LGBT athlet have creasgly e out and to the spotlight over the past uple of years, but what about the high profile journalists who ver them? Obvly there's more than a few gay people the sports reporter ranks, and former Miami Herald reporter and still South Florida-based ESPN personaly...
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- ESPN'S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ REVEALS HE IS GAY—AND ENGAGED!— EMOTNAL BLOG POST
- ESPN’S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ WIKI, AGE, GAY, MARRIED, HBAND, SALARY, NET WORTH
- ESPN'S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ COM OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC MARRIAGE
- ESPN REPORTER ISRAEL GUTIERREZ COM OUT AS GAY—AND ENGAGED!"I’D BLOW OUT MY BIRTHDAY NDL WH THE SAME WISH: 'PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE GAY.'"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 5, 2015/7:12 PMBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 5, 2015 / 7:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ESPN REPORTER ISRAEL GUTIERREZ COM OUT AS GAY—AND ENGAGED!","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-09-05T23:12:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-09-05T23:12:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ESPN REPORTER ISRAEL GUTIERREZ ME OUT AS GAY A PERSONAL BLOG POST ON FRIDAY, REVEALG HE'S GETTG MARRIED TO HIS BOYIEND NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN "THANKS FOR READG," THE 38-YEAR-OLD SPORTS MENTATOR SCRIBED STGGLG WH HIS SEXUALY WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER—AND HOW FIANCé DAVID KCHEN HELPED HIM ACCEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"STARTG MY EARLY TEENS UNTIL SOMEWHERE MY LATE 20S, I’D BLOW OUT MY BIRTHDAY NDL WH THE SAME WISH: 'PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE GAY.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUTIERREZ, WHO APPEARS ON AROUND THE HORN AND THE SPORTS REPORTERS, ATTRIBUT WEIGHT GA HIS TEEN YEARS TO A SIRE TO AVOID DATG, AND SAYS THE FEW RELATNSHIPS WH WOMEN HE HAD NEVER GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DIDN’T WANT THEM TO GET HURT OR EVEN ALLOW THEM TO WASTE THEIR TIME WH ME," HE EXPLAED. "AND YET, WHENEVER I EVEN ME CLOSE TO ACCEPTG MYSELF AS BEG GAY, SOMETHG ELSE WOULD REIGNE MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUTIERREZ STARTED VISG GAY BARS HIS 20S, BUT JT FELT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"'I DON’T F . THIS ISN’T ME. NOBODY THIS PLACE KNOWS WHAT I’M GOG THROUGH.' THAT’S WHAT I TOLD MYSELF. AND EVERY TIME, I’D LEAVE MORE CERTA THAN EVER THAT I WAS JT NFED. FIXABLE, IF YOU WILL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS MEETG KCHEN 2009, THAT BEGAN GUTIERREZ ON THE ROAD TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"NOT ONLY HAD I LONG AGO NVCED MYSELF THAT THERE WAS NO ONE OUT THERE FOR ME, BUT I WAS STILL SO ASHAMED OF BEG GAY, I ULD BARELY SAY OUT LOUD—EVEN WHEN I WAS SPEAKG WH ANOTHER GAY PERSON," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BUT ONE 24-HOUR SPAN THAT BEGAN WH THAT TRODUCTN TO DAVID, ALL CHANGED. NOT ONLY WAS THERE, POSSIBLY, SOMEONE OUT THERE FOR ME, BUT I HAD BEEN MAKG LIFE SO UNNECSARILY DIFFICULT ON MYSELF... I STILL REMEMBER THE MOMENT THE REVELATN SWEPT OVER ME. I HAD BEEN SO DUMB."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO CREDS OUT ATHLET LIKE MARTA NAVRATILOVA, WA DAVIS, ABBY WAMBACHE, AND PECIALLY GARETH THOMAS, THE BRISH GBY PLAYER WHO ME OUT LATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THOMAS’ STORY WAS SO PELLG, AND HAD SO MANY SIAR NOT TO MY OWN, MA ME WONR HOW MANY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE STILL HAVG TO GO THROUGH THIS SAME EXISTENCE. HIDG YOURSELF OM YOURSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE END HIS POST BY STATG THAT BEG OPEN WILL ALLOW HIM TO BE A BETTER VERSN OF HIMSELF, PERSONALLY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HAPPS TENDS TO BRG OUT THE BT A PERSON. AND I’M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KCHEN MOVED OM PHOENIX TO BE WH GUTIERREZ THE YEAR SAME THEY MET, AND THEIR LIFE TOGETHER SOUNDS PRETTY DARN ADORABLE: "WE HAVE TWO DOGS, WERE ENGAGED FEBARY 2014, AND SPE NEVER, EVER ENVISNG MYSELF HAVG A WEDDG OF ANY KD, WILL HAVE A VERY TRADNAL WEDDG VERY SHORTLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GUYS ARE TYG THE KNOT ON SEPTEMBER 12. READ GUTIERREZ'S FULL POST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ESPN’S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ COM OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW’
- ESPN COMMENTATOR COM OUT AS GAY! READ HIS TOUCHG AND THOUGHTFUL WORDS HERE!
