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- KIWI DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR CHALLENG FACED BY GAY GBY PLAYERS
- CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PUBLICLY REVEALS SEXUALY, BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
- HEATH DAVIS BE FIRST MALE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY
- NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS GAY
KIWI DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR CHALLENG FACED BY GAY GBY PLAYERS
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New Zealand's only gay and clive gby team has opened up on some of the prejudice s players face - cludg an opposn player who refed to shake their hands post-match after fdg out about their sexual refal left spectator and Auckland Universy screen productn stunt Nev Govdasamy flabbergasted.
Now, the 27-year-old has ma a documentary foced on the New Zealand Falns, which explor the barriers faced by gay gby follows eight players om the Falns and their ach over the urse of their 2017 season.
CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PUBLICLY REVEALS SEXUALY, BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
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Govdasamy said although the players he terviewed felt other teams were generally rpectful, homophobic ments did get thrown around.
HEATH DAVIS BE FIRST MALE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY
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"Why is acceptable to have homophobic ments as part and parcel of the game? It's not, and shouldn't be, " said a sport-mad gay man Govdasamy lov watchg fear of negative or homophobic ments means he avoids even holdg hands wh his partner on the sile.
Stewart said he faced homophobic remarks when he played gby durg PE lsons at school.
NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS GAY
"It would be like, 'Oh no don't let Cam play bee he'll touch you', or, 'Don't let him the scms bee he's gay'.
Campbell Johnstone publicly reveals sexualy, be first openly gay All BlackProbabl ont row Campbell Johnstone (left), Derren Wbe and Clarke Dermody pack down durg the All Black trial won 37-32 by the Possibl at McLean Park, Napier New Zealand, Friday Jun. Photo by Ross Land/Getty ImagRtersJan 30, 2023, 01:53 AM ETFormer New Zealand prop Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg on a televisn programme on Monday he had been "livg a lie" and leadg "a double life" before acknowledgg his sexualy. "If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, " Johnstone said.
We want to be clear, no matter who you love, gby has your back, " Robson Zealand Sports Mister and former puty Prime Mister Grant Robertson, who is gay, thanked Johnstone for "blazg this trail" and said his announcement was "a big moment".