Gay high school wrtler me out to his team, then reached the state fal - Outsports

Contents:

• GAY HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER ME OUT TO HIS TEAM, THEN REACHED THE STATE FAL
• THIS ELE ILLOIS HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER IS PROUDLY GAY
• STEVENSON WRTLER DYLAN GEICK: 'I AM NOT ALONE' AS A GAY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE

GAY HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER ME OUT TO HIS TEAM, THEN REACHED THE STATE FAL

The two-year pta of the Meadowdale High School wrtlg team had heard enough of the homophobia tossed around the locker room. Certaly word had spread through the high school that one of the school’s bt athlet was gay. They were whisperg about him beg gay.

Ball lled the 30 or so wrtlers together and talked wh them about beg gay, rpectg one another, and cuttg out the language the locker room that did ltle more than divi them.

THIS ELE ILLOIS HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER IS PROUDLY GAY

Ball said the e of slurs and other sensive “gay talk” was virtually elimated overnight after his nversatn wh the team. However, he ntued to hear slurs and other anti-gay language om opposg wrtlers at meets.

In addn to beg a standout athlete and team pta at his high school, he’s also the vice-print of the stunt body, print of the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance, and volunteers for the lol labor unn durg electns. 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. He was a nference nner-up as a sophomore.

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

“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.