- ISRAEL GUTIERREZ REVEALS PUBLICLY HE’S GAY MOVG BLOG POST
ESPN'S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ REVEALS HE IS GAY—AND ENGAGED!— EMOTNAL BLOG POST
* israel gutierrez gay *
Today he publicly revealed that he is gay and engaged to be married. "I'm gay, which plenty of people, I'm sure, have eher duced or jt gused as much over the years. I mean, I probably knew ep down that was bee I was gay, and for some reason that ma me feel I wasn't on the same playg field, almost lerally, as straight men.
ESPN’S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ WIKI, AGE, GAY, MARRIED, HBAND, SALARY, NET WORTH
ESPN reporter Israel Gutierrez me out as gay a personal blog post on Friday, revealg he's gettg married to his boyiend next week. * israel gutierrez gay *
Gutierrez relled that his early teens, until somewhere his late 20s, he would blow out his birthday ndl and make the same wish: "'Please don't let me be gay. Sce publicly g out 2015, Gutierrez, who works as an NBA reporter and mentator for ESPN, has emerged as one of the most proment openly gay figur sports media.
One day, then-Marls closer Anton Alfonse teased Gutierrez for wearg an earrg his upper ear rtilage, suatg was a gay fashn statement. “It was not worth to me to have to fend myself when somebody who liked me, prumably, is tellg me to my face that that’s not ol, and that’s gay, ” Gutierrez said.
Each day, whether ’s on the ESPN airwav or his social media feed, Gutierrez normaliz beg gay sports, and simply the world. Gutierrez is unapologetilly gay, and proud.
ESPN'S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ COM OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC MARRIAGE
“Hearg a man say ‘boyiend’ or ‘partner’ or ‘hband’ or terjectg a gay joke where they weren’t expectg , or a gay sex joke. Or Secretly Gay, Livg Wh Partner?
Israel always kept his personal life private and separate om his profsnal people thought he was straight while some speculated that Gutierrez was mors regardg his sexualy shhed when Gutierrez himself me out of the closet announced that he was gay through a personal blog he wrote on September 4, 2015, tled ‘Thanks for readg.
ESPN REPORTER ISRAEL GUTIERREZ COM OUT AS GAY—AND ENGAGED!"I’D BLOW OUT MY BIRTHDAY NDL WH THE SAME WISH: 'PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE GAY.'"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 5, 2015/7:12 PMBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 5, 2015 / 7:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ESPN REPORTER ISRAEL GUTIERREZ COM OUT AS GAY—AND ENGAGED!","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-09-05T23:12:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-09-05T23:12:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ESPN REPORTER ISRAEL GUTIERREZ ME OUT AS GAY A PERSONAL BLOG POST ON FRIDAY, REVEALG HE'S GETTG MARRIED TO HIS BOYIEND NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN "THANKS FOR READG," THE 38-YEAR-OLD SPORTS MENTATOR SCRIBED STGGLG WH HIS SEXUALY WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER—AND HOW FIANCé DAVID KCHEN HELPED HIM ACCEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"STARTG MY EARLY TEENS UNTIL SOMEWHERE MY LATE 20S, I’D BLOW OUT MY BIRTHDAY NDL WH THE SAME WISH: 'PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE GAY.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUTIERREZ, WHO APPEARS ON AROUND THE HORN AND THE SPORTS REPORTERS, ATTRIBUT WEIGHT GA HIS TEEN YEARS TO A SIRE TO AVOID DATG, AND SAYS THE FEW RELATNSHIPS WH WOMEN HE HAD NEVER GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DIDN’T WANT THEM TO GET HURT OR EVEN ALLOW THEM TO WASTE THEIR TIME WH ME," HE EXPLAED. "AND YET, WHENEVER I EVEN ME CLOSE TO ACCEPTG MYSELF AS BEG GAY, SOMETHG ELSE WOULD REIGNE MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUTIERREZ STARTED VISG GAY BARS HIS 20S, BUT JT FELT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"'I DON’T F . THIS ISN’T ME. NOBODY THIS PLACE