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- FANS BELIEVE MEN'S TENNIS HAS S FIRST ACTIVE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS AFTER FRENCH STAR SHAR IMAGE KISSG FELLOW {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;-MS-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:JTIFY;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:SPACE-BETWEEN;-MS-FLEX-PACK:JTIFY;JTIFY-NTENT:SPACE-BETWEEN;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;}{DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;-MS-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;FLEX-FLOW:ROW 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H3{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;} .TWTER-TWEET{MARG:0 TO;} .STAGRAM-MEDIA{MARG:TO TO 1EM !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:430PX){ .STAGRAM-MEDIA{M-WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}} BLOCKQUOTE{FONT-SIZE:1.125REM;LOR:#404040;MARG:1REM;}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{LOR:#FFF;}}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{BACKGROUND:#222222;}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:1024PX){{MARG-LEFT:0;MARG-RIGHT:0;}}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:430PX){{MARG-LEFT:0;MARG-RIGHT:0;PADDG-BOTTOM:0.5REM;PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;}}FRENCH TENNIS STAR FABIEN REBOUL HAS SPURRED SPECULATN THAT THE ATP TOUR MAY HAVE S FIRST ACTIVE MALE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS.THE PLAYER SHARED AN IMAGE OF HIMSELF AND FELLOW PRO PLAYER MAXENCE BROVILLE EMBRACG EACH OTHER TO HIS INSTAGRAM.HE PTNED THE PHOTO: “I DID NOT FALL LOVE WH YOU, YOUR LOVE PHED ME TO .”{CLEAR:BOTH;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:767PX){{MAX-WIDTH:100%;}}{LOR:#666666;MARG-TOP:0.25REM;TEXT-ALIGN:LEFT;FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.125REM;}CRED: @FABIENREBOUL/INSTAGRAM. {DISPLAY:BLOCK;MARG:0 TO;MARG-BOTTOM:1REM;M-WIDTH:300PX;MAX-WIDTH:335PX;M-HEIGHT:90PX;PADDG:0.5EM 0 0.1EM;WIDTH:-WEBK-F-NTENT;WIDTH:-MOZ-F-NTENT;WIDTH:F-NTENT;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:1024PX){{DISPLAY:NONE;}}{MARG:0 TO 1REM TO;M-WIDTH:300PX;MAX-WIDTH:335PX;WIDTH:-WEBK-F-NTENT;WIDTH:-MOZ-F-NTENT;WIDTH:F-NTENT;BACKGROUND:#EEE;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:1024PX){{M-HEIGHT:90PX;}} IAME{MARG-BOTTOM:0 !IMPORTANT;}{POSN:RELATIVE;} {BORR:4PX SOLID BLACK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:TRANSPARENT;M-HEIGHT:188PX;}BROVILLE LATER RE-SHARED THE IMAGE TO HIS OWN INSTAGRAM ACUNT ACPANIED BY EMOJI HANDS MAKG A HEART.THE TWO ARE WEARG THEIR KS OM THE SLA TOULOA TENNIS CLUB WHICH THEY ARE BOTH A PART {MARG-BOTTOM:1REM;WIDTH:100%;POSN:RELATIVE;}@SUPPORTS (ASPECT-RAT:16/9){{ASPECT-RAT:16 / 9;}}@SUPPORTS NOT (ASPECT-RAT:16/9){{MARG-BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;}}{OVERFLOW:HIDN;BACKGROUND-LOR:#EEE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;MARG-BOTTOM:0.5REM;}@SUPPORTS (ASPECT-RAT:16/9){{ASPECT-RAT:16/9;}}@SUPPORTS NOT (ASPECT-RAT:16/9){{MARG-BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;}}{BACKGROUND:LEAR-GRADIENT(90G,#EEE,#FAFAFA,#EEE);BACKGROUND-REPEAT:NO-REPEAT;HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;-WEBK-ANIMATN:SHIMMER 2S EASE--OUT FE;ANIMATN:SHIMMER 2S EASE--OUT FE;}@-WEBK-KEYAM SHIMMER{0%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);}100%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);}}@KEYAM SHIMMER{0%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);}100%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);}}WHILE