Pat Patterson, the first openly gay pro wrtlg star, has died at 79

Contents:

• EX-WWE STAR REVEALS VCE MCMAHON'S REACTN TO HIM COMG OUT AS GAY
• PAT PATTERSON: BEG WWE'S FIRST GAY WRTLER, VCE MCMAHON RETIRG AND MENTORG THE ROCK
• WWE NEWS: FORMER CHAMPN REVEALS VCE MCMAHON'S REACTN TO HIM G OUT AS GAY
• PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
• EX-WWE STAR FRED ROSSER REVEALS WHAT VCE MCMAHON TOLD HIM WHEN HE ME OUT AS GAY

EX-WWE STAR REVEALS VCE MCMAHON'S REACTN TO HIM COMG OUT AS GAY

WWE Hall of Famer Kev Nash relled how Vce McMahon shared the story of his first homosexual enunter wh him and Stt Hall. Speakg on Kliq This podst, Nash spoke on how Vce relled his first homosexual experience when he and Hall went to speak wh Vce McMahon for a storyle wh Goldt:. One mor about the McMahons suggted that a member of the fay was homosexual.

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PAT PATTERSON: BEG WWE'S FIRST GAY WRTLER, VCE MCMAHON RETIRG AND MENTORG THE ROCK

"I was 19-years-old, had no plan and barely any money, " the star rells his new tobgraphy, Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed French-Canadian quickly began to imprs promoters tradnal wrtlg towns like Boston and Portland, Oregon. What most the wrtlg world didn't realize, however, was that the new champn was gay.

Newsweek spoke to Patterson about his tobgraphy, Accepted, the changg landspe of gay tolerance sports and the WWE product today. Newsweek: Some of your close iends wrtlg realized you were gay and were supportive, but did you experience any homophobia your reer? The word "gay" or "queer" was never brought urse, I hid too.

I didn't want anybody to know I was gay. A lot of guys had girliends here, girliends there, but I was too aaid to go to a gay bar.

WWE NEWS: FORMER CHAMPN REVEALS VCE MCMAHON'S REACTN TO HIM G OUT AS GAY

[Current WWE Superstar] Darren Young, I didn't even know he was gay… I was surprised when he me out. ]If you're a performer, you're a performer… gay or straight, don't matter. Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE is published by ECW Prs on Augt 9 the U.

The untry has ma great stris wh creasg awarens on the subject of homosexualy and transgenr issu through PSAs and through advocy groups tg the public. The erroneo stereotyp of beg gay meang you’re weak or strange are beg shattered every day and that is pecially the se the wrtlg world. Though Sonny’s persona is an amplified character, he is actually very much an openly gay man as he proudly proclaims on his Twter page.

PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79

Possibly motivated by the g out of Darren Young, Matt Cage revealed 2015 that he was gay after years of hidg his sexual orientatn and battlg prsn. Roth passed away 1983 and only after ath was revealed by people close to him that he was openly gay. Terry Garv was openly gay and not ashamed of (good for you Terry!

EX-WWE STAR FRED ROSSER REVEALS WHAT VCE MCMAHON TOLD HIM WHEN HE ME OUT AS GAY

After his WWE reer, he ma allegatns that WWE released him bee of the fact that he was gay, but later took that statement back, claimg only to be a publicy stunt. At the time of his ath, he was workg on a memoir tailg his stggl of tryg to make as a profsnal wrtler while beg a closeted homosexual.

Lookg back, Jordan didn’t enjoy that time bee he felt he was a stereotypil riture of how people view bisexualy or homosexualy.