Devon Roe bets big on NASCAR, ARCA future after g out as gay

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Ryan H explaed on the NASCAR on NBC Podst that he's found 'love and rpect' NASCAR after the Xfy brand ordator for Stewart-Haas Racg once thought there'd be no room for beg openly gay.

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PODST: LIFE AS A GAY TEAM MEMBER WORKG THE NASCAR MUNY

“I thk NASCAR gets a generalized and stereotypil outlook that ’s homophobic and hypermascule and there’s not any room for people who are gay to be , ” H said durg the latt episo of the NASCAR on NBC Podst. “It’s crazy that growg up I never thought I uld be gay and work NASCAR.

I feel a lot of people who may be gay and have aspiratns probably have that same mdset that I had growg up. Beg an example of this guy is gay and is workg NASCAR and able to be himself and do what he lov to do, people beg able to see that and know they n do , too, is a step the right directn. The Pleasant Hill, Oh, native has been around racg (also workg at Eldora Speedway through high school and llege) for longer than he began publicly talkg about his has been out as a gay man sce his junr year of high school and ially was ncerned about how that would be perceived by racg -workers.

“You hear that ’s a ‘redneck’ sport, and you associate Southern redneck roots wh homophobia, whether ’s te or not. ” In sharg his story on the podst, H hop to help make easier for other gay members of the NASCAR muny who are reticent about beg fortable enough to discs . ”NASCAR has lnched many iativ (most famoly s Drive for Diversy) over the last 15 years aimed at creasg s fan base among mori and Major League Baseball, the NBA and other pro sports leagu have held gay pri nights that help build dience cln, H would like to see the same NASCAR but said ’s also trickier.

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”H isn’t the first to discs beg gay the NASCAR dtry, but there have been no high-profile members (such as drivers or crew chiefs).

Devon Roe looks to do the same 2021 as the first openly gay NASCAR driver years. Like Wallace last year, Devon Roe uld be that NASCAR driver 2021 who brgs a pletely new set of fans when he be the first openly gay driver to pete at a NASCAR natnal tourg seri event sce 2003.

Devon Roe to but 2021 as first openly gay NASCAR driver years. Stephen Rhos was first openly gay NASCAR driver.

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Like Bubba Wallace was a trailblazer on the NASCAR Cup Seri as the lone Black driver, Devon Roe will do the same this year on the NASCAR Tck Seri as the only openly gay driver.

Stephen Rhos was the first gay NASCAR driver and he raced a uple of tim 2003.

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The Carolas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce is scribed NASCAR’s prs release as “an anizatn of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and LGBT+ and allied bs, rporatns and profsnals throughout wtern North Carola and most of South Carola. What is left unsaid is NASCAR’S unspoken mment to promotg to s fans – pecially young to racg enthiasts – that homosexualy and transgenrism are normal and that non-genred same-sex “marriag” f the fn of marriage.

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Devon Roe bets big on NASCAR, ARCA future after g out as gay.

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