Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn.
Contents:
- PRO VOLLEYBALL PLAYER DENNIS DEL VALLE OUT AS GAY
- GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER’S SELF-ACCEPTANCE LED TO EPER BOND WH LLEGE TEAMMAT
- GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
- WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- THIS GAY STANFORD VOLLEYBALL PLAYER ME OUT TO HIS TEAM, AND THEN HIS SPORT GOT CUT
- WE NEED MORE GAY MALE PRO TEAM SPORT ATHLET TO E OUT
- NCAA TOURNAMENT N WAS EXTRA SWEET FOR OUT GAY VOLLEYBALL ACH
PRO VOLLEYBALL PLAYER DENNIS DEL VALLE OUT AS GAY
Dennis Del Valle, a pro volleyball player om Puerto Ri now playg Swzerland, said was time to tell the world he is gay. * openly gay volleyball players *
Dennis Del Valle, a profsnal volleyball player Swzerland and member of the Puerto Rin natnal team, has e out publicly as gay an terview wh a Swiss webse. Del Valle, 31, who is om San Juan, Puerto Ri, and who played llege at Penn State, told the 24 Hours webse that he cid to e out to show that gay athlet n play at ele levels. On my level, I have had a succsful reer beg gay.
The webse said Del Valle is the first member of a major Swiss men’s team any sport to e out as gay. “I pecially didn’t want to break the chemistry of the team, that uld bee weird the locker room for some, that they image thgs, fixate on my homosexualy, no longer dare to go to shower my prence, or whatever.
GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER’S SELF-ACCEPTANCE LED TO EPER BOND WH LLEGE TEAMMAT
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Chris Voth, a pro volleyball player om Canada who me out as gay on Outsports 2017, praised Del Valle speakg out. The number doubl the 40 openly gay, lbian and bisexual women who peted of the women are om North and South Ameri, Europe, Atralia and New Zealand, Outsports reported. Meanwhile, the 2022 Men’s World Cup was set to be hosted Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison.
The associatn’s cisn prompted some fans and athlet — cludg the first openly gay major league soccer player — to speak out. “If actns speak lour than words, then the msage FIFA sends to gay athlet is pafully clear. Not only don’t they have our backs, our liv don’t matter, ” Robbie Rogers, one of the first openly gay major league soccer players, said a 2015 opn article for USA Today after FIFA announced the untri that would host the upg tournaments.
GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
I uld hear my neighbour scream hysterilly when our women's volleyball team beat Japan to be crowned Asian Champns last Saturday. It was simply the bt game the tournament, and the long-legged ladi ma the natn and their fans _ a lot of them gay _ proud, pecially me. * openly gay volleyball players *
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Gay volleyball player’s self-acceptance led to eper bond wh llege teammat.
WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
“How n you tell when another guy is gay?
Francis Universy near Ptsburgh when I me out as gay.
I was hont wh them about what kept me the closet: the homophobic locker room talk, wonrg if people would accept me and not beg able to accept myself.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Some part of me always realized that I was gay. In high school the tim I would hear words and phras like “fag” or “that’s gay” thrown around really ma hard to accept that I was gay.
I started to thk, there is nothg wrong wh beg gay.
You are gay. You are gay and that’s a good thg! ” His look of ncern was quickly met wh my words: “I am gay.
THIS GAY STANFORD VOLLEYBALL PLAYER ME OUT TO HIS TEAM, AND THEN HIS SPORT GOT CUT
I spent my last semter of llege livg my life openly as a gay man and athlete. After g out as gay an Instagram post 2020, Bank hop to show younger athlet “that they n be whomever they are, or want to be, whout discrimatn.
Aymoz is openly gay, g out the documentary “We Need to Talk” 2021. Jason Brown (@jasonbskat) is an openly gay figure skater reprentg Team USA. Guillme Cizeron (@GuillmeCIZ) is an openly gay figure skater petg for Team France.
Lewis Gibson (@Lewisgibson4) is an openly gay figure skater reprentg Team Great Bra. Pl Poirier (@PlDPoirier) is an openly gay figure skater on Team Canada. Radford ma history as the first petive figure skater to e out as gay while still petg for champnship tl 2014, pavg the way for future LGBTQ+ athlet to e out.
WE NEED MORE GAY MALE PRO TEAM SPORT ATHLET TO E OUT
Andrew Blaser (@andrewblaser) is an openly gay skeleton slir for Team USA. G Kenworthy (@gkenworthy) is an openly gay etyle skier and a dual cizen of Great Bra and the Uned Stat. A giant mural of England's first openly gay footballer has been unveiled on the si of a Fashanu remas the only male profsnal player to nfirm he was homosexual - amid fears he would be "outed" by a natnal newspaper 1990 - and was ducted to the footballg Hall of Fame spe now beg seen as an spiratn the fight agast homophobia and discrimatn sport, the proud Canary took his own life 1998 - wrg his suici note that beg gay and a personaly was "so hard" former Norwich Cy striker, who beme the UK's first black £1m player when he was sold to Nottgham Fort, ntu to be seen as a legend at the Norfolk Champnship "wonr strike" agast Liverpool at Carrow Road 1980 went on to w Match of the Day's goal of the season now his face has taken pri of place on the si of a Canari supporters pub.
A mural of former Norwich Cy player Jt Fashanu, England's first openly gay footballer, has appeared on the Fat Cat and Canary. Great player, sred an amazg goal, the first £1m black player, me out as gay, " he said.
NCAA TOURNAMENT N WAS EXTRA SWEET FOR OUT GAY VOLLEYBALL ACH
There was a lot of homophobia the prs and media and he was hound for the fact that he me out as beg gay. When Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop me out this week, was the first time an active player unr ntract to an NHL team had ever publicly acknowledged they were gay.