There are a handful of out gay tennis players offerg val LGBTQ+ reprentatn at Wimbledon 2023 - but the men's game still lags behd.
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
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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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He didn’t know he would be accepted as an out gay person tennis until he tried . 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.
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 *
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.
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.
Amerin former world number 57 Brian Vahaly me out publicly as gay 2017, a after retirg om tennis.
THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
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“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. 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.
As a gay person who oppos the war, ’s not possible to go back, ” she told The Tim July 2023. I wanted to say my posn on the war and my [sexualy], which was tough, g om a untry where beg gay is not accepted, but felt like I had a backpack of ston on my shoulrs and I jt had to throw off. Dutch player Demi Schuurs is a doubl specialist and out gay woman.
TOP NAM COME IN SUPPORT OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ON THE MEN’S TOUR
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Schuurs me out as gay as a teenager and has stated her sire to be a role mol for young LGBTQ+ people.
“You only live once, so you have to be happy and don’t need to strs about beg gay or not.
Out gay Brish player Tara Moore is a former world 145 player sgl and former top 100 player doubl. “Statistilly, ’s a b unual that you don’t have players on the ATP Tour that are openly gay. -based group whose webse says works “to challenge homophobia, biphobia and transphobia sport and improve accs to sport for LGBT+ people.
GAY PRI TENNIS BALLS & TENNIS GEAR
“I don’t thk anyone’s nyg that homophobia is a problem tennis, jt like is any sport, ” Denison said.
A UNED ONT: FAA, MEDVEV, TSSIPAS BELIEVE TODAY'S ATP ENVIRONMENT WOULD SUPPORT GAY PLAYERS
“I don’t know how many straight guys wake up, ” he said, “and, while they’re bshg their teeth, thk: ‘I wonr if gay people are all right tennis? The ATP qutnnaire clus lks to rearch om the Internatnal Olympic Commtee and the Amerin Medil Society for Sports Medice that, the survey says, “found everyone’s mental health and sport performance n be negatively impacted if a sport culture is not welg to gay and bisexual people.
Are you gay, bisexual, unsure/other? How many ACTIVE profsnal male tennis players do you know personally who are gay? … Jok about gay people are normal MEN’S tennis.
Gay people should keep private. … Homophobia is a problem profsnal men’s tennis.