Pro disc golfer Thomas Gilbert out as gay on Instagram - Outsports

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• PRO DISC GOLFER THOMAS GILBERT OUT AS GAY
• GAY, GEIA
• LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT

PRO DISC GOLFER THOMAS GILBERT OUT AS GAY

Thomas Gilbert, a profsnal disc golfer, had a simple msage wrten above his photo on an Instagram post this weekend: “I’m gay. Therefore I feel like ’s time to e out to you all, and let you know that I am gay.

When Thomas Gilbert me out as gay the begng of 2022, he did not jt for himself, but for other disc golfers who might be part of the LGBTQ+ muny. At the begng of 2022, Gilbert announced via an Instagram post that he is gay. In December, Gilbert watched the Netflix seri Comg Out Colton, a doceri that followed former NFL player and one-time The Bachelor star Colton Unrwood on his journey as he told iends and fay that he was gay.

"I don't thk anyone knew I was gay up until the begng of 2021, and slowly throughout the season I me out to more and more people, " Gilbert said. He's often heard players e "gay" as a rogatory term toward their poor shots, for example, and enuraged people to choose their words more refully.

GAY, GEIA

Thomas Gilbert beg an openly gay, active PDGA player is kd of a big al. Le Prokop is the only gay active NHL player, ever.

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

There is one openly gay MLS player, Coll Mart.