Explore our 2023 Global Gay Pri Calendar for the LGBTQ+ muny featurg a listg of 200+ gay pri paras and celebratns around the world.
Contents:
- THIS GAY ACH WANTS TO MAKE TENNIS AS WELG AS POSSIBLE FOR LGBTQ KIDS
- THE GAY TENNIS PLAYERS SMASHG DOWN BARRIERS AS WIMBLEDON 2023 GETS UNRWAY
- THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
- TOP NAM COME IN SUPPORT OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ON THE MEN’S TOUR
- GAY PRI TENNIS BALLS & TENNIS GEAR
- A UNED ONT: FAA, MEDVEV, TSSIPAS BELIEVE TODAY'S ATP ENVIRONMENT WOULD SUPPORT GAY PLAYERS
THIS GAY ACH WANTS TO MAKE TENNIS AS WELG AS POSSIBLE FOR LGBTQ KIDS
There are a handful of out gay tennis players offerg val LGBTQ+ reprentatn at Wimbledon 2023 - but the men's game still lags behd. * tennis gay pride *
When Ian Pearson-Brown was growg up, he didn’t thk was possible to play sports and be gay. Nowadays, Brown is spreadg the gospel: Sports are for gay people, too.
Three months after realizg he was gay, Brown attempted suici — at 13 years old.
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THE GAY TENNIS PLAYERS SMASHG DOWN BARRIERS AS WIMBLEDON 2023 GETS UNRWAY
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 pride *
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THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
* tennis gay pride *
Wimbledon 2023 is officially unrway – weather permtg – but spe the All England Club’s all-whe le, there are a handful of out gay players offerg some val rabow LGBTQ+ reprentatn at tennis’s most prtig tournament. Sce the days of trailblazg gay Grand Slam champns Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova, women’s tennis has long provid some of the biggt LGBTQ+ nam sport – and there are currently several players Women’s Tennis Associatn (WTA) tour rryg that torch for a new generatn.
TOP NAM COME IN SUPPORT OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ON THE MEN’S TOUR
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However, the men’s Associatn of Tennis Profsnals (ATP) isn’t currently jt laggg behd, ’s yet to even cross the startg le: There are currently no out gay players on the men’s tour and no profsnal male tennis player has e out publicly the Open Era while still playg the game. Amerin former world number 57 Brian Vahaly me out publicly as gay 2017, a after retirg om the sport, and shed light on some of the barriers faced by gay male players.
GAY PRI TENNIS BALLS & TENNIS GEAR
Amerin former world number 57 Brian Vahaly me out publicly as gay 2017, a after retirg om tennis.
“I heard homophobic ments all the time the locker room – to my face, behd my back. In 2022, men’s top 10 player and former Wimbledon quarter-falist Taylor said he believed an out gay male player would be “accepted” on the tour, but as Wimbledon rolls around for another, the wa go on.
In the meantime, here’s a n-down of the out gay women’s players to look out for the Wimbledon 2023 ma draws – as well as a few others who aren’t makg an appearance at SW19 this year, but are still reprentg for the LGBTQ+ muny on the tour. Rsia’s Daria Kasatka says she’s unable to return home as a gay person who oppos the vasn of Ukrae.
A UNED ONT: FAA, MEDVEV, TSSIPAS BELIEVE TODAY'S ATP ENVIRONMENT WOULD SUPPORT GAY PLAYERS
Rsian tennis star Daria Kasatka beme the hight-profile out gay tennis star on the WTA tour when she me out publicly July 2022. In the year sce, Kasatka has been an outspoken cric of Rsia’s vasn of Ukrae and anti-gay polil culture – even if ’s e at great personal st.