The gay versn of SI's Swimsu Issue - Outsports

gay athletic boy

Out Magaze on gay fns and sports. Read about the openly gay athlet who are breakg barriers profsnal sports.

Contents:

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * gay athletic boy *

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. I'm a footballer and I'm gay.

"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.

"I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay, " he wrote a heartfelt msage on social media. 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.

EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED

For the first time, pro baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer has an out gay male player unr ntract. * gay athletic boy *

I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. 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.

ATHLET WHO ARE GAY

Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ... * gay athletic boy *

"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. 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.

THE GAY VERSN OF SI'S SWIMSU ISSUE

* gay athletic boy *

He ially feared negative stereotyp about gay male athlet but threw those ncerns asi after his two-tle performance at the U.

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report. For a variety of reasons, n be extremely hard for profsnal athlet to e out as LGBTQ+ their personal one, sports are largely domated by straight cis men who have been notorly homophobic and transphobic acrdg to numero stori om LGBTQ+ athlet.

The Brish distance swimmer and Olympian publicly me out as gay June after petg at the World Champnships Budapt.

A NVERSATN WH T.J. CALLAN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GAY BLACK MEN G OUT SPORTS

Photos of athlet who have e out publicly as gay. * gay athletic boy *

"Now is a good time for me bee the Commonwealth Gam is a month's time, and there's gog to be a lot of people watchg that, and there are so many untri the Commonwealth where beg gay is illegal. I've been out and kissed many gay men, kissed many straight women, and kissed many gay women.

That's probably why I love gog to all the gay bars Sydney as well.

Mor League baseball player publicly me out as gay an emotnal Augt Instagram post. The 25-year-old athlete and former Richmond Flyg Squirrels player revealed to his fans and followers that while he is no longer playg for the team, which is part of the San Francis Giants system, he is thankful for the time he had and isn't givg up on his love of baseball, pecially as an out, gay man.

GAY ATHLETE G KENWORTHY AND BUTTS GALORE HIGHLIGHT ESPN BODY ISSUE

"Beg gay this sport, you don't know what at you! "He ntued:"I'm still gog to open up doors for gay athlet like me. Gay men n play a manly sport if you give a chance to.

The Asie Olympic gold medalist and gby player me out as a trans man an Augt vio for the Bgham Cup's Internatnal Summ Tacklg Transphobia and Homophobia Sport event. The Sttish pro footballer and Gala Fairyan Rovers player publicly me out as gay a September terview posted to his football club's official webse.

"I put a post on my social media tellg folk I was gay, " he said of the cisn. Atralian basketball player Isaac Humphri wrote an op-ed November 2022 g out as a gay man. "Over my entire reer, there was no realy that existed where I uld be an openly gay man while playg basketball, " the basketball player wrote.

OPENLY GAY ATHLET

"Humphri ntued:"You n be a gay man and an ele basketball player one of the bt leagu the world. TJ Hoe, a former athlete who played for the Major League Baseball (MLB), not only me out as gay but also announced that he's engaged. Four athlet om the Uned Stat jo Canadian Prokop breakg down barriers for gay and bisexual athlet big-time sports.

In addn, there have been out gay athlet like Andrew Goldste playg other sports like lacrosse. Prokop lled the ont office of the Nashville Predators to let them know he’s gay, then wh their support he me out to the world. Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players.

Who is the most famo gay athlete? Football star Michael Sam ma headl 2014 when he beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

But he fely wasn’t the first homosexual athlete to fd succs. Olympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay. NBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY ATHLETIC BOY

Each of Ameri’s big 5 sports currently has an out gay man the pros. That’s never happened - Outsports .

TOP