Gay + Lbian Rowg Feratn

Contents:

• GAY ROWER, NOW AT UNIVERSY OF ALABAMA, WATCHED ‘BROKEBACK MOUNTA’ AND ME OUT TO PARENTS NEXT DAY
• GAY ATHLETE FOUND HIS NICHE AND HIS HBAND THROUGH ROWG

GAY ROWER, NOW AT UNIVERSY OF ALABAMA, WATCHED ‘BROKEBACK MOUNTA’ AND ME OUT TO PARENTS NEXT DAY

Gay rower, now at Universy of Alabama, watched ‘Brokeback Mounta’ and me out to parents next day. I figured out I was gay when I was about 11 or 12 years old growg up Albany, N.

When I started rowg seventh gra, I was lookg for a new outlet to try and distract myself and not thk about the possibily of beg gay. I heard, “sup faggot, ” to which his teammate rpond wh, “not much how ‘bout you, gay boy?

The two ma characters uld not al wh the fact that they were gay, so they married women, had children and were pletely miserable. The next day, I sat my fay down and told them I was gay.

GAY ATHLETE FOUND HIS NICHE AND HIS HBAND THROUGH ROWG

Rumors startg gog around my high school that I was still close wh my ex-girliend bee I was gay. Now, livg as an openly gay male at Alabama, I uld not be more proud of how far I have e and what I have acplished.

I always pictured beg a gay athlete as somethg that ma me different and herently not as good or “normal” as my other teammat. The Gay + Lbian Rowg Feratn is a worldwi onle, clive muny for lgbtq+ outdoor and door rowers, xi, ach, and race officials.

I have a much different life than what I thought was possible for growg up whout any gay fluenc or role mols. And sce I didn’t have a lot of iends growg up, I assumed that much of what was available did not apply to me bee I am gay.