The gay former Welsh gby pta Gareth Thomas has revealed he is HIV posive, though he admted he had been "forced" to e out.
Contents:
- WAL GBY LEGEND GARETH THOMAS OUT AS GAY
- EX-LN GARETH THOMAS REVEALS HE IS GAY
- WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV
- WELSH GBY STAR REVEALS HE IS GAY
- GAY GBY PLAYER GARETH THOMAS 'PRAYED TO BE STRAIGHT'
- GAY GBY PLAYER GARETH THOMAS HOP TO FD LONDON CLUB
- WELSH GBY STAR REVEALS HE IS GAY
- PRCE HARRY PRAIS GAY GBY STAR FORCED TO DISCLOSE HIV STAT
- 10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT
WAL GBY LEGEND GARETH THOMAS OUT AS GAY
The former Wal gby pta has e out as gay * gay welsh rugby captain *
The former Wal and Brish Lns pta Gareth Thomas has surprised the world of gby by g out as gay.
I feel I have achieved everythg I uld ever possibly have hoped to achieve out of gby and I did beg gay.
EX-LN GARETH THOMAS REVEALS HE IS GAY
Former Wal and Lns pta Gareth Thomas breaks one of the major taboos surroundg sport by announcg he is gay. * gay welsh rugby captain *
I want to send a posive msage to other gay people that they n do , too. "Jt bee you are gay, don't mean you fancy every man who walks the pla, " Thomas told the Daily Mail.
"I don't want to be known as a gay gby player.
WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV
One gay gby player retir and another out! We like what's happeng here! Jed Hooper, a gby pta for the Wal' Old Redcliffians, has * gay welsh rugby captain *
" Cardiff Blu utily back Thomas said he had been through "all sorts of emotns" over the issue, sce first knowg he was gay his late teens. He revealed that he was "anx about people's reactns" to him beg gay and that he felt he uld not have e out earlier his gby reer.
WELSH GBY STAR REVEALS HE IS GAY
Ex-Wal pta Gareth Thomas was close to suici after his wife left him followg his cisn to reveal he was gay. * gay welsh rugby captain *
He feels attus have changed and the time is right for sport to start acceptg openly gay people the same way other profsns have recent years.
GAY GBY PLAYER GARETH THOMAS 'PRAYED TO BE STRAIGHT'
The pta of the Welsh gby team, the Old Redcliffians, me out as gay after a potential suor he met said he uldn't date someone who was closeted. Jed Hooper, 22, told theEveng Postthat the enunter was the talyst for his big announcement. "Before that, I thk I had already told about ... * gay welsh rugby captain *
"I jt happen to be gay, " he add.
"Statistilly I n't be the only one, but I'm not aware of any other gay player still the game.
"Jemma and I were spltg up, and I was sred of the future and beg sgle aga as a gay man. "I thk people will rpect him as a person and as a player - he's a person jt like anybody else, who jt happens to be one of the great players Wal have had over the years and who jt happens to be gay. "'In 2009, when he was Wal’s most pped player, Thomas received praise after beg the first Rugby Unn player to e out as gay - sayg at the time that he hoped he uld help pave the way for others like he wants to be able to do the same for his illns, and hop that his openns will help end the stigma around the sportsman now tak one tablet ntag four meditns each day, and doctors have said his ndn is unr ntrol to the pot that is nsired "untectable" and nnot be passed said that his partner - Stephen - who he met after his diagnosis and married three years ago, do not have former gby star add: "I'm speakg out bee I want to help others and make a difference.
GAY GBY PLAYER GARETH THOMAS HOP TO FD LONDON CLUB
Wal gby unn ternatnal Gareth Thomas has announced that he is gay an terview Bra's Daily Mail newspaper. * gay welsh rugby captain *
"Gareth blazed a trail by beg the first gby player to e out as gay and has done so much to enurage cln and diversy wh the sport.
