NZ Falns – The Home of Gay and Inclive Rugby Aotearoa

Contents:

• KIWI DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR CHALLENG FACED BY GAY GBY PLAYERS
• FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: EIGHT INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• OPENLY GAY RUGBY PLAYER FEATURED IN RUGBY ATRALIA’S NEW #PARTOFMORE CAMPAIGN
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS GAY, FORMER ALL BLACKS GBY PLAYER HAS GLOBAL REACH
• CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE: NEW ZEALAND PLAYER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY
• FORMER NEW ZEALAND RUGBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE COM OUT AS GAY
• FORMER ALL BLACK CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PRAISED AFTER PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY
• NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS GAY
• NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE: "IN MY HEAD BEG GAY WAS NOT A PART OF THAT IMAGE"
• NEW ZEALAND GBY LEGEND CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK AFTER 'LIVG A LIE'
• GAY RUGBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE ON COMG OUT

KIWI DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR CHALLENG FACED BY GAY GBY PLAYERS

New Zealand's only gay and clive gby team has opened up on some of the prejudice s players face - cludg an opposn player who refed to shake their hands post-match after fdg out about their sexual refal left spectator and Auckland Universy screen productn stunt Nev Govdasamy flabbergasted. Now, the 27-year-old has ma a documentary foced on the New Zealand Falns, which explor the barriers faced by gay gby follows eight players om the Falns and their ach over the urse of their 2017 season. Govdasamy said although the players he terviewed felt other teams were generally rpectful, homophobic ments did get thrown around.

"Why is acceptable to have homophobic ments as part and parcel of the game? It's not, and shouldn't be, " said a sport-mad gay man Govdasamy lov watchg fear of negative or homophobic ments means he avoids even holdg hands wh his partner on the sile.

Stewart said he faced homophobic remarks when he played gby durg PE lsons at school.

FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY

"It would be like, 'Oh no don't let Cam play bee he'll touch you', or, 'Don't let him the scms bee he's gay'. Former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone beme the first All Black to e out publicly as gay, an terview wh TVNZ’s Seven Sharp on Monday. “If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, ” Johnstone said.

In light of recent ntroversy regardg homophobic slurs by Israel Fol, we thought we would she a light on 10 fluential gay gby personali. The players have bee a bean of light bee they overme stereotyp and other challeng faced by homosexual athlet way too often.

In this article, we’ll name ten of the most notable gay gby personali, analyze their acplishments, discs how they are shapg the game today, and asss their impact on the overall perceptn of homosexual profsnal athlet around the world. That beg said, due to s physily, gby is regard as a “manly” sport, which mak more difficult for gay players to publicly acknowledge their preference.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

At the same time, there are many misnceptns about this betiful sport, which has led to the margalizatn and targetg of gay players. Some high-profile stars like Israel Fol have recently ma headl due to potentially homophobic posts on social media.

This is one of the ma reasons why reprentativ of World Rugby met wh the lears of Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) to help eradite homophobia and tolerance om the game. Notable homosexual gby players and personali. Here’s a list of ten notable gay gby players and how they are shapg the game today.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: EIGHT INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

The very first high-profile gby player to ever e out to the public as gay is former Atralian ternatnal Ian Roberts.

Even though Ian Roberts may have been the first high-profile player to openly adm beg gay, Keegan Hirst was the first to ever do while still active.

Currently a Wakefield Try prop, Hirst has bee one of the most notable gay athlet, earng himself a startg role after signg a ntract wh the League si 2016.

OPENLY GAY RUGBY PLAYER FEATURED IN RUGBY ATRALIA’S NEW #PARTOFMORE CAMPAIGN

Sam Stanley beme the first openly gay Rugby Unn and Sevens player the UK. Although he never played gby at a profsnal level, Mark Bgham has bee an inic figure for gay gby players and sportspeople around the world. Known for his heroics durg the September 11 attacks, Bgham was a robt send-row man who played for the gay-clive San Francis Fog RFC.

The Mark Kendall Bgham Memorial Tournament, simply known as the Bgham Cup, is a biennial gay gby unn tournament which was held for the first time 2002. Thomas publicly me out 2009 and has sce scribed his experience as a secretly gay player, revealg how the social prsure and stereotyp pose a signifint challenge for many athlet today. The Welshman is also a TV personaly and a voted activist for the LGBT e, wng “Gay Sports Personaly of the De” at the Stonewall awards ceremony London back 2015.

As New Zealand's only reprentative natnal gay and clive gby team, recently, the NZ Falns played a pose team the Bgham Cup 2022 held Ottawa, Ontar. And she h the headl when she said she was gay, an unual admissn for a Kiwi gby hero.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS GAY, FORMER ALL BLACKS GBY PLAYER HAS GLOBAL REACH

Thomas me out as gay  December 2009. The followg year he was voted the most fluential gay person the UK the IoS Pk List and received Stonewall’s Hero of the Year award. AdvertisementRugby Atralia has featured an openly gay gby player om the Melbourne Chargers their new #partofMore mpaign which aims to highlight everyday people om the Rugby muny and what they have achieved as a rult of playg the sport.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE: NEW ZEALAND PLAYER FIRST TO E OUT AS GAY

Playg wh the Chargers raised a few different challeng for me – the general public’s perceptn of gay men playg gby as well as gay men’s perceptn of gby as a sport. It’s been a b of a roller aster ri but I’ve learned lots, ma some life-long iends wh other gay and straight gby players and been able to pass on what I know about the game by teachg others new to the sport. Campbell Johnstone, a former gby player New Zealand who played for the natnal All Blacks team, has e out publicly as gay.

