Let’s be clear right om the start. None of the athlet are nfirmed to be gay or anythg like that. The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surro
Contents:
- TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
- KORLL STEWART’S STORY IS WHY WE’VE AVOID SPREADG GAY ATHLETE MORS
- 9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
- THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
- 'IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME FOR THIS:' BRYAN RUBY BE ONLY ACTIVE PRO BASEBALL PLAYER TO BE OUT AS GAY
- WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
- SPORTS STARS WHO BATTLED GAY RUMORS
TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
* rumored gay athletes *
The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surroundg the players, not to nvce the rear that the athlet are gay. In fact, as society is now much more open to people no matter their orientatn, we have seen a ton more athlet, both active and retired, e out and adm that they are homosexuals, and 's absolutely a great thg.
KORLL STEWART’S STORY IS WHY WE’VE AVOID SPREADG GAY ATHLETE MORS
Outsports has received gay mors about athlet for years. Though that trend is clg. * rumored gay athletes *
This list will look at some of the most high profile exampl of pro athlet who have had mors about beg gay surroundg them, but aga, none of those are nfirmed and even if they were nfirmed, they would be somethg to celebrate. His ex-wife has acced him of beg gay and that Dunn’s lover om llege actually lived wh them for the first few years of their marriage.
Qutns about Aikman's sexual orientatn have been around for s and the mor was started by Skip Bayls, when, his book, he stated that Troy Aikman might be gay. Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so.
"He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay. In a September terview wh USA Today, 25-year-old mor league baseball player beme the only active baseball profsnal to be out as gay! Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay July, the first active player the league to e out.
9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
In major league baseball only two players have publicly me out as gay other than that few of mor league players have done so. * rumored gay athletes *
The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract. The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. "He wanted everyone to know he was "still the same Colton everybody met on TV" and is "proud to be gay.
Hiltz had prevly e out as gay while llege and has been a visible and affirmg prence for gay athlet the past. Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone.
THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
Players on 22 NFL teams have already had an out gay teammate, cludg six players wh the Arizona Cardals. * rumored gay athletes *
Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher.
He ially feared negative stereotyp about gay male athlet but threw those ncerns asi after his two-tle performance at the U.
'IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME FOR THIS:' BRYAN RUBY BE ONLY ACTIVE PRO BASEBALL PLAYER TO BE OUT AS GAY
Before Nassib beme the first openly gay active NFL player, others paved the way — and paid a steep st. * rumored gay athletes *
People believe Te'o was tfished to the whole thg while others believed he may be gay and was merely g the Kekua story as a way of hidg his relatnship wh Tuiasosopo.
Grer got an endorsement al wh Nike after she me out, markg the first time the pany had announced a partnership wh an openly gay athlete.
Rodgers has flat out nied beg homosexual, but his former roommate has been persistent sayg they were more than iends. He is married to a mol and actrs Alicia Rickter they've been married sce 2005 so the mors of him beg gay are probably false.
WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn. * rumored gay athletes *
Piazza addrsed the old mors aga a 2013 terview and proclaimed: "I was gay, I'd be gay all the way".
He was talkg about fashn week and said "It was this one thg durg fashn week: I had my legs crossed, and they lled me gay, I've got my legs crossed, I'm chill', I'm gettg my grown man on at the event.
After the divorce Amy started mors that Tim was bisexual and he was a gay relatnship wh someone while at Wake Fort.
SPORTS STARS WHO BATTLED GAY RUMORS
Kerry Rhos, former NFL safety has had to e out several tim and ny that he is gay, but the mors don't seem to go away. Durg his NBA reers, mors surfaced that Selby was the closet, eher as a homosexual, or at least bi-cur.
It was ls than a month after we lnched the se that Stewart publicly addrsed mors that he was gay, and that he had talked about wh his Ptsburgh Steelers teammat.
We knew that two gay guys wrg about sports was already gog to brg wh some raised eyebrows and doubt. Korll Stewart’s Players Tribune piece last week, tailg the personal and profsnal issu created by havg “gay” mors out there, explas why. Like I said, we have addrsed a handful of gay-athlete mors the past, almost each time g the mors to expla why they are problematic.