Glen Quayle is gay pole vlter the NCAA & Commonwealth Gam | Flipboard

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• GLEN QUAYLE IS AN OUT GAY POLE VLTER THE NCAA AND COMMONWEALTH GAM
• WORLD’S TOP POLE VLTER OUT AS PROUDLY GAY SPORT STAR
• GAY LLEGE ATHLETE HAS FOUND HAPPS AND ACCEPTANCE AS A POLE VLTER
• GAY OKLAHOMA SOONERS POLE VLTER DRIV 553 TO MARRY HIS HBAND
• GLEN QUAYLE IS GAY POLE VLTER THE NCAA & COMMONWEALTH GAM

GLEN QUAYLE IS AN OUT GAY POLE VLTER THE NCAA AND COMMONWEALTH GAM

Sce then, he’s simply been “out” as a gay athlete.

WORLD’S TOP POLE VLTER OUT AS PROUDLY GAY SPORT STAR

While he’s found support amongst teammat, he’s also felt some homophobia om the broar muny there.

GAY LLEGE ATHLETE HAS FOUND HAPPS AND ACCEPTANCE AS A POLE VLTER

— almost 300 wt of Mneapolis — might not be the most supportive place for an out gay man.

When someone at the party asked him if he was gay, and he affirmed that fact, the rponse he received was ls than kd.

That was one of my first face-to-face experienc wh homophobia.

GAY OKLAHOMA SOONERS POLE VLTER DRIV 553 TO MARRY HIS HBAND

Still, the ocsnal homophobia Quayle has faced South Dakota has been hard for him to handle. Canadian world champn pole vlter Shawn Barber has e out as a proudly gay man, further openg the closet door for LGBT athlet. “Gay and proud!

Acrdg to, by g out “Barber stantly be one of the hight-profile and most succsful current openly gay athlet anywhere the world”. Gay. The nceptualizatn of this word has brought people together and ripped them apart makg difficult for people like me to thk, “Is this what beg gay actually is like?

GLEN QUAYLE IS GAY POLE VLTER THE NCAA & COMMONWEALTH GAM

Is beg gay really jt another selfish notn that hurts the people close to me? I put my worri of beg gay on hold and subnscly ed pole vltg as a mask, a way to numb the pa.