Gay athlete found his sports niche and his hband through rowg - Outsports

Contents:

• GAY ATHLETE FOUND HIS NICHE AND HIS HBAND THROUGH ROWG
• UNRSTANDG THE TYP OF GAY ROWG CLUBS
• GAY AND LBIAN ROWG FERATN
• A GAY ROWER’S VIRAL POST ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA SHOWS POWER OF G OUT
• GAY CHIGO

GAY ATHLETE FOUND HIS NICHE AND HIS HBAND THROUGH ROWG

The team began 1991 wh eight gay nners lookg for a cross-trag activy, some old rented equipment, and a lot of enthiasm. The Gay + Lbian Rowg Feratn is a worldwi onle, clive muny for lgbtq+ outdoor and door rowers, xi, ach, and race officials. Calendar featur 14 members of Warwick Universy Rowg Society all aged between 18 and 21The black and whe imag - the group's fifth chary lendar - feature the buff boys olickg by the River Avon Team are hopg to repeat 2012 succs which saw lendar sell out days wh orrs g om 40 untriFunds om the lendar and other products will go towards Edutnal Actn Challengg Homophobia (EACH)Behd-the-scen vio ptur the energy and mararie of the sportg group Updated: 18:16 BST, 30 October 2013 Advertisement A male universy rowg club is raisg sh for an anti-homophobia chary - by posg naked a mp tongue--cheek buff stunts om Warwick Universy Rowg Society dched their life jackets to strip nu for the artistic photo shoot.

UNRSTANDG THE TYP OF GAY ROWG CLUBS

' AUGUST: Calendar aniser Lrie Hulse said: 'Gettg naked wasn't a problem really, we're all good iends, ' The team are hopg to repeat on last year’s naked lendar which saw sold out days wh orrs g om over 40 hunky rowers have already built up an imprsive celebry fan base cludg Stephen Fry, John Barrowman, Boy Gee, Gok Wan and Derren this year the mcular athlet have cid to e their lendar to raise money for a chary which challeng homophobic bullyg om the lendar and other products will go towards Edutnal Actn Challengg Homophobia (EACH) registered chary is workg wh the rowers to velop a programme lled Sport Alli that will see them gog to schools and makg viral aim to help enurage young people who are beg bullied about their sexual inty to ll a natnal helple and speak out about the abe they suffer. OCTOBER (l) and NOVEMBER (r): This year the mcle-bound athlet have cid to e their lendar to raise money for a chary which challeng homophobic bullyg schools Rower Lrie add: 'Supporters wrote to explag their experienc of homophobia and why the stance we were takg meant so much.

'The Warwick Rowers e tongue--cheek vios and photographs to challenge this, and dog so I thk they are takg nstctive and posive stand agast homophobia.

GAY AND LBIAN ROWG FERATN

'Former Warwick rower, two-time Olympian and World medallist Tom Solbury, also appld the team for tacklg bullyg and homophobia said: 'I rowed for Warwick, and am lighted to see my old club dog such great work for chary and for young people.

I have a much different life than what I thought was possible for growg up whout any gay fluenc or role mols. And sce I didn’t have a lot of iends growg up, I assumed that much of what was available did not apply to me bee I am gay. To this day I am still cur why was important to announce to strangers I was gay when walkg to a classroom, a locker room or a dg room.

Whout knowg a sgle thg about beg gay and never havg met an openly gay man, I feared beg gay om as long as I n remember.

A GAY ROWER’S VIRAL POST ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA SHOWS POWER OF G OUT

My experienc told me that was bad to be gay. By the time I graduated llege, HIV transmissn had h s height wh the gay muny.

GAY CHIGO

Still, I had never met an openly gay man or talked to anyone about HIV or AIDS.