Stevenson wrtler Dylan Geick: 'I am not alone' as a gay high school athlete

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Stevenson's Dylan Geick, a two-time state placer wrtlg, is part of a small but growg group of out gay high school and llege athlet.

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STEVENSON WRTLER DYLAN GEICK: 'I AM NOT ALONE' AS A GAY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE

Last May, Dylan Geick was havg lunch wh some iends at Stevenson when the talk turned to the news that a fellow stunt had jt e out as gay. "Geick — now a senr bound for Columbia Universy and a two-time state placer for Stevenson's wrtlg team — is not the only Chigo-area high school athlete to e out as and cross-untry nner Konrad Eirg, now a sophomore petg at Illois, also me out as a junr at Barrgton and Geick are part of a small but growg number of out athlet at the high school and llege levels. But he also n't rell not feelg fortable wh the ia of beg gay.

Probably by sophomore year, I knew and had e to terms wh by junr year. "She said, 'Too bad, he's probably gay, '" Geick relled.

"Once I me here, I never had a problem wh gay people. But was hard to image one of my bt iends beg gay.

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"I don't thk he's a bad kid and I don't thk he's homophobic. Columbia wrtlg ach Zach Tanelli was among those who learned Geick was gay om the Outsports story. Dylan Geick, who is origally a high school wrtler, gaed populary after beg openly gay 2017.

In his sophomore year at Vernon Hills, Geick me  send the North Suburban Prairie  send the North Suburban Prairie and Class 2A Vernon Hills Regnal at 145 pounds. On his SexualyGeick first me out as gay to his bt iend named Soniya. He wrote his sophomore lerary work wh new adulthood and 2020, Geick joed ary service and was enlisted for active duty the Uned Stat Army.

It was only a uple weeks after startg to date his boyiend that Stevenson High School’s gay star wrtler, Dylan Geick, cid the closet wasn’t for him. When he me out surprised some people that this ele wrtler was gay.

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He was a nference nner-up as a sophomore.

“It jt so happened that all of those kids, even those who maybe had a homophobic view before were able to see past that, and are still my iends, and we are much closer even now, ” Geick told his school newspaper, The Statman. Sce that day, Geick hasn’t heard a sgle homophobic ment om his teammat. Even his petors have stayed away om harassg him about beg gay.

The entire regular season had gone by whout an cint, but headg to the state meet a petg wrtler tracked down Geick’s Instagram acunt and cid to leave a bg msage about Geick beg gay. Geick ma his beg gay pretty clear last June when he posted this Instagram picture om pri (that’s Geick on the left, while his boyiend, Grant, is plantg the kiss):. Sce then he’s been unabashed about beg gay and sharg photos of himself and Grant, cludg this post om his homeg last fall, wh his boyiend by his si:.

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Stevenson wrtler Dylan Geick: 'I am not alone' as a gay high school athlete .

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