Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy has announced he is gay, and has thanked ach Leo Cullen and Stuart Lanster for their "unbelievable" support what he said has been a difficult cisn.
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- LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT
- LESTER'S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AFTER ALMOST QUTG GBY
LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT
The Lester scm-half has thanked his ach and teammat for their ‘unbelievable’ support after g out as gay * gay leinster rugby player *
The Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy has e out as gay, and thanked ach Leo Cullen and Stuart Lanster for their “unbelievable” support. I need to accept beg gay myself before I uld addrs wh others. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho/ShutterstockFellow Lester player Dunne revealed his bisexualy last year, around the same time Nassib announced he was gay and a few months before Atralian Cavallo ma headl across the world by sharg his news.
Last month, Blackpool’s Jake Daniels beme the first UK-based male footballer to e out as gay sce 1990. ESPNJun 21, 2022, 05:58 AM ETLester scm-half Nick McCarthy has announced he is gay, and has thanked ach Leo Cullen and Stuart Lanster for their "unbelievable" support what he said has been a difficult cisn. McCarthy has 18 ps as an Ireland unr-20 player and he ptaed the si 2015 but said he ntemplated qutg profsnal gby bee of his 27-year-old said he had taken strength om Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo, NFL player Carl Nassib who both me out as gay last year, as well as his bisexual teammate Jack Dunne.
"It's not mon for a male athlete to e out sport, never md profsnal gby, and 's probably somethg that I didn't want to believe or accept myself eher, " add McCarthy, who told ach Cullen and Lanster November that he was gay.
LESTER'S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AFTER ALMOST QUTG GBY
"I need to accept beg gay myself before I uld addrs wh others. "In May, Blackpool midfielr Jake Daniels, 17, beme the first active male UK-based footballer to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990.
He scrib bisexualy as sometim beg both a blsg and a curse that way, sayg, “’s easier to hi than if you were gay bee you don’t have to pretend to like girls, and you don’t have to pretend to enjoy kissg a girl if you’re out wh the lads on a Saturday night. “Obvly, Nigel Owens would be a really famo gay referee […] But there weren’t any players that I uld really look up to – Gareth Thomas had retired, but there wasn’t any current players. © 2021 GCN (Gay Communy News).
It went pretty well, there were one or two people who said 'you are not bisexual, you are gay and you won't e out', but largely was overwhelmgly posive so was a massive weight off the shoulrs when I did that.