FORMER NEW ZEALAND RUGBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE COM OUT AS GAY

“If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and the stigma surroundg that whole issue, then n actually help other people, ” he said on the Seven Sharp TV program earlier today.

Men’s gby has seen var stars e out publicly as gay over the years.

Campbell Johnstone, a former New Zealand gby unn player, has e out as gay and be the first ever All Black to do so.

FORMER ALL BLACK CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE PRAISED AFTER PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY

Campbell Johnstone, a prop who played three Tts, cludg two agast the Brish and Irish Lns 2005, has bee the first All Blacks gby player to e out as gay. "Johnstone, who played 38 Super Rugby match for the Christchurch-based Csars, also spent a season wh Ospreys and ma more than 100 appearanc for Top 14 club Zealand Rugby quickly supported Johnstone's cisn to e out as gay, praisg him for "havg the urage to share his story and helpg create a more clive game. New Zealand Sports Mister and former puty Prime Mister Grant Robertson, who is gay, said Johnstone's announcement was a "big moment" and thanked him for "blazg this trail.

NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS GAY

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The team has at least four publicly out LGBTQ players that we know of: Kelly Brazier, Gayle Broughton, Ruby Tui, Portia Woodman.

The former New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg he hoped to “take away the prsure and the stigma” of dog so publicly. Johnstone, 43, said Seven Sharp TV terview that he had told iends and fay “a long time ago” that he was gay.

NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE: "IN MY HEAD BEG GAY WAS NOT A PART OF THAT IMAGE"

”New Zealand’s sports mister, Grant Robertson, who is also gay, said Johnstone had blazed a trail for the natnal team – which is domant on the world stage, venerated at home and has bee a multi-billn dollar global brand. The Black Ferns – the natnal women’s team – has multiple openly gay current and past players, cludg Louisa Wall, a former member of parliament who was part of the wng si at the 1995 Women’s Rugby World has been much rarer for men the sport’s top echelons to e out publicly. In 2009, the former Wal pta Gareth Thomas beme the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player the world.

New Zealand gby player Campbell Johnstone has ma history as the first All Blacks player to e out as gay.

In an exclive terview wh, the first openly-gay All Black gby player reveals why he hid his sexualy, the ntradictns of livg a double life, and how young athlet n break down the stereotyp.

NEW ZEALAND GBY LEGEND CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ALL BLACK AFTER 'LIVG A LIE'

Even after the man-mounta prop had played three tim for his natnal team, the mighty All Blacks, and bee a mastay of the untry’s top domtic men's si the Canterbury Csars, he wasn’t fortable g out as gay due to stereotypil attus of what a gby player should be. “There was this imprsn, which is not right, but was my head that beg gay was was not a part of that image.

Then, January 2023, the 43-year-old cid to e out on a New Zealand TV show, makg him the first openly gay All Black.

One of the key reasons behd Jonstone’s revelatn was to te the public as to how nfg was to be a gay ele athlete. ” - Campbell Johnstone to month after Johnstone’s televisn terview, Czech footballer Jakub Jankto beme the hight-profile current male footballer to announce he is gay. Former New Zealand prop Campbell Johnstone has bee the first All Black to e out as gay, sayg he had been "livg a lie" and leadg "a double life" before acknowledgg his sexualy.

GAY RUGBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE ON COMG OUT

"If I n be the first All Black that out as gay and take away the prsure and stigma surroundg the issue n actually help other people, " Mr Johnstone said.

Read more:'A huge relief': 17-year-old is only openly gay male profsnal footballer BraSeven gby players whdraw om match prott over LGBT rabow shirtMr Johnstone ma his but agast Fiji and played two tts agast the Brish and Irish Lns. New Zealand sports mister and former puty prime mister Grant Robertson, who is gay, thanked Mr Johnstone for "blazg this trail" and said his announcement was "a big moment".

"Last month, Johnstone beme the first All Black to e out publicly as gay, around a after llg time on his gby rponse to the announcement, he says, took him by surprise. New Zealand gby stars Ruby Tui and Aaron Smh, among others, praised Johnstone for his bravery on social media, while sports mister Grant Robertson, who is openly gay, thanked him for "blazg this trail" and spirg "future generatns to be open, happy and fortable. "There are only a handful of openly gay men the profsnal gby referee Nigel Owens me out 2007, and two years later, former Wal ternatnal Gareth Thomas beme the first openly gay top-level male gby Owens and Thomas have spoken about experiencg suicidal thoughts as they stggled to e to terms wh their sexualy, while former Atralia ternatnal Dan Palmer, who me out as gay 2020, said he "routely numbed" himself wh a "heavy cktail of opids" durg his playg Johnstone is optimistic about gby's future.