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.
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.
THREAD: BRAZIIAN JIU JSU IS GAY
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).
FIRST OPENLY GAY UPLE BRAZILIAN JIU-JSU LNCH BOYNTON BEACH SCHOOL, URG CHANGE SPORT
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?