Keegan Hirst beme the first profsnal Brish Rugby League player to e out as gay followg an exclive terview wh the Sunday Mirror. The Yorkshireman me through the ranks at Batley Bulldogs, where he still plays as a prop. Hirst said he was overwhelmed by the support he had received sce g out.
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EX-GBY PRO SAYS THERE’S ‘GAYER’ THGS HAPPENG CHANGG ROOMS THAN RABOW-LOURED JERSEYS
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Keegan Hirst is a profsnal gby star, who ma history 2015 as the first gby league player to e out as gay. He announced his retirement om the game 2020, gog on to rve-out a succsful reer helpg gay men build credible bodi and stronger mdsets through trag. In 2015, you beme the first Brish profsnal Rugby League player to e out as gay.
Did you experience any homophobia, eher om the gby world or om fans, as a rult of g out? In Rugby League there are currently no out players, and we have clubs like Catalans Dragons signg Israel Fol, who has been openly homophobic. After changg my own body and mdset, then helpg others to do themselv, particularly when to gay men who might have had poor experienc wh gyms/sport but feel the prsure of havg a perfect body, I realised this isn’t about the look.