By Sam WemanAn openly gay athlete the ttosterone-filled world of male profsnal sports isn't the radil thought was even a year ago. The NBA's Jason Colls, after g out a Sports Illtrated...
Contents:
- IT’S THE 86TH STRAIGHT MASTERS WH ZERO OUT GAY PLAYERS
- TADD FUJIKAWA BE FIRST MALE PRO GOLFER TO E OUT AS GAY
- FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET
- 81 PERCENT PGA TOUR PRO SURVEY THK THERE'S A GAY PRO ON TOUR
- WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE
- ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y
- WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?
IT’S THE 86TH STRAIGHT MASTERS WH ZERO OUT GAY PLAYERS
A very short gay golfers list on PGA tour, llege athlet, golf pros. Tadd Fujikawa is first ever out pro golfer. Also clu Greg Fzgerald and Chris Noble * gay female professional golfers *
On one hand, there are no out gay profsnal golfers. This is disappotg bee there are certa to be gay players the profsnal golf circu. What is holdg back the male gay players om g out?
TADD FUJIKAWA BE FIRST MALE PRO GOLFER TO E OUT AS GAY
The anonymo ments about the PGA Tour havg a gay member are pretty tertg. * gay female professional golfers *
The first profsnal male golfer to e out as gay is nsired to be Tadd Fujikawa of the Uned Stat. This may, part, expla the plete absence of a gay profsnal golfer.
There also rema stanc of homophobic slurs on the greens and the locker rooms. Now, Pri Month is shouted loudly, thanks to those players, like Mel Reid, who’ve publicly shared their homosexualy and all those wh the Tour’s fay who’ve supported them. “Pri month for me is all about cln, ” says Reid, who me out as Gay to the tens of lns of LPGA fans late 2018.
FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET
Ined, Pri Month falls June to honor the Stonewall Demonstratns New York Cy that began on June 28, 1968, and lasted several days as thoands took to the streets to mand equal rights for the Gay muny.
As gay women the golf dtry, LPGA Profsnals Christa Teno and Pam Boccc have worked hard to be where they are today. “Wh me achg llege kids, the last thg I want is to be ashamed of who I am, bee I know there might be kids I rec each year who are gay, so I need to be a good fluence on them and show that I’m fortable beg me.
“I’m not a unselor, but to me, jt beg a strong, brave, gay person is what I have to do for those kids out there who might be the same sho I was , ” said Teno.
81 PERCENT PGA TOUR PRO SURVEY THK THERE'S A GAY PRO ON TOUR
She also appreciat that her experience, beg a gay woman has not been an issue her reer. “Pri Month is fantastic, but ’s important that we as women wh the gay muny celebrate pri every sgle day, ” Boccc said.
She also attracted women, spe not beg gay herself, although the lbian natn lik to claim her as a sister. No wonr gay men don't play golf. At a prev tournament a journalist was asked to leave the prs area when she ma the mistake of askg some of the players if they were gay.
' But the llisn of straight and gay worlds has s moments.
WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE
But one of the guys, he was workg a [gay] men's weekend recently and he was gettg h on every five mut. 'The LPGA is homophobic.
'In fact, over s 50-year history, the LPGA has always been associated wh gay women, far more than any other sport, which probably has as much to do wh s ridiculo closetedns as wh the facts Ð the ls you say about , the more 's assumed.
ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y
'gays on the LPGA tour?
I played basketball llege and ankly if they were the type of women followg the game, I'd have given up, and I'm gay.
'Brown is also the liaison officer for the gay and lbian muny, although is herself not a lbian.
WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?
'I don't like golf, ' she quips, 'which is how folks know I'm not gay.
But bee of our long associatn wh Hollywood Ð fact many retire here were the film, televisn or mic dtri Ð Palm Sprgs has always been a safe and welg environment for gay men and women, whether they are visg or live here. Sheehan was ducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame 1993 and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame 2013.
From navigatg heteronormative spac and cultur to addrsg homophobia and discrimatn golf, lbian golfers have had to overe many obstacl to succeed on the urse.