Rugby stars react as Campbell Johnstone be first openly gay All Black - NZ Herald

Contents:

• FIRST ALL BLACK PLAYER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY TELLS HIS STORY
• FIRST ALL BLACK PLAYER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY TELLS HIS STORY
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PUBLICLY REVEALS SEXUALY, BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
• FIRST ALL BLACK NEW ZEALAND PLAYER OUT AS OPENLY GAY
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY
• FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY
• NEW ZEALAND GBY LEGEND CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK AFTER 'LIVG A LIE'
• RUGBY STARS REACT AS CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
• INTERNATNAL RUGBY STAR CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE CREAT HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
• ‘IT N ACTUALLY HELP OTHER PEOPLE’: CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
• 'RUGBY HAS YOUR BACK' - JOHNSTONE EMBRACED AS FIRST GAY ALL BLACK
• SEAN PLUNKET HS OUT AT TJ PERENARA OVER GAY ALL BLACKS MENT
• BLACK FERNS STAR RUBY TUI SHAR MSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PUBLICLY REVEALS SEXUALY, BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK
• NEW ZEALAND: FORMER PROP CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

FIRST ALL BLACK PLAYER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY TELLS HIS STORY

Today is a signifint day, bee for the first time an All Black is puttg on the rerd publicly that he’s gay.

FIRST ALL BLACK PLAYER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY TELLS HIS STORY

The prop played three All Black Tt match 2005 and ma 72 appearanc for Canterbury and 38 for the told his fay and close iends he was gay but tonight he’s openg up publicly the hope will help other players. "If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, " Johnstone said.

Campbell Johnstone publicly reveals sexualy, be first openly gay All BlackProbabl ont row Campbell Johnstone (left), Derren Wbe and Clarke Dermody pack down durg the All Black trial won 37-32 by the Possibl at McLean Park, Napier New Zealand, Friday Jun. Photo by Ross Land/Getty ImagRtersJan 30, 2023, 06:53 AMFormer New Zealand prop Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg on a televisn programme on Monday he had been "livg a lie" and leadg "a double life" before acknowledgg his sexualy. We want to be clear, no matter who you love, gby has your back, " Robson Zealand Sports Mister and former puty Prime Mister Grant Robertson, who is gay, thanked Johnstone for "blazg this trail" and said his announcement was "a big moment".

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PUBLICLY REVEALS SEXUALY, BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

Sign up to our ee sport newsletter for all the latt news on everythg om cyclg to boxgSign up to our ee sport email for all the latt newsFormer New Zealand prop Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg on a televisn programme he had been “livg a lie” and leadg “a double life” before acknowledgg his sexualy. “If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, ” Johnstone said. We want to be clear, no matter who you love, gby has your back, ” Robson Zealand Sports Mister and former puty Prime Mister Grant Robertson, who is gay, thanked Johnstone for “blazg this trail” and said his announcement was “a big moment”.

Former New Zealand prop Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg on a televisn programme on Monday he had been "livg a lie" and leadg "a double life" before acknowledgg his sexualy. New Zealand Sports Mister and former puty Prime Mister Grant Robertson, who is gay, thanked Johnstone for "blazg this trail" and said his announcement was "a big moment".

FIRST ALL BLACK NEW ZEALAND PLAYER OUT AS OPENLY GAY

Former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone beme the first All Black to e out publicly as gay, an terview wh TVNZ’s Seven Sharp on Monday. The GuardianFormer All Black Campbell Johnstone praised after publicly g out as gayJohnstone played three Tts for New Zealand 2005 His ‘strength and visibily will pave the way’ for othersThe former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg he hoped to “take away the prsure and the stigma” of dog so publicly.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY

Johnstone, 43, said Seven Sharp TV terview that he had told iends and fay “a long time ago” that he was gay. Photo / GettyCurrent All Blacks have praised former prop Campbell Johnstone after he has bee the first All Black to publicly e out as gay. “If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and the stigma surroundg the whole issue then n actually help other people.

FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY

"I'm also hopg to help open the door for anyone stgglg this space" ❤️Former All Blacks prop Campbell Johnstone has e out as the first openly gay male New Zealand gby player — World Rugby (@WorldRugby) January 30, 2023. Sport Mister and openly gay MP Grant Robertson shared his support for Johnstone on Instagram, llg “a big moment”. ”In 2019, All Black halfback TJ Perenara spoke out about his support for the Rabow muny and the age-old qutn - are Kiwis ready for a gay All Black?

”Perenara said he uldn’t speak on behalf of the All Blacks on whether fans would be ready for an openly gay All Black, but he hoped Kiwis were.

NEW ZEALAND GBY LEGEND CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK AFTER 'LIVG A LIE'

3 m readRetired New Zealand Rugby player Campbell Johnstone has ma history as the first player to e out as gay while reprentg the prtig All Blacks gby team.

New Zealand Sports Mister and openly gay MP Grant Robertson shared his support for Johnstone on Instagram, llg “a big moment”. The news team for Gay Natn love tips om our rears. Vis the Gay Natn store Now.

