Gay high school wrtlg champn Alec Donovan wants lleg recg him to know he's gay. He hop sharg his story will help other LGBT athlet stgglg wh who they are.
Contents:
- GAY HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER ME OUT TO HIS TEAM, THEN REACHED THE STATE FAL
- THIS ELE ILLOIS HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER IS PROUDLY GAY
- STEVENSON WRTLER DYLAN GEICK: 'I AM NOT ALONE' AS A GAY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE
- NCAA’S FIRST PUBLICLY GAY WRTLER HAS HAD UPS AND DOWNS
- HERE'S A POWERFUL STORY ABOUT A GAY HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER WHO CAME OUT DURG COLLEGE RECG
- MEET OPENLY GAY WRTLER DYLAN WATSON
- GAY NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL WRTLG STATE CHAMP OUT ON LLEGE RECG TRIP
GAY HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER ME OUT TO HIS TEAM, THEN REACHED THE STATE FAL
Stevenson's Dylan Geick, a two-time state placer wrtlg, is part of a small but growg group of out gay high school and llege athlet. * gay high school wrestler *
The two-year pta of the Meadowdale High School wrtlg team had heard enough of the homophobia tossed around the locker room. Certaly word had spread through the high school that one of the school’s bt athlet was gay.
THIS ELE ILLOIS HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER IS PROUDLY GAY
Meet Dylan Watson, an openly gay llege wrtler who found solace, muny and acceptance wrtlg and his teammat. * gay high school wrestler *
They were whisperg about him beg gay. Ball lled the 30 or so wrtlers together and talked wh them about beg gay, rpectg one another, and cuttg out the language the locker room that did ltle more than divi them. Ball said the e of slurs and other sensive “gay talk” was virtually elimated overnight after his nversatn wh the team.
STEVENSON WRTLER DYLAN GEICK: 'I AM NOT ALONE' AS A GAY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE
However, he ntued to hear slurs and other anti-gay language om opposg wrtlers at meets.
In addn to beg a standout athlete and team pta at his high school, he’s also the vice-print of the stunt body, print of the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance, and volunteers for the lol labor unn durg electns.
NCAA’S FIRST PUBLICLY GAY WRTLER HAS HAD UPS AND DOWNS
It was only a uple weeks after startg to date his boyiend that Stevenson High School’s gay star wrtler, Dylan Geick, cid the closet wasn’t for him.
When he me out surprised some people that this ele wrtler was gay. He was a nference nner-up as a sophomore. “It jt so happened that all of those kids, even those who maybe had a homophobic view before were able to see past that, and are still my iends, and we are much closer even now, ” Geick told his school newspaper, The Statman.
HERE'S A POWERFUL STORY ABOUT A GAY HIGH SCHOOL WRTLER WHO CAME OUT DURG COLLEGE RECG
Sce that day, Geick hasn’t heard a sgle homophobic ment om his teammat.
Even his petors have stayed away om harassg him about beg gay.
The entire regular season had gone by whout an cint, but headg to the state meet a petg wrtler tracked down Geick’s Instagram acunt and cid to leave a bg msage about Geick beg gay.
MEET OPENLY GAY WRTLER DYLAN WATSON
Geick ma his beg gay pretty clear last June when he posted this Instagram picture om pri (that’s Geick on the left, while his boyiend, Grant, is plantg the kiss):. Sce then he’s been unabashed about beg gay and sharg photos of himself and Grant, cludg this post om his homeg last fall, wh his boyiend by his si:.
Now Geick hop that by sharg his story he n help other gay athlet feel like they are not alone.
GAY NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL WRTLG STATE CHAMP OUT ON LLEGE RECG TRIP
“I really didn’t know any gay wrtlers.