TJ Qun and Bob Ley revis the 1999 g out of Corey Johnson, who was the first high school football pta we know of to e out as gay to his team.
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- COREY JOHNSON, GAY EX-HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PTA, WS PRIMARY FOR NEW YORK CY UNCIL
- THE MAN WHO ULD’VE BEEN NEW YORK CY’S FIRST GAY MAYOR DROPS OUT OF RACE WHILE NDIDLY REVEALG BATTLE WH PRSN
- GAY & HIV-POSIVE POLICIAN COREY JOHNSON CONSIRG RUN FOR NYC MAYOR
COREY JOHNSON, GAY EX-HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PTA, WS PRIMARY FOR NEW YORK CY UNCIL
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Today, we turn back to April 2000 and a high school football pta who me out as gay to his team New England. Outsports quickly picked up on the story as did others; Weeks later, on April 30, 2000, the New York Tim published a ont-page story by Robert Lipsyte entled, “In Rest: Support for a Gay Athlete. To mand equaly for gay people.
THE MAN WHO ULD’VE BEEN NEW YORK CY’S FIRST GAY MAYOR DROPS OUT OF RACE WHILE NDIDLY REVEALG BATTLE WH PRSN
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While the fact that a football player is gay was surprisg to many, was the support Johnson received om his team that shocked most. Durg the week leadg up to the game, s pta was g anti-gay rhetoric and ephets. When Johnson walked on the field, the Wfield player across om him said, “Faggot, we’re gog to kill you, you fuckg homo.
GAY & HIV-POSIVE POLICIAN COREY JOHNSON CONSIRG RUN FOR NYC MAYOR
Corey Johnson, whose g out as an openly gay high school football pta ma the ont page of the New York Tim 2000, won the Democratic primary his New York Cy uncil district on... * corey johnson gay *
Johnson told Lipsyte at the time: ‘’Someday I want to get beyond beg that gay football pta, but for now I need to get out there and show the machismo athlet who n high schools that you don’t have to do drama or be a dm major to be gay.
Bgrafía Corey Johnson cluyendo fotos fancia/leg y grabacn la primera vez en la tv + históri etnia y hechos sobre ser gay/hetero. * corey johnson gay *
He’s also been that gay football pta as an adult.