Sydney Swans ach Pl Roos has labelled Jason Akermanis' ments about gay footballers 'irrponsible and bizarre'
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- “I KNOW 10 OR 12 GAY AFL PLAYERS” REVEALS JACK VIDGEN ON I’M A CELEB…
- JOEL CREASEY SLEPT WH GAY AFL SYDNEY SWANS FOOTBALLER
- SAT BE 'GAY IN' AHEAD OF AFL'S GURAL PRI GAME
- ATRALIA 'NOT READY' FOR AN AFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
- AHEAD OF PRI GAME, ASIE FOOTBALLER NIC NEWMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY BROTHER
- ROOS SLAMS AKER'S GAY MENTS
- TIME IS RIGHT FOR AFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY, SAYS JOEL CREASEY
“I KNOW 10 OR 12 GAY AFL PLAYERS” REVEALS JACK VIDGEN ON I’M A CELEB…
Rabow Swans member Dn Alexanr has been named Mr Gay Pri Atralia 2022 and will reprent Atralia at Mr Gay World 2023 as he looks to play his part endg homophobia sport. * gay sydney swans player *
Jack Vidgen, one of the stars on Atralia’s I’m A Celebry… Get Me Out Of Here!, has revealed that he knows 10 or 12 gay Atralian Football League players, reports. Vidgen, who ma a name for himself on Atralia’s Got Talent, was talkg about homosexualy sport wh former AFL stars Travis Vare and Robert “Dipper” DiPerdomeni.
“I probably know about 10 or 12 footy players, I’d never say their name, that are gay but they wouldn’t e out, ” Vidgen said. ' Joel Creasey reveals he had a whirlwd romance wh gay Sydney Swans star new book 'Thirsty: Confsns of a Fame Wh**e' Updated: 16:18 BST, 20 October 2017. 'He's a lovely guy': Joel said the footballer ed to vis him at his rince- which is loted close to Etihad Stadium Melbourne- and revealed that he slept wh the unknown footballer several tim On the down-low: Joel was adamant that he won't be givg away the name of his former lover any time soon An extract om the book reveals Joel's opn on stigmas attached to homosexualy, pecially the sportg dtry.
JOEL CREASEY SLEPT WH GAY AFL SYDNEY SWANS FOOTBALLER
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'It always mak me lgh when nservativ say, 'There aren't any gay players the AFL, '' Joel wr. I n assure you there are — I slept wh one': An extract om the book reveals Joel's opn on stigmas attached to homosexualy, pecially the sportg dtry'I'm not the bs of outg people eher, though.
' A fierce advote for the 'Y' movement as part of Atralia's same-sex marriage bate, Joel's book also attempts to highlight social issu such as homophobia and body-shamg, and offers a balanced mentary on dividual sexualy. The Sydney Swans have a lourful new supporter group this season, wh the Rabow Swans mencg their first year as the Club's official LGBTI (lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex) supporter group aims to be a lear the ph for posive change.
The Sydney Swans will play St Kilda at Etihad Stadium Round 21 a show of support for equaly and a stand agast homophobia sport. "We're strong our views and strong advotg for the gay and lbian muny, " Fogarty said.
SAT BE 'GAY IN' AHEAD OF AFL'S GURAL PRI GAME
SAM GILBERT, gay in.
ATRALIA 'NOT READY' FOR AN AFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
It might not be a scriptor the St Kilda fenr ever expected, but, acrdg to Jason Ball (Atralian Football's first openly gay male player), the scriptn is que, a 28-year-old centre half-back for Victorian untry club Yarra Glen, explaed how highly Gilbert is thought of by the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and qutng (LGBTIQ) muny. "He's bee a gay in a way, " Ball said of the veteran Sats fenr.
"It sent a msage to other people the sportg world that sayg no to homophobia don't make you ls of a man. "I me to unrstand a lot of the homophobic language and behavur wasn't g om a place of hatred towards me or gay people, but rather jt ignorance and not knowg the impact on me, " Ball said.
"Once I was out, that homophobic language fad. "(They weren't) necsarily directed at me, but every time I would hear those words, felt like a remr if they found out I was gay, I wouldn't be accepted.
AHEAD OF PRI GAME, ASIE FOOTBALLER NIC NEWMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY BROTHER
"Ball was 12 when he realised he was gay. "Acrdg to the study Out On The Fields, which documented the experienc of gay, lbian and bisexual people team sports, 87 per cent of young gay Atralians felt pelled to hi their sexualy some hid his sexualy om his football club for many years, but he had ma a promise to himself he would not lie about if ever knew tryg to fabrite tal about experienc wh women would get him ught was openly gay while studyg at Melbourne Universy, so when an old school iend me to the football club, Ball's sexualy soon beme an open secret, although he remaed unaware others night after trag, while talkg to a teammate, the nversatn shifted and Ball was asked about his personal life. He was able to proudly intify as a gay cisn to e out publicly was supported by Yarra Glen, which ntu to back Ball his 's experienc have shown him people are pable of change.
"Gilbert believ the AFL is ready for s first openly gay player, but only when a person feels fortable enough to go down that path. Rabow Swans member Dn Alexanr has been named Mr Gay Pri Atralia 2022.
Passnate about endg homophobia sport, Alexanr took out the tle after two months of challeng that culmated on stage the fale at the Rabow on the Plas Ftival Hay, NSW last week.
ROOS SLAMS AKER'S GAY MENTS
Alexanr, 34, origally om Alai but now livg Sydney, will reprent Atralia at Mr Gay World 2023.
Speakg after receivg the sash on stage at the Rabow on the Plas celebratn ncert, Alexanr said his ultimate goal is to end homophobia sports. “In this untry, I want to be a champn for AFL and be a champn for a Pri Round the AFL but when I get to Mr Gay World I want to champn for change at all of the large world sportg events such as the World Cup, ” Alexanr said. On behalf of everyone at the Swans we ngratulate Dn and wish him all the bt wh his role as Mr Gay Pri Atralia 2022 as he looks to play his part endg homophobia sport.
The Rabow Swans are the official LGBTI (Lbian Gay Bisexual Trans Intersex) supporters group of the Sydney Swans.
TIME IS RIGHT FOR AFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY, SAYS JOEL CREASEY
When Maverick Newman me out as gay to his fay two years ago, his AFL player brother Nic Newman shgged and said didn't bother far as he was ncerned, nothg had changed between them. He has gay iends who love football but don't go bee they don't feel they brothers disagree on whether gay AFL players should e out to the public. But Maverick, 19, thks gay players might have to spend a few more years the c snickerg remarks – which he took to be homophobic – that were posted this month on a suburban footy team's Facebook page.