NEHER MAN HAS NFIRMED WHETHER THEY ARE GAY OR BISEXUAL, FANS ONLE HAVE SPECULATED THAT THE PHOTO REPRENTS TENNIS’ FIRST OPENLY MALE GAY ACTIVE PLAYERS.REBOUL IS CURRENTLY RANKED 54TH THE DOUBL WORLD RANKG, WHILST BROVILLE IS RANKED 872ND SGL PETN.ADVERT10THE PHOTO HAS OPENED UP THE POSSIBILY THAT THE ATP TOUR HAS S FIRST ACTIVE GAY PLAYERS.CRED: @FABIENREBOUL/INSTAGRAM. WHILE THE WOMEN’S SI OF THE GAME HAS HAD OPEN LGBTQ+ PLAYERS THE PAST, THE TOUR HAS BEEN CRICISED THE PAST FOR HAVG NO MALE REPRENTATN THE MUNY.TENNIS FANS ONLE WERE ECSTATIC AT THE POSSIBILY.ADVERT10ONE FAN TWEETED: “LOOKS LIKE WE (FALLY) HAVE LGBTQ+ REPRENTATIVE OM AN ACTIVE ATP PLAYER.” .TWTER-TWEET{BORR-LEFT:0.25REM SOLID #55ACEE;PADDG:PADDG-TOP:0.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.5REM;PADDG-BOTTOM:0.5REM;PADDG-LEFT:0.5REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.375REM;}LOOKS LIKE WE (FALLY) HAVE LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN OM AN ACTIVE ATP PLAYER ?️?FABIEN REBOUL, THE DOUBL WORLD NO. 54, POSTS THIS IG STORY WH FELLOW FRENCH PLAYER, MAX BROVILLE.NOTE: NOTHG’S BEEN NFIRMED OM EHER, BUT THIS ULD BE A BIG STEP FOR MEN’S TENNIS. — JOEY DILLON (@JOEYDILLON) DECEMBER 5, 2022ANOTHER FAN SAID: “FRENCH TENNIS PLAYERS FABIEN REBOUL AND MAX BROVILLE MAY HAVE JT NVCED ME TO START PAYG ATTENTN TO TENNIS.”HOWEVER, OTHERS SEND-GUSED WHETHER THE DISPLAYS OF AFFECTN WERE GENUE.ADVERT10ONE TWTER ER WROTE: “FOR ME, THE PROBLEM IS NOT FABIEN REBOUL WHO PRETENDS TO KISS A IEND AS A JOKE AND POSTS THE PHOTO, THE PROBLEM IS THAT DOG SO HE PRENTS HIMSELF AS A GAY IN AND AS THE FIRST ATP PLAYER TO E OUT (RECENTLY) A VERY PARTICULAR PERD. AND 'S JT QUEERBAG.”IN OCTOBER, SPANISH FOOTBALL LEGENDS IKER CASILLAS AND CARL PUYOL WERE SLAMMED FOR APPEARG TO JOKE ABOUT G OUT A RELATNSHIP WH EACH OTHER.THE FORMER REAL MADRID GOALKEEPER HAD TWEETED: "I HOPE YOU RPECT ME: I'M GAY." BEFORE G THE HASHTAG FELIZDOMGO, WHICH MEANS HAPPY SUNDAY SPANISH.BARCELONA LEGEND CARL PUYOL RPOND, SAYG: "IT'S TIME TO TELL OUR STORY, IKER" FOLLOWED BY A LOVE HEART AND KISSG EMOJI.ADVERT10THE TWEETS WERE LATER LETED WH CASILLAS CLAIMG HIS ACUNT HAD BEEN HACKED BEFORE APOLOGISG TO THE LGBY MUNY.HOURS AFTER BOTH POSTS WERE LETED, PUYOL APOLOGISED FOR HIS ACTNS."I HAVE MA A MISTAKE," HE WROTE ON TWTER. "SORRY FOR A CLUMSY JOKE WH NO BAD TENTNS AND TOTALLY OUT OF PLACE. I UNRSTAND THAT MAY HAVE HURT SENSIVI. 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H3{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;} .TWTER-TWEET{MARG:0 TO;} .STAGRAM-MEDIA{MARG:TO TO 1EM !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:430PX){ .STAGRAM-MEDIA{M-WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}} BLOCKQUOTE{FONT-SIZE:1.125REM;LOR:#404040;MARG:1REM;}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{LOR:#FFF;}}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{BACKGROUND:#222222;}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:1024PX){{MARG-LEFT:0;MARG-RIGHT:0;}}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:430PX){{MARG-LEFT:0;MARG-RIGHT:0;PADDG-BOTTOM:0.5REM;PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;}}FRENCH TENNIS STAR FABIEN REBOUL HAS SPURRED SPECULATN THAT THE ATP TOUR MAY HAVE S FIRST ACTIVE MALE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS.THE PLAYER SHARED AN IMAGE OF HIMSELF AND FELLOW PRO PLAYER MAXENCE BROVILLE EMBRACG EACH OTHER TO HIS INSTAGRAM.HE PTNED THE PHOTO: “I DID NOT FALL LOVE WH YOU, YOUR LOVE PHED ME TO .”