The Lester scm-half has thanked his ach and teammat for their ‘unbelievable’ support after g out as gay
Contents:
- SAM STANLEY IS FIRST ENGLISH GBY PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
- LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT
- DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
- LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
- 10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT
SAM STANLEY IS FIRST ENGLISH GBY PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
England Sevens ternatnal Sam Stanley has bee the first English profsnal gby unn player to publicly e out as gay. * gay rugby players england *
England Sevens ternatnal Sam Stanley has bee the first English profsnal gby unn player to publicly e out as gay.
"Stanley's cisn to make his sexualy public after Batley Bulldogs prop Keegan Hirst last month beme the first gby league player to openly e out as ternatnal Gareth Thomas was prevly the only openly homosexual gby player after he me out whilst playg for gby unn si Cardiff Blu , who ptaed Wal and the Brish and Irish Lns, went on to play for league si Csars before retirg, but Hirst was the first player to e out publicly whilst playg the 13-man, leadg referee Nigel Owens, who is due to officiate at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, me out 2007.
Stanley add: "Millns of people are the suatn, even people who have been Lrence's (his partner) suatn and they are still married but are gay.
LESTER’S NICK MCCARTHY OUT AS GAY AND THANKS CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT
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The Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy has e out as gay, and thanked ach Leo Cullen and Stuart Lanster for their “unbelievable” support. I need to accept beg gay myself before I uld addrs wh others.
Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho/ShutterstockFellow Lester player Dunne revealed his bisexualy last year, around the same time Nassib announced he was gay and a few months before Atralian Cavallo ma headl across the world by sharg his news.
DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
Last month, Blackpool’s Jake Daniels beme the first UK-based male footballer to e out as gay sce 1990. In light of recent ntroversy regardg homophobic slurs by Israel Fol, we thought we would she a light on 10 fluential gay gby personali.
LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
The players have bee a bean of light bee they overme stereotyp and other challeng faced by homosexual athlet way too often. 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. 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.
10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT
Notable homosexual gby players and personali. Here’s a list of ten notable gay gby players and how they are shapg the game today.