LPGA golfer Mel Reid out as gay, cg ‘fight for equaly’

Contents:

• FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET
• MEL REID, A SIX-TIME LADI EURO TOUR CHAMP, REVEALS SHE'S GAY: 'BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE'
• LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
• DON'T FET THE 8 LBIAN ATHLET WHO STOOD UP FOR GAY RIGHTS
• WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE
• ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y
• WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?
• 81 PERCENT PGA TOUR PRO SURVEY THK THERE'S A GAY PRO ON TOUR
• TODD MONTOYA OUT AS PGA TOUR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DDIE, HOP STORY SPIR OTHERS
• CHRISTIE QUN: FROM THE RETAIL FLOOR TO THE TOP OF THE GAY GAM PODIUM
• LPGA GOLFER MEL REID OUT AS GAY, CG 'FIGHT FOR EQUALY'

FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET

Now, Pri Month is shouted loudly, thanks to those players, like Mel Reid, who’ve publicly shared their homosexualy and all those wh the Tour’s fay who’ve supported them. “Pri month for me is all about cln, ” says Reid, who me out as Gay to the tens of lns of LPGA fans late 2018.

Ined, Pri Month falls June to honor the Stonewall Demonstratns New York Cy that began on June 28, 1968, and lasted several days as thoands took to the streets to mand equal rights for the Gay muny. On one hand, there are no out gay profsnal golfers.

This is disappotg bee there are certa to be gay players the profsnal golf circu. What is holdg back the male gay players om g out? The first profsnal male golfer to e out as gay is nsired to be Tadd Fujikawa of the Uned Stat.

MEL REID, A SIX-TIME LADI EURO TOUR CHAMP, REVEALS SHE'S GAY: 'BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE'

This may, part, expla the plete absence of a gay profsnal golfer. There also rema stanc of homophobic slurs on the greens and the locker rooms. Gay Golfers List: PGA Players, Pros, and College Athlet.

After our Grandma Aka read our post on Gay Wrtlers, she was like, “Ohhh, I didn’t know there are many of them. After all, there are probably thoands of wrtlers out there grapplg for the big dogs like WWE and the Lucha Unrground as well as the ls known on the die wa, this is supposed to be a gay golfers list, why are we gettg distracted by wrtlg?

LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT

” [Via The Guardian]Another gay golfer featured on Outsports is Chris Noble who played for the golf team of the Holy Cross College at Notre Dame.

DON'T FET THE 8 LBIAN ATHLET WHO STOOD UP FOR GAY RIGHTS

Mel Reid, a six-time Ladi European Tour champn and current LPGA Tour member, revealed she’s gay on Monday, via an announcement of her partnership wh the anizatn Athlete Ally, which advot for equal accs, opportuny, and experience sports.

WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE

“The only problem we n to is that beg gay is still illegal or owned upon certa untri we play . While Reid isn’t the first openly gay women’s pro, Tadd Fujikawa beme the first male pro golfer to e out as gay when he did so September.

ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y

As gay women the golf dtry, LPGA Profsnals Christa Teno and Pam Boccc have worked hard to be where they are today.

“Wh me achg llege kids, the last thg I want is to be ashamed of who I am, bee I know there might be kids I rec each year who are gay, so I need to be a good fluence on them and show that I’m fortable beg me. “I’m not a unselor, but to me, jt beg a strong, brave, gay person is what I have to do for those kids out there who might be the same sho I was , ” said Teno.

WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?

She also appreciat that her experience, beg a gay woman has not been an issue her reer.

“Pri Month is fantastic, but ’s important that we as women wh the gay muny celebrate pri every sgle day, ” Boccc said. This month the PGA of Ameri has been spotlightg gay members, and for several years has strsed that golf’s long-term health and enomy mands drawg a more diverse dience. Last year, Tadd Fujikawa beme the first male player of even morate promence to announce that he is gay.

81 PERCENT PGA TOUR PRO SURVEY THK THERE'S A GAY PRO ON TOUR

The LPGA Tour has long been a welg ward for lbians, but gay men are entirely visible on the PGA Tour and only slightly ls so the broar golf universe.

The only thg I re to hi golf is my wretched swg, not the fact that I am gay. There are numero proment figur golf wh gay children or siblgs. In an terview wh David Feherty a few years ago, Brandt Sneker said he believed there were gay players on Tour.

“I don’t thk a gay golfer is gog to be that big of a al.

TODD MONTOYA OUT AS PGA TOUR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DDIE, HOP STORY SPIR OTHERS

Wh this announcement, he will bee the first active openly gay male athlete Amerin profsnal sports — a major tone for the LGBT is a posn to bee an ambassador for the gay muny by breakg down stereotyp that perpetuate the notn that gayns and tradnal nceptns of masculy associated wh football are mutually exclive tras. But while this is a great step forward the realm of men's profsnal sports, gay female athlet have had a long, and much ls publicized, history of siarly groundbreakg progrs fightg for equal rights.

The relative lack of fanfare on the women's si may be due to archaic ias about lbian women beg more mascule, and therefore more ngent wh the stereotypil athlete, than are gay 's a list of eight openly gay women behd some of the most ccial ton the LGBT sports world. Billie Jean Kg In 1981, the tennis star Billie Jean Kg beme the most proment openly gay female athlete upon revealg her relatnship wh her secretary, Marilyn Bart.

CHRISTIE QUN: FROM THE RETAIL FLOOR TO THE TOP OF THE GAY GAM PODIUM

Her golfg prows earned her a spot the Golf Hall of Fame, and her cisn to bee one of the first female golfers to e out as gay has ma her an fluential spokwoman for lbian athlet. Though not a hoehold name, Naidoo beme the first Ain ambassador to the Gay Gam, a landmark achievement for a ntent not known for s progrsive attus about gay rights. Sheryl Swoops When WNBA star Sheryl Swoops beme one of the first Ain-Amerin female athlet to e out as gay 2005, she was arguably the most famo athlete ever to do so Amerin profsnal sports.

Her urage and advocy for gay rights earned her a board of directors award om the Los Angel Gay and Lbian Center 2012.

Brtany Grer The most recent openly gay female athlete the sports world is current WNBA center Brtany Grer. No sign of support for gay players on tour or the fans who cheer for reluctance of the LPGA to openly show support for the LGBTQ muny is not surprisg. They won’t lose sponsors bee, hontly, what kd of pany would pull out jt bee the LPGA volly support their gay players?

LPGA GOLFER MEL REID OUT AS GAY, CG 'FIGHT FOR EQUALY'

She also attracted women, spe not beg gay herself, although the lbian natn lik to claim her as a sister. No wonr gay men don't play golf. At a prev tournament a journalist was asked to leave the prs area when she ma the mistake of askg some of the players if they were gay.