{CLEAR:BOTH;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:767PX){{MAX-WIDTH:100%;}}{LOR:#666666;MARG-TOP:0.25REM;TEXT-ALIGN:LEFT;FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.125REM;}CRED: @FABIENREBOUL/INSTAGRAM. {DISPLAY:BLOCK;MARG:0 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(ASPECT-RAT:16/9){{MARG-BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;}}{BACKGROUND:LEAR-GRADIENT(90G,#EEE,#FAFAFA,#EEE);BACKGROUND-REPEAT:NO-REPEAT;HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;-WEBK-ANIMATN:SHIMMER 2S EASE--OUT FE;ANIMATN:SHIMMER 2S EASE--OUT FE;}@-WEBK-KEYAM SHIMMER{0%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);}100%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);}}@KEYAM SHIMMER{0%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);}100%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);}}WHILE NEHER MAN HAS NFIRMED WHETHER THEY ARE GAY OR BISEXUAL, FANS ONLE HAVE SPECULATED THAT THE PHOTO REPRENTS TENNIS’ FIRST OPENLY MALE GAY ACTIVE PLAYERS.REBOUL IS CURRENTLY RANKED 54TH THE DOUBL WORLD RANKG, WHILST BROVILLE IS RANKED 872ND SGL PETN.ADVERT10THE PHOTO HAS 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WHILE THE WOMEN’S SI OF THE GAME HAS HAD OPEN LGBTQ+ PLAYERS THE PAST, THE TOUR HAS BEEN CRICISED THE PAST FOR HAVG NO MALE REPRENTATN THE MUNY.TENNIS FANS ONLE WERE ECSTATIC AT THE POSSIBILY.ADVERT10ONE FAN TWEETED: “LOOKS LIKE WE (FALLY) HAVE LGBTQ+ REPRENTATIVE OM AN ACTIVE ATP PLAYER.” .TWTER-TWEET{BORR-LEFT:0.25REM SOLID #55ACEE;PADDG:PADDG-TOP:0.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.5REM;PADDG-BOTTOM:0.5REM;PADDG-LEFT:0.5REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.375REM;}LOOKS LIKE WE (FALLY) HAVE LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN OM AN ACTIVE ATP PLAYER ?️?FABIEN REBOUL, THE DOUBL WORLD NO. 54, POSTS THIS IG STORY WH FELLOW FRENCH PLAYER, MAX BROVILLE.NOTE: NOTHG’S BEEN NFIRMED OM EHER, BUT THIS ULD BE A BIG STEP FOR MEN’S TENNIS. — JOEY DILLON (@JOEYDILLON) DECEMBER 5, 2022ANOTHER FAN SAID: “FRENCH TENNIS PLAYERS FABIEN REBOUL AND MAX BROVILLE MAY HAVE JT NVCED ME TO START PAYG ATTENTN TO TENNIS.”HOWEVER, OTHERS SEND-GUSED WHETHER THE DISPLAYS OF AFFECTN WERE GENUE.ADVERT10ONE TWTER ER WROTE: “FOR ME, THE PROBLEM IS NOT FABIEN REBOUL WHO PRETENDS TO KISS A IEND AS A JOKE AND POSTS THE PHOTO, THE PROBLEM IS THAT DOG SO HE PRENTS HIMSELF AS A GAY IN AND AS THE FIRST ATP PLAYER TO E OUT (RECENTLY) A VERY PARTICULAR PERD. AND 'S JT QUEERBAG.”IN OCTOBER, SPANISH FOOTBALL LEGENDS IKER CASILLAS AND CARL PUYOL WERE SLAMMED FOR APPEARG TO JOKE ABOUT G OUT A RELATNSHIP WH EACH OTHER.THE FORMER REAL MADRID GOALKEEPER HAD TWEETED: "I HOPE YOU RPECT ME: I'M GAY." BEFORE G THE HASHTAG FELIZDOMGO, WHICH MEANS HAPPY SUNDAY SPANISH.BARCELONA LEGEND CARL PUYOL RPOND, SAYG: "IT'S TIME TO TELL OUR STORY, IKER" FOLLOWED BY A LOVE HEART AND KISSG EMOJI.ADVERT10THE TWEETS WERE LATER LETED WH CASILLAS CLAIMG HIS ACUNT HAD BEEN HACKED BEFORE APOLOGISG TO THE LGBY MUNY.HOURS AFTER BOTH POSTS WERE LETED, PUYOL APOLOGISED FOR HIS ACTNS."I HAVE MA A MISTAKE," HE WROTE ON TWTER. "SORRY FOR A CLUMSY JOKE WH NO BAD TENTNS AND TOTALLY OUT OF PLACE. I UNRSTAND THAT MAY HAVE HURT SENSIVI. 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Fabien Reboul and Maxence Broville l up the ter wh their kissg photos. Are they actually gay and love? * gay french tennis players *
On a prsg note, the event will once aga have no out male players, not a surprise sce there are no out gay or bi men on the tour. The historic nature of that many out players is not lost on Nick Lee, a former llege tennis player at Vassar who is openly gay and who was stmental pilg this list.
