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There are a handful of out gay tennis players offerg val LGBTQ+ reprentatn at the US Open 2023 - but the men's game still lags behd.

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ATHLETE’S GOAL IS TO REACH THE TOP AS AN OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL TENNIS PLAYER

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I had a uple of middle school and high school girliends that I, regrettably, ed as a shield to nvce people that I was not gay. Stop tellg gay people, people of lor or anyone who has faced an adversy bee of who they are to “be the bigger person. But after my experience, I feel nfint sayg the ATP is ready to support an out gay male tennis player.

Though the world has ma improvements terms of cln, and people are generally more acceptg of the gay muny, there are many people who will never accept a person who is gay, no matter how succsful, fluential and nonthreateng they are. However, whout the lik of Billie Jean Kg, Marta Navratilova, Brian Vahaly, Alison Van Uytvanck, Greet Mnen and others, I would not have had the urage to play as a proud gay man. The most tellg sign of the lack of out gay men profsnal tennis is that the only player wearg any rabow apparel this summer was a straight guy who had to apologize for g gay slurs durg the Olympics.

THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA

Gay llege tennis players offer theori as to why no ele pro players are out, wh the solo nature of the sport beg a key. * tennis gay sport *

Open starts s two-week n New York, I feel pelled to rehash this prsg statistic: There will once aga be no openly gay male players at one of the sport’s premier events. “To be hont, I’m somewhat surprised that there still hasn’t been an out active ATP Tour level player, ” said Nick Lee, a former llege tennis player at Vassar who is openly gay.

The absence of out male pro tennis players is noteworthy a summer that saw the first gay NFL player and gay NHL prospect e out and a rerd number of out LGBTQ Olympians, cludg the most men ever. C., foced on the dividual nature of the sport when tellg Outsports why he thks gay pro tennis players stay closeted.

“There are no out gay players on the ATP tour bee most players don’t pick up a racket hop to be a role mol for an entire margalized muny, ” Bradley said. “It tak a special personaly to both thrive a profsnal sport AND live thentilly as a gay man.

THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY

The U.S. Open hosted s very first Pri, and out tennis player Nick Lee was there to ask: where are the other gay men? * tennis gay sport *

For so long gayns has been attributed to weakns — this n alienate a player om g out.

ATHLET WHO ARE GAY

Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ... * tennis gay sport *

“The g out procs is so nuanced, and I n image the trici that e wh beg gay and playg a profsnal sport. But the fear that an out player would be hound by the media has been molished by how quickly the Carl Nassib story fad after the Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman me out as gay June.

I thk “gay male pro tennis player out” would be a story that quickly fas as an obssn a culture where “breakg news” gets old really fast. The Varsy Gay League is startg a flag football league Los Angel, and has the backg of the Super Bowl champs.

[The McDonald’s] spot foc on buildg safe plac for the LGBTQ+ muny and featur team members om the Varsy Gay League, the origal Queer+ recreatnal sports league that reprents over 40, 000 LGBTQ+ athlet across the U.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

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. * tennis gay sport *

But play is what the Varsy Gay League is all about, creatg joy and rary sports wh the LGBTQ+ muny. As part of our celebratn of Pri Month, the Rams will be spotlightg four LA non-profs/small bs supportg the LGBTQ+ muny, aimg to raise awarens of those anizatns' seri kicks off wh the Varsy Gay League, the natn's origal Queer+ recreatnal sports leagu. “VGL Buffalo celebrat Pri by raisg money for Gay and Lbian Youth Servic for Wtern New York”.

"LGBTQ reprentatn matters, and we see that even when to chicken sandwich, " Andrew Miller, Director of Operatns of Varsy Gay League.

Earlier this week, Brian Troutner of the Denver Varsy Gay League was a gut on Sports Social. Varsy Gay League is the origal LGBTQ+ Recreatnal Sports Organizatn and was tablished 2007. Rather, I worked to program the entire night around celebratg LGBTQ+ Pri, om pregame kickball the outfield by the Varsy Gay League, to the ribbon boards and sreboards proudly proclaimg LGBT Pri Night around the stadium.

THIS GAY ACH WANTS TO MAKE TENNIS AS WELG AS POSSIBLE FOR LGBTQ KIDS

Navratilova, who is gay, tweeted “blogy matters sports,” after Rapoe told Time how anti-trans sentiments like Navratilova's e real harm. * tennis gay sport *

Another nnected wh new people after jog the Varsy Gay League, an LGBTQ+ sports anizatn.

For example, the Varsy Gay League offers bowlg, beach volleyball, and even trivia ci like At and Sacramento. Cy Councilmember Pl Koretz and the Los Angel Dodgers raised $16, 000 on Gay Pri weekend to be ed to improve secury at Posettia money, which exceed VGL’s ial goal of $10, 000 was donated to the Los Angel Parks Foundatn c/o Posettia Parks Friends. Ben Cary and Erik Legler started the Kicks & Giggl project through the Varsy Gay League.

FRZ SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER WOULD BE ACCEPTED ON ATP TOUR

Taylor Frz said that if a men's player on the ATP Tour me out as gay, he would be weled by his peers, the top-ranked Amerin told tennis publitn Clay. * tennis gay sport *

For our annual celebratn of sports, the Los Angel Bla reached out to LA’s very own Varsy Gay League and asked players and team lears to nomate their choic for the most outstandg athlet among their ranks. One of the easit ways I ma iends was by jog Varsy Gay League, an LGBTQ-clive weekend kickball league… I wouldn't have believed you if you told me that four months would be enough time to fd iends I adore, a roommate I'm obssed wh, someone to fall love wh, someone to break my heart, and oodl of cliché Cali drama to get swept up — but I'd have been wrong.

THE GAY TENNIS PLAYERS SMASHG DOWN BARRIERS AS THE US OPEN 2023 GETS UNRWAY

Varsy Gay League partners wh Wt Hollywood Gateway and LA Dodgers to raise money for Posettia Park.

Varsy Gay League will be honored durg pregame ceremoni wh a Dodgers Communy Hero Award. Hackner found Varsy Gay League 2007 and has sce grown to an anizatn reachg the LGBT muny 13 ci across eight stat wh over 15, 000 members. As a former men’s llegiate tennis player and openly gay member of my team, this qutn nagged at me as I attend the monumental first ever Pri event at the U.

As a former llegiate tennis player and gay man, this event stck a particularly sensive chord for me.

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