Rugby star Nick McCarthy gave a sweet nod to Carl Nassib and Josh Cavallo when he me out as gay - Queerty

Contents:

• LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
• RUGBY STAR NICK MCCARTHY GAVE A SWEET NOD TO CARL NASSIB AND JOSH CAVALLO WHEN HE ME OUT AS GAY
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• HUNKY STAR OF GAY GBY MOVIE ‘IN FROM THE SI’ NFIRMS HE IS “NOT STRAIGHT”
• IRISH GBY STAR OUT AS GAY AFTER FEARG HE WOULD HAVE TO QU GAME
• RUGBY STAR’S TEAMMAT SUPPORT HIM AFTER GAY PORN VIO SURFAC
• GAY GBY STAR SAM STANLEY RPONDS TO TROLLS WHO HATE ON HIS AGE-GAP RELATNSHIP

LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

Life would be much easier if he were straight, he thought, or even if he were gay. And if I were a relatnship wh a man, people would thk, ‘He’s not bi, he is gay. “Sometim I feel would be easier if I was gay and nothg else, ” Davis said.

RUGBY STAR NICK MCCARTHY GAVE A SWEET NOD TO CARL NASSIB AND JOSH CAVALLO WHEN HE ME OUT AS GAY

The Welshman is also a TV personaly and a voted activist for the LGBT e, wng “Gay Sports Personaly of the De” at the Stonewall awards ceremony London back 2015. B: Born Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nick McCarthy is a pro gby player Ireland who publicly me out as gay earlier this year and experienced wispread support om his teammat and ach.

The support they offered showed him that ’s possible to be openly gay and a gby star. He creds the experienc of NFL player Carl Nassib and Atralian soccer star Josh Cavallo, who publicly me out as gay last year, for givg him the spiratn to fally live as his thentic self.

“I feel if I n now help others e out profsnal sport or their everyday liv and make beg gay more normal and not a thg to be worried about, then that is a posive, ” he said. In light of recent ntroversy regardg homophobic slurs by Israel Fol, we thought we would she a light on 10 fluential gay gby personali. The players have bee a bean of light bee they overme stereotyp and other challeng faced by homosexual athlet way too often.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

In this article, we’ll name ten of the most notable gay gby personali, analyze their acplishments, discs how they are shapg the game today, and asss their impact on the overall perceptn of homosexual profsnal athlet around the world.

That beg said, due to s physily, gby is regard as a “manly” sport, which mak more difficult for gay players to publicly acknowledge their preference. At the same time, there are many misnceptns about this betiful sport, which has led to the margalizatn and targetg of gay players.

Some high-profile stars like Israel Fol have recently ma headl due to potentially homophobic posts on social media.

HUNKY STAR OF GAY GBY MOVIE ‘IN FROM THE SI’ NFIRMS HE IS “NOT STRAIGHT”

This is one of the ma reasons why reprentativ of World Rugby met wh the lears of Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) to help eradite homophobia and tolerance om the game. Notable homosexual gby players and personali.

Here’s a list of ten notable gay gby players and how they are shapg the game today. The very first high-profile gby player to ever e out to the public as gay is former Atralian ternatnal Ian Roberts.

IRISH GBY STAR OUT AS GAY AFTER FEARG HE WOULD HAVE TO QU GAME

Even though Ian Roberts may have been the first high-profile player to openly adm beg gay, Keegan Hirst was the first to ever do while still active. Currently a Wakefield Try prop, Hirst has bee one of the most notable gay athlet, earng himself a startg role after signg a ntract wh the League si 2016. Sam Stanley beme the first openly gay Rugby Unn and Sevens player the UK.

Although he never played gby at a profsnal level, Mark Bgham has bee an inic figure for gay gby players and sportspeople around the world.

Known for his heroics durg the September 11 attacks, Bgham was a robt send-row man who played for the gay-clive San Francis Fog RFC. The Mark Kendall Bgham Memorial Tournament, simply known as the Bgham Cup, is a biennial gay gby unn tournament which was held for the first time 2002.

RUGBY STAR’S TEAMMAT SUPPORT HIM AFTER GAY PORN VIO SURFAC

Thomas publicly me out 2009 and has sce scribed his experience as a secretly gay player, revealg how the social prsure and stereotyp pose a signifint challenge for many athlet today.

GAY GBY STAR SAM STANLEY RPONDS TO TROLLS WHO HATE ON HIS AGE-GAP RELATNSHIP

Atralian gby star Ian Roberts ma history back when he publicly me out as gay while still an active player 1995, at a time when homosexualy was nsired a taboo topic pro sports.

While he tried to pass as straight, he dated men and equented gay nightclubs. “I thk back now and me beg gay was the worst-kept secret for five or six years, ” he said. Dpe the relative homophobia of the mid ’90s, Roberts says he don’t thk would be easier to e out today.

While out gay men are now prevalent most Wtern societi, prsn and suici rat among LGBTQ+ youth are still startlgly high. At the time, the only other proment out gay male athlete was Brish soccer player Jt Fashanu, who me out 1994 (he died by suici 1998). Roberts participated a book about his life story as a gay gby player, Ian Roberts – Fdg Out, which was published 1997.