yahoo Sports on Sunday night.
WWE REFEREE SHAWN BENT OUT AS GAY ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY
Source: NBA referee Bill Kennedy reveals he is gay; Rajon Rondo ma alleged homosexual slur to him - Yahoo Sports.
OutSports spoke wh an openly gay high school ach for his reactn, which summed up the announcement well:.
"I thk any time someone n be out at the top of their profsn 's a w, " out gay high school basketball ach Anthony Nimo told Outsports. Source: NBA referee Bill Kennedy out as gay after Rajon Rondo lled him gay slurs - Outsports. Yahoo Sports reveals that Rondo's one-game spensn was the rult of a tira that clud the Kgs guard's e of homophobic slurs towards Kennedy.
BILL KENNEDY OUT AS SEND ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NBA OFFICIAL
Adam Silver said 2014 that he felt the league "fell behd" on the issue, even wh Jason Colls' announcement several years ago that he was an active gay NBA player. Igor Benevenuto, a FIFA soccer referee Brazil, has e out publicly as gay.
In a stirrg statement to Globo Esporte, Benevenuto, 41, talked about the pa of livg a culture and a relign that rejected homosexualy. Gay sex is illegal Qatar, and FIFA has been experienced heightened scty of late for the selectn of Qatar as the World Cup host. I will jt be Igor, male, gay, who rpects people and their choic.
FIFA REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO OUT AS GAY MONTHS BEFORE THE WORLD CUP
Sttish referee Lloyd Wilson believ football is "prepared and ready" for more people to e out publicly as gay and "good roads" are beg ma as the game be more and fellow referee Craig Napier both me out as gay on Thursday and Wilson hop his cisn will spire others football to follow su.
LLOYD WILSON: STTISH REFEREE HOP CISN TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY WILL SPIRE OTHERS
Sttish refs Napier and Wilson e out as gayDaniels be UK's first openly gay profsnal men's player. Sttish referee Craig Napier says he felt 'lighter' after g out as gay, and hop by speakg out he n help to 'change the culture' the game.
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