KNOWS WHAT I’M GOG THROUGH.' THAT’S WHAT I TOLD MYSELF. AND EVERY TIME, I’D LEAVE MORE CERTA THAN EVER THAT I WAS JT NFED. FIXABLE, IF YOU WILL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS MEETG KCHEN 2009, THAT BEGAN GUTIERREZ ON THE ROAD TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"NOT ONLY HAD I LONG AGO NVCED MYSELF THAT THERE WAS NO ONE OUT THERE FOR ME, BUT I WAS STILL SO ASHAMED OF BEG GAY, I ULD BARELY SAY OUT LOUD—EVEN WHEN I WAS SPEAKG WH ANOTHER GAY PERSON," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BUT ONE 24-HOUR SPAN THAT BEGAN WH THAT TRODUCTN TO DAVID, ALL CHANGED. NOT ONLY WAS THERE, POSSIBLY, SOMEONE OUT THERE FOR ME, BUT I HAD BEEN MAKG LIFE SO UNNECSARILY DIFFICULT ON MYSELF... I STILL REMEMBER THE MOMENT THE REVELATN SWEPT OVER ME. I HAD BEEN SO DUMB."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO CREDS OUT ATHLET LIKE MARTA NAVRATILOVA, WA DAVIS, ABBY WAMBACHE, AND PECIALLY GARETH THOMAS, THE BRISH GBY PLAYER WHO ME OUT LATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THOMAS’ STORY WAS SO PELLG, AND HAD SO MANY SIAR NOT TO MY OWN, MA ME WONR HOW MANY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE STILL HAVG TO GO THROUGH THIS SAME EXISTENCE. HIDG YOURSELF OM YOURSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE END HIS POST BY STATG THAT BEG OPEN WILL ALLOW HIM TO BE A BETTER VERSN OF HIMSELF, PERSONALLY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HAPPS TENDS TO BRG OUT THE BT A PERSON. AND I’M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KCHEN MOVED OM PHOENIX TO BE WH GUTIERREZ THE YEAR SAME THEY MET, AND THEIR LIFE TOGETHER SOUNDS PRETTY DARN ADORABLE: "WE HAVE TWO DOGS, WERE ENGAGED FEBARY 2014, AND SPE NEVER, EVER ENVISNG MYSELF HAVG A WEDDG OF ANY KD, WILL HAVE A VERY TRADNAL WEDDG VERY SHORTLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GUYS ARE TYG THE KNOT ON SEPTEMBER 12. READ GUTIERREZ'S FULL POST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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ESPN’S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ COM OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW’
Suggted Read: Jam Longman Openly Gay, Hband, Height, SalaryIsrael Divorced, David Kchen DiedIn 2017, Israel and his hband David Kchen divorced. Obvly there's more than a few gay people the sports reporter ranks, and former Miami Herald reporter and still South Florida-based ESPN personaly... Obvly there are more than a few gay people the sports reporter ranks, and South Florida-based ESPN personaly Israel Gutierrez me out today an emotnally say posted on his personal blog.
Of urse, the story isn't jt as simple for a gay man workg the sports bs, and Gutierrez tails his stggl wh acceptg his sexualy and fally g to terms wh his early 30s:. Startg my early teens until somewhere my late 20s, I’d blow out my birthday ndl wh the same wish: “Please don’t let me be gay.
ESPN COMMENTATOR COM OUT AS GAY! READ HIS TOUCHG AND THOUGHTFUL WORDS HERE!
As I got olr and, of urse, had to ntue the social dance of datg women, not jt to mata some sort of faça (bis the datg women part, I tried to rema as genue as possible bee I’ve always had amazg iends and a great fay and always wanted to be as te to them as I uld), but also to ntue this hopels attempt to “fight off the gay. That was until he met his current partner David Kchen and was spired by the journey of openly gay gby player Gareth Thomas. Gutierrez jos a small but growg number of openly gay voic at ESPN.
ISRAEL GUTIERREZ REVEALS PUBLICLY HE’S GAY MOVG BLOG POST
He jos Nate Silver, edor of ESPN property Five Thirty Eight, lumnist LZ Granrson and wrer Kate Fagan as some of the openly gay fac of the sports work. ESPN reporter Israel Gutierrez me out as gay a personal blog post on Friday, revealg he's gettg married to his boyiend next "Thanks for Readg, " the 38-year-old sports mentator scribed stgglg wh his sexualy when he was younger—and how fiancé David Kchen helped him accept himself.