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WWE superstar Darren Young jt dropped a bombshell, tellg TMZ, he's gay ... and no, this isn't part of the act.

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DARREN YOUNG REVEALS WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY WHILE STILL WH WWE

Fred Rosser, known the rg as Darren Young, beme an outspoken advote for LGBTQ and anti-bullyg after g out as the first openly gay active wrtler WWE history 2013. Even after his release, those efforts ntue to grow. * darren young wwe gay *

But for Fred Rosser, who wrtled for the WWE unr the moniker Darren Young, the biggt impact he ultimately ma on the bs durg his tenure wh WWE didn't happen si the happened at Los Angel Internatnal Airport, ont of TMZ Augt 2013, Rosser me out and beme the first openly gay active wrtler the pany's history.

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Amerin wrtler tells TMZ: ‘I’m a WWE Superstar and to be hont wh you … I’ll tell you right now that I’m gay’ * darren young wwe gay *

"Beg the first openly gay performer the WWE uld have been a treachero road to navigate, but spe their wildly varyg backgrounds, others the WWE locker room went out of their way to make sure Rosser knew that nothg had really changed their ey. Beg the first openly gay wrtler [ WWE], I've been able to enurage and spire wrtlg fans all over their world to chase their dreams. But even though his -rg reer wh WWE appears to be over, at least for now, the rponsibily that wh beg the first openly gay wrtler WWE history is somethg that Rosser don't take lightly.

"The Block the Hate movement origally started wh me beg an openly gay WWE superstar, " Rosser said.

WWE'S DARREN YOUNG COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PRO WRTLER

In 2013 Young, real name Fred Rosser, beme the first openly gay WWE superstar. * darren young wwe gay *

"Beg the first openly gay wrtler [ WWE], I've been able to enurage and spire wrtlg fans all over their world to chase their dreams.

WWE STAR DARREN YOUNG OUT AS GAY

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But that’s exactly what he did 2013 wh a brief, two-and-a-half-mute terview wh TMZ, when he me out as gay.

Durg that terview, the reporter, who was likely jt hangg around LAX airport Los Angel to see who he uld talk to, approached Young and asked him if a gay person uld ever be succsful wrtlg or MMA. I’m a WWE Superstar and…I’m gay.

WWE had the recent past featured angl like Billy and Chuck’s “gay weddg, ” as well as the “lbian stalker” angle between Mickie Jam and Trish Strat. The same way LGBTQ+ characters were often treated as a joke or a source of risn mastream pop culture, so has the “gay” character often been ed as a way to get heel heat on straight wrtlers, gog back to the lik of “Exotic” Adrian Street the UK, or Goldt, a character that started out by g his assumed sexualy to “timidate” his straight opponents. Acrdg to his posthumoly-released book, Wrtlg Wh Realy, Kanyon pched WWE creative on the ia of wrtlg as an openly gay wrtler, but his ia was turned down.

WWE SUPERSTAR DARREN YOUNG COM OUT -- I'M GAY

Whether or not WWE realized that Kanyon was actually gay and had jt e out to them is unclear. After Kanyon was released om WWE 2004, he acced the pany of firg him for beg gay.

NJPW's Fred Rosser (fka Darren Young WWE) recently revealed why he me out as gay while still signed wh the pany. Young me out as gay durg an terview wh TMZ 2013, beg the first openly-homosexual WWE Superstar.

A history of homosexual wrtlers and personali WWE. The history of homosexual wrtlers and personali WWE go further back than many expect.

WWE STAR DARREN YOUNG: ‘I’M GAY’

The first Interntental Champn and a massive backstage ntributor to the pany's succs, Pat Patterson first me out as gay the 1970s. Former WCW Tag Team Champn Kanyon me out after his WWE release and opened up about beg a closeted gay man the wrtlg dtry. Sce Darren Young's revelatn, a few more Superstars have e out as gay.

Suffice to say, spe homosexual wrtlers havg been around for s, Fred Rosser g out opened the gat for several current wrtlers to do the same.

Amerin pro wrtler Darren Young is the latt high-profile athlete to announce that he is gay after g out to a papparazo durg an impromptu asked by a TMZ photographer early Thursday morng whether a gay wrtler uld be succsful wh the World Wrtlg Entertament muny, Young rpond quickly. “I’m a WWE Superstar and to be hont wh you … I’ll tell you right now that I’m gay. ”Along wh footballer Robbie Rogers and veteran NBA player Jason Colls, New Jersey native Young, 29, is jog a ty group of male Amerin sports stars who have openly discsed beg gay and the reer risks volved wh g out profsnal sports.

DARREN YOUNG -- WWE GAY SUPERSTAR SAYS 'I'M IN LOVE'

For this reason, WWE stars are equally as fed by their tert elaborate stum and over-the-top theatrics as by their mment to exudg overly macho fans have poted out Young is not the first WWE athlete to say he’s gay: that distctn belongs to 1996 WWE hall of fame ductee Pat Patterson, om Montreal.

We have so few gay role mols wrtlg, and now we have a new hero. So much rpect for Darren Young g out and sayg he's gay, maybe now other athlet will feel as if they n as well— #TeamAJ (@ellslovwwe) Augt 15, 2013. WWE wrtler Darren Young, one half of the tag-team the Prime Time Players, told TMZ that he is gay.

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