Women’s golf alumn Ryann O’Toole discs life as an openly gay athlete - Daily B

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• FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET
• WHO ARE THE GAY PLAYERS ON THE LPGA?
• ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y
• WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE
• LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
• 81 PERCENT PGA TOUR PRO SURVEY THK THERE'S A GAY PRO ON TOUR
• LPGA GOLFER MEL REID OUT AS GAY, CG 'FIGHT FOR EQUALY'
• TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: GAY MALE ATHLETGAY GOLFERS LIST: PGA PLAYERS, PROS, AND COLLEGE ATHLET

Now, Pri Month is shouted loudly, thanks to those players, like Mel Reid, who’ve publicly shared their homosexualy and all those wh the Tour’s fay who’ve supported them.

“Pri month for me is all about cln, ” says Reid, who me out as Gay to the tens of lns of LPGA fans late 2018.

Ined, Pri Month falls June to honor the Stonewall Demonstratns New York Cy that began on June 28, 1968, and lasted several days as thoands took to the streets to mand equal rights for the Gay muny.

WHO ARE THE GAY PLAYERS ON THE LPGA?

On one hand, there are no out gay profsnal golfers. This is disappotg bee there are certa to be gay players the profsnal golf circu. What is holdg back the male gay players om g out?

The first profsnal male golfer to e out as gay is nsired to be Tadd Fujikawa of the Uned Stat. This may, part, expla the plete absence of a gay profsnal golfer. There also rema stanc of homophobic slurs on the greens and the locker rooms.

Gay Golfers List: PGA Players, Pros, and College Athlet. After our Grandma Aka read our post on Gay Wrtlers, she was like, “Ohhh, I didn’t know there are many of them. After all, there are probably thoands of wrtlers out there grapplg for the big dogs like WWE and the Lucha Unrground as well as the ls known on the die wa, this is supposed to be a gay golfers list, why are we gettg distracted by wrtlg?

ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y

” [Via The Guardian]Another gay golfer featured on Outsports is Chris Noble who played for the golf team of the Holy Cross College at Notre Dame. She also attracted women, spe not beg gay herself, although the lbian natn lik to claim her as a sister. No wonr gay men don't play golf.

At a prev tournament a journalist was asked to leave the prs area when she ma the mistake of askg some of the players if they were gay.

WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE

' But the llisn of straight and gay worlds has s moments. But one of the guys, he was workg a [gay] men's weekend recently and he was gettg h on every five mut.

'The LPGA is homophobic. 'In fact, over s 50-year history, the LPGA has always been associated wh gay women, far more than any other sport, which probably has as much to do wh s ridiculo closetedns as wh the facts Ð the ls you say about , the more 's assumed.

'gays on the LPGA tour? I played basketball llege and ankly if they were the type of women followg the game, I'd have given up, and I'm gay.

LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT

'Brown is also the liaison officer for the gay and lbian muny, although is herself not a lbian. 'I don't like golf, ' she quips, 'which is how folks know I'm not gay. But bee of our long associatn wh Hollywood Ð fact many retire here were the film, televisn or mic dtri Ð Palm Sprgs has always been a safe and welg environment for gay men and women, whether they are visg or live here.

81 PERCENT PGA TOUR PRO SURVEY THK THERE'S A GAY PRO ON TOUR

Be notified when an answer is postedAdd your answer:Earn +20 ptsQ: Who are the Gay Players on the LPGA? __An openly gay athlete the ttosterone-filled world of male profsnal sports isn't the radil thought was even a year ago. But the PGA Tour remas uncharted terrory for homosexuals.

While women's golf has had several openly gay players through the years, the men's tour is wag on s first. And, as Brandt Sneker said on the upg season premiere of Golf Channel's "Feherty, " that's probably not bee of an absence of gay golfers -- jt none willg to make their sexual preference public.

LPGA GOLFER MEL REID OUT AS GAY, CG 'FIGHT FOR EQUALY'

"I don't believe that at all, " Brandt Sneker said when host David Feherty remarked the tour don't have any gay players. "I don't thk a gay golfer is gog to be that big of a al. But Sneker said he would enurage a gay golfer to e out if he was ready.

"The fact that the tour don't have an openly gay player -- I don't know if there is or isn't, but odds are there probably is a gay person on the PGA Tour.

I felt that the tour was a different place, sponsors were more performance-driven and the public was gettg more e to the gay life style. “The feedback I got om our fans was far more rewardg that the money I received om my new gay sponsor, ” Jon said. As gay women the golf dtry, LPGA Profsnals Christa Teno and Pam Boccc have worked hard to be where they are today.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

“Wh me achg llege kids, the last thg I want is to be ashamed of who I am, bee I know there might be kids I rec each year who are gay, so I need to be a good fluence on them and show that I’m fortable beg me.

“I’m not a unselor, but to me, jt beg a strong, brave, gay person is what I have to do for those kids out there who might be the same sho I was , ” said Teno.