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.
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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
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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.
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WWE HALL OF FAMER PAT PATTERSON, FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLER, DI AT 79
Out pro wrtler Jai Vidal recently signed an exclive multi-year ntract wh IMPACT Wrtlg, and he is now the first openly gay male wrtler to sign wh… * first openly gay wrestler *
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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.
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IMPACT WRTLG SIGNS ITS FIRST-EVER OPENLY GAY 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.
SONYA DEVILLE — 1ST OPENLY GAY FEMALE WWE WRTLER — ON HER CISN TO E OUT ON NATNAL TV
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.
JAI VIDAL MAK HISTORY AS IMPACT’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE WRTLER
" Cassandro also ma-evented Effy's Big Gay Bnch 2020. (Note on the pronouns: Effy referred to Cassandro lguistilly fluid fashn as he, she, and they durg his terview wh Wrtlg Inc., but sourc cludg Outsports and Gayly refer to him wh mascule pronouns so we've followed this nventn, as well.
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WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
Jake Atlas me out while he was still the di, so as per So Cal Uncensored, so when he signed on wh WWE, he did so as a fully out gay man. Prr to jog the pany, Atlas had also lled his shot by appearg on an episo of "Unrver Boss" and announcg his goal was "to bee the first openly gay WWE world champn. While Darren Young may have been the first openly gay WWE wrtler, Sonya Deville was the first woman on the roster to e out as LGBTQ.
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Pat Patterson, a WWE Hall of Famer who is nsired the first openly gay wrtler the dtry's ranks, died at the age of 79, the WWE said Wednday. He chronicled his life wrtlg through his 2016 tobgraphy "Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE. IMPACT Wrtlg has signed the first openly gay wrtler to s roster sce the pany was origally found as TNA 2002.