WELSH GBY STAR REVEALS HE IS GAY
Ex-Wal gby pta Gareth Thomas talks on a US chat show about the stggle he faced before publicly clarg he was gay. * gay welsh rugby captain *
"The former Cardiff Blu player won 103 ps and sred 41 tri for Wal between 1995 and 2007, and he is 13th on the all-time ternatnal tt try-srg November, he was attacked Cardiff cy centre a homophobic hate crime, but asked South Wal Police to al wh the 16-year-old assailant by way of rtorative n ntact the Samarans by llg them for ee om any phone for ee on 116 123, email or vis to fd tails of your neart follows…. One gay gby player retir and another out!
Jed Hooper, a gby pta for the Wal’ Old Redcliffians, has publicly announced that he is a proud homosexual. I said that if the club don’t want a gay man as s figurehead I would unrstand and step down.
We hope his urage will spire other gay profsnal athlet to not only step out of the closet, but break out — LOUD and PROUD! Thomas announced he was gay 2009Gareth Thomas donned his bt grey Welsh Rugby Unn su and his ft patent sho before headg for his swimmg pool the hope of beg a "betiful rpse" pta of Wal both s of gby had wrtled wh his sexualy for his whole reer; now he had reached the end of the wife Jemma, a childhood sweetheart, had left Thomas three months after he told her he was gay.
PRCE HARRY PRAIS GAY GBY STAR FORCED TO DISCLOSE HIV STAT
Gareth Thomas, the out gay former Welsh gby pta, is planng to jo a London gby unn team. The star briefly swched to league team Csars this year and is due to play France the Wal league squad this weekend. * gay welsh rugby captain *
"Thomas was voted top of the 2010 Pk List, which intifi the 101 most fluential gay people BraIt is now five years sce the 36-year-old, who retired 2011, beme the hight-profile sportsman the UK to reveal he was gay.
"I'm not sure if was bee I was gay that I felt such prsn, was jt that I was lyg to everyone. "Thomas also admted his first gay enunter as an 18-year-old workg as a postman left him feelg "disgted" and how he ed away gam and fake stag weekends to pick up men London's gay 100th and fal match for Wal was the feat to Fiji the 2007 World CupHidg behd 'Alfie'Thomas was known gby unn by his nickname 'Alfie', but to him was an opportuny to hi behd an image he uld said: "Alfie was an archetypal gby player.
10 GAY RUGBY PLAYERS WHO MA THEIR COME OUT
The pta of the Welsh gby team, the Old Redcliffians, me out as gay after a potential suor he met said he uldn't date someone who was closeted. Jed Hooper, 22, told theEveng Postthat the enunter was the talyst for his big announcement. "Before that, I thk I had already told about ... * gay welsh rugby captain *
"Thomas, pictured here wh Prime Mister David Cameron, is an ambassador for the fight agast homophobia and transphobia sport'Comg out' to his Wal team-matThomas says he was at his lowt ebb after leadg Wal to a 29-29 draw wh Atralia at the Millennium Stadium 2006, wh the anxiety over his sexualy havg ed him to lose 14 pounds the game Atralia assistant ach Stt Johnson walked to the drsg room to shake his hand and, holdg back the tears, Thomas told the former Wal and Ospreys ach that his wife had left him. Sign up today for our ee To TopWorldWelsh Rugby Capta Jed Hooper Com OutThe pta of the Welsh gby team, the Old Redcliffians, me out as gay after a potential suor he met said he uldn't date someone who was closeted. "I said that if the club don't want a gay man as s figurehead I would unrstand and step down, " Hooper said.
Wal gby unn ternatnal Gareth Thomas has announced that he is gay an terview Bra's Daily Mail newspaper. * gay welsh rugby captain *
He me out as gay 2009, makg him the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player - and will be a star on ITV's new show The Real Full Monty on Ice. 2 The former Welsh ternatnal me out as gay after his marriage broke up and said he hoped would enurage other young gay gby playersCred: Getty Imag.
When did Gareth Thomas e out as gay? In December 2009, Thomas announced publicly that he is gay. He said he did not want to be known as a "gay gby player" but simply as a "gby player".
He was also the first profsnal gby unn player to announce that he was gay, when he me out 2009. Thomas married his wife, Jemma, 2002, but they later divorced before he announced that he was gay 2009.