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Devon Roe beme the first openly gay driver sce 2003  NASCAR to pete at a NASCAR natnal tourg seri event. 

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THIS GAY NASCAR DRIVER JT RACED AT DAYTONA FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE G OUT

Ryan H explaed on the NASCAR on NBC Podst that he's found 'love and rpect' NASCAR after the Xfy brand ordator for Stewart-Haas Racg once thought there'd be no room for beg openly gay. * rick gay nascar *

That’s not to say sports leagu and teams should mand homogeny. Out gay racer Devon Roe is one of the fac leadg the way.

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Last weekend, he returned to Daytona as an out gay man.

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“I thk NASCAR gets a generalized and stereotypil outlook that ’s homophobic and hypermascule and there’s not any room for people who are gay to be , ” H said durg the latt episo of the NASCAR on NBC Podst.

“It’s crazy that growg up I never thought I uld be gay and work NASCAR.

I feel a lot of people who may be gay and have aspiratns probably have that same mdset that I had growg up. Beg an example of this guy is gay and is workg NASCAR and able to be himself and do what he lov to do, people beg able to see that and know they n do , too, is a step the right directn.

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The Pleasant Hill, Oh, native has been around racg (also workg at Eldora Speedway through high school and llege) for longer than he began publicly talkg about his has been out as a gay man sce his junr year of high school and ially was ncerned about how that would be perceived by racg -workers. “You hear that ’s a ‘redneck’ sport, and you associate Southern redneck roots wh homophobia, whether ’s te or not.

” In sharg his story on the podst, H hop to help make easier for other gay members of the NASCAR muny who are reticent about beg fortable enough to discs .

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”NASCAR has lnched many iativ (most famoly s Drive for Diversy) over the last 15 years aimed at creasg s fan base among mori and Major League Baseball, the NBA and other pro sports leagu have held gay pri nights that help build dience cln, H would like to see the same NASCAR but said ’s also trickier. ”H isn’t the first to discs beg gay the NASCAR dtry, but there have been no high-profile members (such as drivers or crew chiefs).

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Zach Herr didn’t thk was possible to be an out gay pro race r driver. But this time, as an out gay man.

“I never actually had the opportuny to disver who I was as a person, and what that other part was, once I realized I was gay, ” Herr said. He heard the slurs around the tracks and uldn't thk of another gay driver. Herr and his boyiend, who had also recently e out, started immersg themselv the gay muny.

Herr, as one might expect for a baby gay, remembered the experience as “overwhelmg. The ultra-macho culture of NASCAR has slowly been changg recent years: Devon Roe, another out gay pro to racer, was recently featured on NASCAR’s Twter page.

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Devon Roe beme the first openly gay driver sce 2003  NASCAR to pete at a NASCAR natnal tourg seri event. Devon Roe who is currently NASCAR only openly gay driver me out to exprs his feelg that he’s no different than any other driver out there bee of his homosexualy. As beg NASCAR’s only openly gay driver, thank you.

I’m NASCAR & I’m gay: Said Roe.

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As beg @NASCAR’s only openly gay driver, thank you. I’m NASCAR & I’m gay.

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