Uned Stat Olympic soccer star Megan Rapoe has publicly stated that she is homosexual and a mted relatnship wh another soccer player om Atralia. The Olympian me out as gay the latt issue of "Out" magaze.
Contents:
- 'ONE LIFE': SOCCER PLAYER MEGAN RAPOE ON SPORTS, BEG GAY AND TAKG A STAND
- SUE BIRD AND MEGAN RAPOE FED THE NCEPT OF A GAY SPORTS POWER UPLE
- USWNT’S MEGAN RAPOE BE FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN TO POSE FOR SI SWIMSU ISSUE
- MARTA NAVRATILOVA ON MEGAN RAPOE AND THE TRAJECTORY OF GAY WOMEN SPORTS
- MEGAN RAPOE COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS RELATNSHIP
- MEGAN RAPOE: 'GOD FORBID YOU BE A GAY WOMAN AND A PERSON OF LOR THE US'
- MEGAN RAPOE POS AS FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN SPORTS ILLTRATED'S SWIMSU ISSUE
'ONE LIFE': SOCCER PLAYER MEGAN RAPOE ON SPORTS, BEG GAY AND TAKG A STAND
Rapoe has ma headl for takg a stand on gay rights and women's rights, for takg a knee to support Black Rapoe, RAPINOE: Oh, thank you for havg Let's start at the begng. I don't know really what the solutn is, but I don't really like the way that 's One of the moments that ma me se the book is your acunt of how you realized that you are gay. Can you see a world where MAGA-hat-wearg Tmp voters embrace a gay soccer star wh pk hair?
SUE BIRD AND MEGAN RAPOE FED THE NCEPT OF A GAY SPORTS POWER UPLE
(LAUGHTER)RAPINOE: I would tell her, you're gay, you know? Bird and her partner Megan Rapoe mastreamed the ncept of the gay sports power uple. Almost om that very moment, the public embraced the two of them unlike any gay or lbian athlete uple before.
The two legends began seeg each other only a year after the Obergefell cisn, which turned out to be ftg, as they eventually beme the sports power uple for the legalized gay marriage generatn.
USWNT’S MEGAN RAPOE BE FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN TO POSE FOR SI SWIMSU ISSUE
2017: Sue Bird out as gay and announc her relatnship wh Megan Rapoe.
While Rapoe publicly me out as gay 2012 via an OUT magaze feature, Bird did not e out until 2017. "I'm gay. A year, five years, 10 years, 20 years, to look back and be like, 'Oh, they were the first openly gay uple to be the issue.
MARTA NAVRATILOVA ON MEGAN RAPOE AND THE TRAJECTORY OF GAY WOMEN SPORTS
She was one of the first soccer players to announce she was gay and has publicly supported LGBTQ rights, racial jtice, and equal pay.
MEGAN RAPOE COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS RELATNSHIP
” She has been outspoken about several social issu, most notably LGBTQ rights and racial RightsRapoe, who realized she was gay while llege, publicly me out July 2012, ahead of the Olympic Gam.
MEGAN RAPOE: 'GOD FORBID YOU BE A GAY WOMAN AND A PERSON OF LOR THE US'
” She further explaed, “Beg a gay Amerin, I know what means to look at the flag and not have protect all of your liberti.
MEGAN RAPOE POS AS FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN SPORTS ILLTRATED'S SWIMSU ISSUE
Her father’s vote for Tmp 2016 alienated Rapoe and her tw, who is also gay, though they renciled at a fay gatherg.
Historic Media Appearanc, Book, and MoreIn 2018, Rapoe and Bird appeared on the ver of ESPN The Magaze’s Body Issue, the first openly gay uple to do so.