Ahead of Pri Game, Asie footballer Nic Newman talks about his gay brother - Outsports

Contents:

• “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…

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.

JOEL CREASEY SLEPT WH GAY AFL SYDNEY SWANS FOOTBALLER

“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.

SAT BE 'GAY IN' AHEAD OF AFL'S GURAL PRI GAME

' 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.

'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.

ATRALIA 'NOT READY' FOR AN AFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

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.

AHEAD OF PRI GAME, ASIE FOOTBALLER NIC NEWMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY BROTHER

"We're strong our views and strong advotg for the gay and lbian muny, " Fogarty said. SAM GILBERT, gay in.

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.

ROOS SLAMS AKER'S GAY MENTS

"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. "Ball was 12 when he realised he was gay.

TIME IS RIGHT FOR AFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY, SAYS JOEL CREASEY

"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.