Pro Strongman champn Rob Kearney out as gay - Outsports

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• CHRIS DICKERSON, FIRST BLACK OPENLY GAY BODYBUILR TO W MR. AMERI TLE, DEAD AT 82
• PRO STRONGMAN CHAMPN ROB KEARNEY OUT AS GAY
• THREAD: WHICH IFBB PROS WERE/ARE "GAY FOR PAY?"
• THE PROFSNAL ATHLETE WHO CAME OUT AS A GAY MAN— 1989
• THREAD: GAY IFBB PROS?

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. While many may have ially assumed their aths were the rult of a homophobic hate crime, Malta Pri, a lol LGBTQ+ group, speculated the crime may have stead been "a botched hold up" and utned others to take a "wa and see" approach before "makg any rash nclns" regardg the crime.

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-- 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 suatns.It'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."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

Sunday’s “Great Midwtern Trendkill” event wasn’t the first time out gay pro wrtler AC Mack stepped to a Naptown All-Pro Wrtlg rg, but will be his last. He is an out gay Black man the South who thrived, buildg human nnectns whose strength manifted the emotnal rponse by the ACTION fanbase when he announced he was leavg -rg petn last month. Dickerson also had the distctn of beg the first openly gay Mr.

Brilliant the posg route, held the rerd of the olst Mr Olympia wner, and was the first openly gay Pro BB ?. Straight gay for pay don't unt. *Jennifer Abshire - Bisexual *Shelley Beattie - Bisexual *Lisa Cross - Bisexual *Chris Dickerson - Gay *Christian Duffy - Bisexual *Jim Morris - Gay *Bob Paris - Gay *Angela Salvagno - Bisexual.

CHRIS DICKERSON, FIRST BLACK OPENLY GAY BODYBUILR TO W MR. AMERI TLE, DEAD AT 82

Rob Kearney is the first self-acknowledged gay man to be actively petg pro-level, ternatnal strongman petn. But to be the first 'gay" somethg n be jt as ighteng as n be posive.

"People need to know that one of the top strength athlet on the pla is also gay. "I am also a gay strength ach. " I have been achg the bodybuildg and petive world for over 15 years, and am not only ually the only queer ach the arena, but often the only out gay man a given ntt.

While may take a heterosexual du a ltle analysis to beg to see the them, to a gay guy the msag blare like bullhorns our ears. Those associatns get turned up loud for gay men like Rob and me, makg the landspe require a ft step to navigate.

PRO STRONGMAN CHAMPN ROB KEARNEY OUT AS GAY

But few other tegori is tra-male tst more lite than between a gay man and a heterosexual man. Too often, a gay man who gas timacy wh other men is unfairly and rrectly seen as predatory; he is somethg for heterosexual men to avoid. This subtle distst is a mon and rrect stereotype to which many men still bd their evaluatn of gay guys.

Even gay men themselv often fd spect should a gay peer have a ep bond wh a heterosexual man. I have had many men over the years gravate away om my achg or assistance, ma unfortable wh the ia that a gay du is mentg on their physique. "If a gay guy is workg wh bodybuilrs, " I once read an ugly email about me, "you know the real reason is he's jt tryg to get their pants.

I am proud that I am "the gay du who ach heater dus a super macho set of pursus. The man scribed himself not only as dislikg gay people, but actually outright anti-gay.

THREAD: WHICH IFBB PROS WERE/ARE "GAY FOR PAY?"

Somehow he thought gayns should be halted. Yet, by his own admissn, he did not realize how uld be right there his own space of strength and power, and that manly men n love men jt as much as the stereotyped sissi he imaged all gay men to be.

THE PROFSNAL ATHLETE WHO CAME OUT AS A GAY MAN— 1989

He warmly told Rob that knowg how good a man Rob was and admirg so much of Rob's life work told him that maybe there is nothg wrong wh gay people at all, and he overtimated the tegory. He knew beg out as a gay man while still firmly the profsnal sports spotlight - even only a smaller one - would e rippl among those who lift and tra hard.

THREAD: GAY IFBB PROS?

By beg the first actively-petg profsnal World Strength top petor to be openly gay, he beme more than jt a notable achiever: he beme a force for change. So the fact that Rob is gay allows those who admire his work to unrstand that sexualy is not necsarily a factor succs, but jt another feature of a man. Which IFBB Pros Were/Are "Gay For Pay?

Thread: Which IFBB Pros Were/Are "Gay For Pay?