As for the men’s si, we have wrten at length about the absence of out male players (the bt theory as to why me om a gay former llege player), but at least there are LGBTQ alli among top men’s players. “I don’t thk ’s really a taboo, but I’ve seen qutns before about why there aren’t any openly gay men on the tour, and I jt wanted to kd of voice my support that general area.
5 ACTIVE TENNIS PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY OR BISEXUAL, FT. DARIA KASATKA & SAMANTHA STOSUR
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? * gay french tennis players *
While there are many out women on the women’s tour, there are currently none on the ATP Tour on the men’s si, though var former pro tennis players — most notably Brian Vahaly — have e out as gay. The other possibily that volv a big “g out” is that one of them is gay and the other is playg along or supportg him. But none of that means they’re gay or love.
Earlier this year two former profsnal soccer players — Iker Casillas and Carl Puyol — joked on social media about beg gay and a relatnship, drawg some lghs but mostly srn for (or so the accatns go) mockg the g-out experience of athlet. Broville later re-shared the image to his own Instagram acunt acpanied by emoji hands makg a two are wearg their ks om the Sla Touloa Tennis Club which they are both a part neher man has nfirmed whether they are gay or bisexual, fans onle have speculated that the photo reprents tennis’ first openly male gay active is currently ranked 54th the doubl world rankg, whilst Broville is ranked 872nd sgl photo has opened up the possibily that the ATP Tour has s first active gay @fabienreboul/Instagram.
”However, others send-gused whether the displays of affectn were Twter er wrote: “For me, the problem is not Fabien Reboul who pretends to kiss a iend as a joke and posts the photo, the problem is that dog so he prents himself as a gay in and as the first ATP player to e out (recently) a very particular perd. ”In October, Spanish football legends Iker Casillas and Carl Puyol were slammed for appearg to joke about g out a relatnship wh each former Real Madrid goalkeeper had tweeted: "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay. Some tennis players astonished everyone by revealg their genr publicly and g out as homosexual.
FRENCH OPEN HAS THREE OPENLY GAY WOMEN, ZERO (AS UAL) MEN
We will unravel the top 5 tennis players you didn’t know were homosexual.
"IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT
The lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and other non-cisgenr or non-heterosexual (LGBTQ+) muny is prent wh sports worldwi. Top 5 Tennis Players You Didn’t Know Were Homosexual. Compared to other sports, Tennis has maly been open and non-homophobic.
Many well-known players are openly gay and lbian and have bee champns proudly, makg themselv known to the world. Brian Vahaly, the top tennis player who me out as a homosexual (Source: Tennis World). Casey Dellacqua is one of the tennis players to e out as homosexual (Source: Ptert).
THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
Lisa Raymond, another homosexual tennis player (Source: Twter). Gigi Fernánz is also a renowned tennis player who me out as homosexual (Source: Ptert).
Mart Navratilova me out as homosexual 1981, makg her one of the few tennis players to do so (Source: Getty Imag). “This reflects years of rearch that I have nducted on smaller sl, all showg athlet are more fortable wh gay teammat than most anyone thought possible, ” Dr Anrson told Outsports.
“Athlet across sports and across genrs love their gay teammat, and they support their gay teammat, and this go beyond differenc of sexual orientatn. Two of the first athlet to publicly e out as gay.
THE 2021 FRENCH OPEN POSTER IS GAY
Sce then there have been var other gay players on the women’s Tour, cludg Alison Van Uytvanck who is a relatnship wh Greet Mnen.
Vahaly me out as gay after retirg om the sport. “I have been personally imprsed wh the iative of the ATP and their sire to fd ways to migate the broad impact of homophobic behavur ( particular), not only on gay people, but on all players. Daria Kasatka me out as gay a recent terview wh blogger Vya Kravchenko.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
The 25-year-old went on to speak about how homosexualy is treated Rsia, before statg that there is nothg easier the world than beg straight.
FRZ SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER WOULD BE ACCEPTED ON ATP TOUR
Over the years, several tennis players have announced that they are eher gay or bisexual, wh ins Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova beg the most well-known.
Currently, there are a number of players who have e out as eher gay or bisexual, and here are five of them.
Daria Kasatka recently me out as gay.
ATHLETE’S GOAL IS TO REACH THE TOP AS AN OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL TENNIS PLAYER
They were the first gay uple to play together at Wimbledon 2019. 99 Greet Mnen beme well-known for her relatnship wh Alison van Uytvanck, and the two were for long among the most popular gay upl tennis. The sportg world hasn't been ignorant of the discsn, and many athlet the recent past have found themselv fortable enough to e out as gay or lbian.