Wrtg Match – Gay Wrtlg Universe

Contents:

• GAY WRTLG UNIVERSE
• THE OFFICIAL GAY COMMUNITY WRTLG FANS THREAD
• GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS
• 7 REASONS THE WWE HAS A GROWG GAY FANBASE

GAY WRTLG UNIVERSE

And are set to wrtle at No Peace Unrground’s Fear The Gay Agenda event on June 11. There have been tim I’ve intified as gay, bi, pan, ace, and others, ” he said. After all, through s of TV programmg om WWE and other wrtlg promotns, the genre as a whole has largely tend to mock gay men and trans people while leerg at like any art form, wrtlg has always ntaed multus — and the days, ’s full of talented queer performers who are changg their dtry for the week, Outsports fished off their list of the 200 bt LGBTQ+ wrtlers the world wh an absolutely stacked top 20 that prov why wrtlg is the new, thrivg queer subculture.

Effy, a scffy queer ripped fishs and a pk-spiked jacket, has been rvg out space for LGBTQ+ fans and performers alike wh events like “Effy’s Big Gay Bnch, ” a seri of wrtlg shows featurg a diverse lp of LGBTQ+ talent. He’s also mp as hell, performg tag teams wh nam like “Gaytanic Panic” (alongsi beloved edy mon wrtler Danhsen) and, simply, “Team Bsy” (wh Allie Katch, ranked sixth on Outsports’ list) Billy Dixon, Outsports’ pick for the year’s top LGBTQ+ wrtler, tly exemplifi the queer wrtlg movement. A Black gay wrtler who isn’t aaid to dive onto a row of light tub to take a match to the next level, Dixon’s prence the muny is a bean of cln for others.

Wrtlg fans often like to remisce about how awome everythg was back the Attu Era, but one thg that was cidly unol was how pro wrtlg ma LGBTQ wrtlers stay the closet while g kayfabe gay romance storyl for shock value or havg a wrtler "play gay" to draw heat.

THE OFFICIAL GAY COMMUNITY WRTLG FANS THREAD

In fact, when Goldt turned face, WWE ma a big al out of announcg his heterosexualy, while Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo pretend to marry 2002, then stopped the ceremony to say "jt kiddg, ha ha, we're not gay, eher. Not only do Katch wrtle solo GCW, but she has partnered up wh Effy a tag team lled Bsy or, as Katch has lled the duo, Too Gay Power Trip. Anthony Bowens may be one of the bt-known, most outspoken gay wrtlers, but wasn't too many years ago that he was nervo about g out and how might affect his reer.

GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS

In , he clarified that he prefers to be "labeled" as gay. That vio has over a quarter of a ln views and nearly 7, 000 lik, and Bowens may well now be the most over gay athlete the sport.

) He is also AEW's first openly gay belt holr, ever sce September 2022 when he and Max Caster won the AEW World Tag Team Champnship at "AEW Dyname: Grand Slam.

Last Word on Sports tells that Asa has been wrtlg sce high school and me out as gay at that time as well. Although Exotis' mps was origally seen as strictly kayfabe, Cassandro was the first such performer to e out as gay. In dog so, he broke ground for numero other gay Exotis who have reclaimed the trope and ma an empowerg one rather than somethg meant to margalize or make fun of the LGBTQ muny.

7 REASONS THE WWE HAS A GROWG GAY FANBASE

" Cassandro also ma-evented Effy's Big Gay Bnch 2020. (Note on the pronouns: Effy referred to Cassandro lguistilly fluid fashn as he, she, and they durg his terview wh Wrtlg Inc., but sourc cludg Outsports and Gayly refer to him wh mascule pronouns so we've followed this nventn, as well.