RUGBY STARS REACT AS CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

‘It n actually help other people’: Campbell Johnstone out as the first openly gay All BlackJanuary 30, 2023 — 6. 43pmCampbell Johnstone has outed himself as the first openly gay player to have reprented New Zealand’s most fluential sportg brand, the All No. “If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and the stigma surroundg that whole issue, then n actually help other people, ” Johnstone told Seven Sharp.

INTERNATNAL RUGBY STAR CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE CREAT HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

”Johnstone hoped an openly gay All Black uld be one of the fal piec the puzzle of New Zealand sport to show that there is acceptance and normalise sexualy for any young athlet makg their way their chosen out publicly as the first All Black to do so will throw Johnstone’s name to the spotlight and reluctantly, he believ he’s ready for that knowg will help, what was Johnstone’s advice for a young athlete who may be stgglg wh the ia of revealg their sexualy? Campbell Johnstone has been praised for his bravery after makg headl around the world for g out as the first openly gay All Black.

"As a young guy, a gay guy, growg up playg gby, I probably uld never image there would be a gay, out there All Black and Campbell has shown such extraordary urage and bravery.

‘IT N ACTUALLY HELP OTHER PEOPLE’: CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

"I thk this is the kd of thg that will, I hope, spire younger, gay gby players - even on that are active now - to know that they n e out, affirm who they are, and they'll be role mols as well. (Source: Photosport)"I'm probably like a lot of gay guys who played gby when I was younger; I gave the game away partly bee I didn't like some of the culture that was around the game but I subsequently me back to play for a gay gby team which I was lucky to do. Rad prenter Sean Plunket says he is not terted hearg TJ Perenara's opn on whether or not the All Blacks would wele a gay team member.

"There's probably already been a gay All Black, they were jt the closet, " said Plunket.

"Whether or not there is a gay All Black will e. I'm far more terted [Ardie] Savea's glass than your views on gayns, social jtice or climate change TJ, you are a gby player.

'RUGBY HAS YOUR BACK' - JOHNSTONE EMBRACED AS FIRST GAY ALL BLACK

Earlier this year he was vol about opposg anti-gay tweets by Atralian gby player Israel Fol. At least 21 cultural varieti of same-sex relatnships have long been part of tradnal Ain life, as monstrated a report that was signed to dispel the nfn and li that surround Uganda’s Anti-Homosexualy Bill of 2014 (which has sce been overturned).

The followg discsn and the 21 exampl are om that report, “Expand Crimalisatn of Homosexualy Uganda: A Flawed Narrative / Empiril evince and strategic alternativ om an Ain perspective, ” which was prepared by Sexual Mori Uganda:.

SEAN PLUNKET HS OUT AT TJ PERENARA OVER GAY ALL BLACKS MENT

In their work anthropologists Stephen Murray and Will Rose provi wi‐rangg evince support of the fact that throughout Ai”s history, homosexualy has been a ‘‘nsistent and logil feature of Ain societi and belief systems. Murray and Will Rose is ced the new report by Sexual Motri Uganda on tradnal forms of homosexualy Ain cultur. In tradnal, monarchil Zan culture, anthropologil rerds scribed homosexualy as ‘‘digeno”.

Amongst Bantu-speakg Pouha farmers (Bene, Bulu, Fang, Jn, Mok, Mwele, Ntum and Pangwe) prent-day Gabon and Cameroon, homosexual terurse was known as bian nkû”ma– a medice for wealth which was transmted through sexual activy between men.

In pre-lonial Ben, homosexualy was seen as a phase that boys passed through and grew out of. Given the overwhelmg evince of pre-lonial same-sex relatns which ntued to the lonial and post-lonial eras, as well as historil evince of diverse unrstandgs of genr inty, is clear that homosexualy is no more ‘‘alien” to Ai than is to any other part of the world.

BLACK FERNS STAR RUBY TUI SHAR MSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

As stated by Murray and Rose: Numero reports also dite that the highly sex-segregated societi of Ai, homosexual behavur and relatnships were not unmon among peers, both male and female, pecially the years before heterosexual marriage. What the lonisers imposed on Ai was not homosexualy “but rather tolerance of — and systems of surveillance and regulatn for supprsg .

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PUBLICLY REVEALS SEXUALY, BE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

Campbell Johnstone, who played three tts for 2005, has bee the first openly gay All Black. Photo / Getty ImagCampbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to publicly e out as gay.

”In 2019, All Black halfback TJ Perenara spoke out about his support for the Rabow muny and the age-old qutn — are Kiwis ready for a gay All Black? Ex-New Zealand prop Campbell Johnstone has been hailed as a ‘trailblazer’ after beg the first All Black to e out as gay.

NEW ZEALAND: FORMER PROP CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK

The 43-year-old is hopg that g out publicly n help other gby players and remove the stigma of beg gay. “If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, ” he told Seven Sharp. The former prop follows high profile nam such as Nigel Owens and Gareth Thomas g out, while Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy revealed last year that he is gay.

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