Contents:
- SPORTS STARS WHO BATTLED GAY RUMORS
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
SPORTS STARS WHO BATTLED GAY RUMORS
The stars were all mored to be gay... NFL hopeful Michael Sam me out as gay to his Universy of Missouri teammat 2013, then to ESPN as an "openly proud gay man" jt before the NFL draft 2014, makg him the first openly gay man to be drafted by an NFL team.
"I am not the only gay person the NFL, " he said 2015. In April 2013, 7-foot NBA center Jason Colls me out of the closet, makg him the first openly gay profsnal athlete to pete the four major sports leagu. A ee agent at the time, Colls wrote Sports Illtrated, "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport...
I go agast the gay stereotype, which is why I thk a lot of players will be shocked: 'That guy is gay?
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
In November 2014, Colls announced his retirement, wrg Sports Illtrated, "It feels wonrful to have been part of the ton for sports and for gay rights, and to have been embraced by the public, the ach, the players, the league and history. A lot of people thk so, bee the Green Bay Packers quarterback has been dogged by gay mors for years.
There has been speculatn for years here Wisns that Aaron is gay. Rodgers nied the mors 2013, tellg ESPN, "I'm not gay.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
An off-duty Dallas police officer who traveled wh the Cowboys and worked secury at their hotels first told me that 'the word on the street' was that Troy Aikman was gay.
"No one is gog to assume the big football player is gay. In llege football was a great ver for beg gay. "Beg gay wasn't jt a small tail my life, nsumed , " he said.
I don't believe [Dunn is gay or bisexual]. In 2011, then-NBA rookie Josh Selby fell victim to gay mors that were entirely fabrited. Piazza nied the mor a prs nference, tellg reporters, "I'm not gay.