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- PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
- WWE HALL OF FAMER PAT PATTERSON, FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLER, DI AT 79
- IMPACT WRTLG SIGNS ITS FIRST-EVER OPENLY GAY WRTLER
- SONYA DEVILLE — 1ST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WWE WRTLER — ON HER CISN TO E OUT ON NATNAL TV
- JAI VIDAL MAK HISTORY AS IMPACT’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE WRTLER
- WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
Pro wrtlg in Pat Patterson, the dtry's first openly gay star and a litenant of promoter Vce McMahon, has died. The WWE Hall of Fame member was 79. * first openly gay wrestler *
Pro wrtlg in Pat Patterson, the dtry's first openly gay star and a long-time litenant of promoter Vce McMahon, has died, officials said WWE Hall of Fame member was Patterson at the 53rd Cliflower Alley Club Rnn Conventn at the Gold Coast Hotel & Caso Las Vegas, Nev.
"The teenaged Patterson was thrown out of his home Montreal after g out to his parents and did the unthkable — immigrated to Ameri to make the hyper-macho world of pro wrtlg, he wrote his 2016 bgraphy, "Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE.
WWE HALL OF FAMER PAT PATTERSON, FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLER, DI AT 79
* first openly gay wrestler *
"Havg a gay man wh a seat at the cisn-makg table at a pany like the WWE was and is credibly important, " Zeigler said. The visibily of his g out years later was great, but havg a seat at the table and makg sure the people around him knew he was gay, the power of that n't be overstated. Wrtlg fans often like to remisce about how awome everythg was back the Attu Era, but one thg that was cidly unol was how pro wrtlg ma LGBTQ wrtlers stay the closet while g kayfabe gay romance storyl for shock value or havg a wrtler "play gay" to draw heat.
IMPACT WRTLG SIGNS ITS FIRST-EVER OPENLY GAY WRTLER
In fact, when Goldt turned face, WWE ma a big al out of announcg his heterosexualy, while Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo pretend to marry 2002, then stopped the ceremony to say "jt kiddg, ha ha, we're not gay, eher.
Not only do Katch wrtle solo GCW, but she has partnered up wh Effy a tag team lled Bsy or, as Katch has lled the duo, Too Gay Power Trip.
SONYA DEVILLE — 1ST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WWE WRTLER — ON HER CISN TO E OUT ON NATNAL TV
Anthony Bowens may be one of the bt-known, most outspoken gay wrtlers, but wasn't too many years ago that he was nervo about g out and how might affect his reer. In , he clarified that he prefers to be "labeled" as gay.
JAI VIDAL MAK HISTORY AS IMPACT’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE WRTLER
That vio has over a quarter of a ln views and nearly 7, 000 lik, and Bowens may well now be the most over gay athlete the sport.
) He is also AEW's first openly gay belt holr, ever sce September 2022 when he and Max Caster won the AEW World Tag Team Champnship at "AEW Dyname: Grand Slam. Last Word on Sports tells that Asa has been wrtlg sce high school and me out as gay at that time as well.
Although Exotis' mps was origally seen as strictly kayfabe, Cassandro was the first such performer to e out as gay. In dog so, he broke ground for numero other gay Exotis who have reclaimed the trope and ma an empowerg one rather than somethg meant to margalize or make fun of the LGBTQ muny. " Cassandro also ma-evented Effy's Big Gay Bnch 2020.
WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
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