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A COUPLE who pet together strongman events - one half of whom is known as the "World's Strongt Gay" - has opened up about their journey t

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OPENLY GAY PRO STRONGMAN ROB KEARNEY MARRI HIS BOYIEND

Rob Kearney knows he has a platform as an openly gay athlete and he tak every opportuny to e . * gay strongman *

The men, who have the Instagram handl “worlds_strongt_gay” and “worlds_gayt_strongman, ” announced their marriage on Instagram. We didn’t tell many people, but on March 17, 2019 @worlds_gayt_strongman and I got MARRIED!!

‘WORLD’S STRONGT GAY’: STRONGMAN ROB KEARNEY BREAKS RERDS AND STEREOTYP

Gay strongman Rob Kearney has opened up about his experience of g out an emotnal and powerful speech where he talked about "real happs." * gay strongman *

@worlds_strongt_gay you will always have my heart and I nnot wa to see what the future has store for. In an terview wh the Williston webse about a talk he gave at the school about beg gay 2017, Kearney ed weight as a metaphor after he me out as gay.

He’s also gay, married and proud of who he is, so much so that he bills himself the “World’s Strongt Gay.

GAY IRISH STRONGMAN AND HIS FIANCé CELEBRATED PRI WHERE MARRIAGE EQUALY IS BANNED

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay strongman *

What sets Kearney, 28, apart is how unabashedly out and open he is about beg gay and havg a hband while also beg an ele athlete.

“For me, I feel LGBTQ+ visibily profsnal sports is so important for our youth (and everyone) to see, and that is why I am the ‘Worlds Strongt Gay. “Through this journey, we hope to change the dialogue and break the stereotype of what people thk ‘gay’ is.

GAY STRONGMAN ROB KEARNEY REVEALS HIS SECRET TO ‘REAL HAPPS’

The Amerin athlete's announcement mak him the first openly gay petor a profsnal or ternatnal strong man petn * gay strongman *

By beg a very visible gay athlete wh a strong social media prence, Kearney regularly als wh trolls.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

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“I al wh negativy and homophobic msag and ments on a daily basis and has only creased sce my populary the sports world has creased.

‘Gay don’t look one certa way’Later, Kearney said the firetck pull left lgerg sorens all over his body, om his back to his legs, for four or five days. Kearney — who liv on Williston’s mp wh his hband, Joey Aleixo, and their adopted English bulldog, Glter, and is a dorm parent to 51 Williston boys— was hailed as the first openly gay profsnal strongman when he me out 2014.

WORLD'S SEND STRONGT MAN, ROB KEARNEY, OUT AS GAY

Rob Kearney, aka the World's Strongt Gay, told Joe Rogan he first ed his strength as a cheerlear high school before disverg powerliftg. * gay strongman *

As his Instagram not, he’s the ”worlds_strongt_gay. ”He wants his prence as a gay man a macho sport to send a msage: “Gay don’t look one certa way, ” he he met his future hband, Kearney was g to terms wh his own sexualy.

“It took me a long time to e out to myself and realize that I’m gay. A blog post about Kearney as the first openly gay profsnal strongman was published on a weightliftg webse.

“I get homophobic ments and msag every sgle day, ” he said. ”His more-than-30, 000 Instagram followers, for example, pay more attentn to pictur of Kearney and his hband — who has also peted amatr strongman petns and the Instagram name ”worlds_gayt_strongman”— than they do to his weightliftg photos.

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“When I first me out, some of the negative ments that I was gettg were, ‘Well, you’re gay, you n’t be a strongman. ”He also gets phback promotg himself as the world’s strongt gay on his Instagram acunt. But for people to see that there is a gay man dog this I thk is really important.

“His unique personal story as an openly gay man who pet on the world stage strongman ntts has given him a unique platform and voice wh our muny, ” Conroy add that Kearney has formed strong bonds wh stunts. “I’m the first openly gay strongman to e out the UK and Ireland, possibly even Europe, ” he said.

PRO STRONGMAN CHAMPN ROB KEARNEY OUT AS GAY

But he tak the view that beg gay is jt one facet of who he is. “I don’t want to be Ireland’s strongt gay man.

“The shock that people have that you’re gay — I don’t thk ’s somethg that matters to me.

They’re the mummi of the gay world. Gay strongman Rob Kearney has opened up about his experience of g out an emotnal and powerful speech.

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‘World’s strongt gay’: Strongman Rob Kearney breaks rerds and stereotyp .

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