LPGA golfer Alena Sharp talks for the first time about beg gay - Outsports

Contents:

• 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
• WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?
• WHO ARE THE GAY PLAYERS ON THE LPGA?
• WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE
• COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
• TODD MONTOYA OUT AS PGA TOUR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DDIE, HOP STORY SPIR OTHERS
• LPGA GOLFER ALENA SHARP TALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT BEG 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

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. 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.

WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?

On one hand, there are no out gay profsnal golfers.

WHO ARE THE GAY PLAYERS ON THE LPGA?

This is disappotg bee there are certa to be gay players the profsnal golf circu.

WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE

What is holdg back the male gay players om g out?

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.

COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY

And Anrson Cooper would not publicly e out as gay for another 30 years.

TODD MONTOYA OUT AS PGA TOUR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DDIE, HOP STORY SPIR OTHERS

There was a time when players feared fan reactn, wonred what might mean for endorsement als and were told worried whispers that tournaments might lose sponsors if players were openly gay. It was a time when tour officials quietly suggted to gay players that low-key was the way to go.

Televisn brought posive portrayals of gay people to Ameri’s livg rooms and lns found the to be people they liked. As more people me out, virtually everyone disvered they had a fay member or iend who is gay. When Reid, 31, publicly me out December and moved to Florida om England to foc on her LPGA reer, a large part of the cisn was to give back to the gay muny ways a prev generatn uldn’t.

“It was even more difficult for those players who were thought to be gay. Players didn’t hi beg gay, but they weren’t open about eher.

LPGA GOLFER ALENA SHARP TALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT BEG GAY

But societal norms dictated that this open secret rema a secret, which placed gay players the awkward posn of obftg who they really are. ] I felt that the tour was a different place, sponsors were more performance-driven and the public was gettg more e to the gay life style.

“The feedback I got om our fans was far more rewardg that the money I received om my new gay sponsor, ” Jon says. Mel Reid is a hero for makg certa more gay voic are heard. Gay Golfers List: PGA Players, Pros, and College Athlet.