'Walker, Texas Ranger' reboot adds Keegan Allen as gay, nservative brother of lead - Washgton Tim

Contents:

• FOR GAY TEXAS RANGERS WRER, LIFE HAS TURNED SWEET AFTER HE H ROCK BOTTOM
• PRETTY LTLE LIARS‘ KEEGAN ALLEN JOS THE CW’S WALKER AS THE TEXAS RANGER’S GAY, CONSERVATIVE YOUNGER BROTHER
• THE RANGERS WILL HONOR JT ABOUT EVERYTHG ON THE FIELD EXCEPT GAY PRI ... AND WNG
• 'WALKER, TEXAS RANGER' GETS WOKE REBOOT, TO STAR 'GAY, NSERVATIVE' CHARACTER
• ‘WALKER, TEXAS RANGER’ REBOOT ADDS KEEGAN ALLEN AS GAY, NSERVATIVE BROTHER OF LEAD

FOR GAY TEXAS RANGERS WRER, LIFE HAS TURNED SWEET AFTER HE H ROCK BOTTOM

Consirg how well attend most Pri Nights are, mt take astonishg levels of homophobia to make a baseball executive say no to the ncept of higher profs. The Rangers were a sponsor of the NAGAAA Gay Softball World Seri last Augt when the event took place Dallas and Waxahachie. Now openly gay, Plck is thrivg and dog the thg he lov most — verg sports.

Alex Plck — shown durg sprg trag — vers the Texas Rangers and now do as an openly gay man. Here I was as an out gay man. I am a 29-year-old gay man who works at a full-time job wh a si job verg Dallas sports, pecially the Texas Rangers.

I’m an out gay man and a damn proud one.

PRETTY LTLE LIARS‘ KEEGAN ALLEN JOS THE CW’S WALKER AS THE TEXAS RANGER’S GAY, CONSERVATIVE YOUNGER BROTHER

I didn’t know any gay guys.

I had only been exposed to the Hollywood gay stereotype, so the only gay exposure I got were flamboyant dus who talk high pch voic wh energetic mov and liked figure skatg. I thought I uldn’t be gay and maybe I was jt cur. To be clear, I wasn’t surround by homophobia.

THE RANGERS WILL HONOR JT ABOUT EVERYTHG ON THE FIELD EXCEPT GAY PRI ... AND WNG

I knew I was gay. I figured my reer sports was over sce a gay guy workg profsnal sports jt don’t happen. On the first day, I me out as gay to my therapist.

I mean, a closeted gay man verg a baseball team was hardly a norm, and still ate at me, but I didn’t want to say anythg bee I didn’t want to the moment. Later the year I told a few more people I was gay.

'WALKER, TEXAS RANGER' GETS WOKE REBOOT, TO STAR 'GAY, NSERVATIVE' CHARACTER

For months I challenged myself to go public, but aga stggled wh the thought of a gay man verg sports.

‘WALKER, TEXAS RANGER’ REBOOT ADDS KEEGAN ALLEN AS GAY, NSERVATIVE BROTHER OF LEAD

Guys who didn’t e close to f Hollywood’s stereotype me out as gay, and the revelatn h. I tsted myself and I took to social media and put out there that I was gay.

As the lendar mov through June and #PriMonth, I feel 's this is the right time to e out as a gay man. Pretty Ltle Liars‘ Keegan Allen Jos The CW’s Walker as the Texas Ranger’s Gay, Conservative Younger Brother. Allen’s character, Liam Walker, is a gay nservative who was jt promoted to assistant district attorney.

As the players close out yet another loy, losg year on the field, the ont office will stubbornly reta s reputatn as the last homophobic holdout – the only team Major League Baseball to have never hosted a “Pri Night” welg s LGBTQIA+ fans. The Rangers held an unofficial promotn at a game 2003, vg muny groups such as gay/lbian volleyball, softball and gby leagu and the Texas Gay Roo Associatn to attend.