Contents:
- OPENLY GAY JIU-JSU PRACTNER FDS SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY
- AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY GUY BJJ PRACTNER!
- THREAD: BRAZIIAN JIU JSU IS GAY
- FIRST OPENLY GAY UPLE BRAZILIAN JIU-JSU LNCH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL, URG CHANGE SPORT
OPENLY GAY JIU-JSU PRACTNER FDS SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY
Nicholas “Rh” Rotas is one of the few openly gay martial artists the Uned Stat.
Not a sgle man on the team r that they’re sparrg and trag wh a gay man, and Rotas tak pri that fact.
AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY GUY BJJ PRACTNER!
“It sadns me that many gay people may not ever experience the amazg support and skill offered by the sports bee of fear: fear that they won’t be accepted, or that they might get kicked out or shunned for beg who they are. There is a dishearteng storyof a man who was kicked out of his gym after beg outed South Carola a few years back, and I thk that reputatn has stuck among the gay muny spe of clear progrs over the years.
“At the end of the day, to them I’m jt Rh: their teammate, iend and I jt happen to be gay. An openly gay martial artist fdg support group fellow fighters is an credible velopment.
THREAD: BRAZIIAN JIU JSU IS GAY
Not all sports are so acmodatg to gay athlet, though. Today I want to highlight a nversatn that I had recently wh a Brazilian female iend about the homophobia that is prent Brazil. After a general nversatn, we me to the subject of homosexualy sports and pecially Jiu-Jsu.
I remember when travelg to Brazil, I was told that Jiu-Jsu ‘Pboys’ would beat up gays and transvt, bee they were ‘disgtg’ (I’ll spare you the words). When I ask a practner, if they would md rollg wh a gay person? As if the fact that sce the person was gay, they would take advantage of the suatn … Is that what also happens when a man rolls wh a woman?
Knowg that many gays do not make their g out and even ls the ultra macho world of bat sports, do you hontly thk that a guy or girl, would e to BJJ jt to ‘p a feel’ of a trag partner?
FIRST OPENLY GAY UPLE BRAZILIAN JIU-JSU LNCH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL, URG CHANGE SPORT
A few years back, I was talkg wh a gay iend, who trag Judo. It is te that the dojo, is not a nightclub, is not Tr, ’s still very rare that there have to have people flirtg on the mats Wether be men or women, straight or gay when you’re at the amy, your goal should be to advance and evolve.
If tomorrow, a iend that you tra wh for years, told you they were gay, what would you?
Still, you have to face , there are gay BJJ practners, you have surely e across some, you may have even rolled wh them. Also, n’t gays also be warrrs?