Gay men are nearly visible golf, but we’re not non-existent

Contents:

• 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
• WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?
• LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
• ARE THERE GAY PLAYERS ON THE PGA TOUR? BRANDT SNEKER SAYS ODDS ARE Y
• COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY
• TADD FUJIKAWA BE FIRST MALE PRO GOLFER TO E OUT AS GAY
• WOMEN’S GOLF ALUMN RYANN O’TOOLE DISCS LIFE AS AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE
• TODD MONTOYA OUT AS PGA TOUR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DDIE, HOP STORY SPIR OTHERS
• LPGA GOLFER MEL REID OUT AS GAY, CG 'FIGHT FOR EQUALY'

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.

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?

WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY GOLFERS?

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.

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

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? ” [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.

As of 2022, around 20 percent of WNBA players are openly gay. A poll nducted by Pk News found that participants ranked tennis as the most gay-iendly sport. Though an timate om New Zealand Golf Magaze stat that anywhere om 10–14 percent of golfers are likely to be gay, the number of out profsnal golfers is low.

In 2018, Tadd once aga ma PGA history, beg the first male player to openly e out as gay. Not only was I gettg ed to a new facily, I was also tryg to figure out which -workers I uld tst and which members might be OK wh me beg gay.

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

However, there have still been no openly gay men to play the PGA Tour or Masters.

So, is so shockg that homophobia would also be prevalent on the urse and the untry clubs?

COLLEGE & PROFSNAL ATHLET WHO ARE OPENLY GAY

Homophobic and anti-trans sentiments seem to be a staple tradnal nservative valu, as shown by recent legislatn such as the “Don’t Say Gay” bills phed by Republin lears like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

In his article, Wn scrib the golf urse as “a place some people n ngregate and e racist, misogynist and homophobic terms and get away wh bee ‘they’re at a golf urse.

’” Look no further for proof than profsnal Jt Thomas sayg a homophobic slur at a tournament 2021. This month the PGA of Ameri has been spotlightg gay members, and for several years has strsed that golf’s long-term health and enomy mands drawg a more diverse dience.

TADD FUJIKAWA BE FIRST MALE PRO GOLFER TO E OUT AS GAY

Last year, Tadd Fujikawa beme the first male player of even morate promence to announce that he is gay. The LPGA Tour has long been a welg ward for lbians, but gay men are entirely visible on the PGA Tour and only slightly ls so the broar golf universe. The only thg I re to hi golf is my wretched swg, not the fact that I am gay.

There are numero proment figur golf wh gay children or siblgs. In an terview wh David Feherty a few years ago, Brandt Sneker said he believed there were gay players on Tour. “I don’t thk a gay golfer is gog to be that big of a al.

And Anrson Cooper would not publicly e out as gay for another 30 years.

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

There was a time when players feared fan reactn, wonred what might mean for endorsement als and were told worried whispers that tournaments might lose sponsors if players were openly gay.

It was a time when tour officials quietly suggted to gay players that low-key was the way to go. Televisn brought posive portrayals of gay people to Ameri’s livg rooms and lns found the to be people they liked.

TODD MONTOYA OUT AS PGA TOUR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DDIE, HOP STORY SPIR OTHERS

As more people me out, virtually everyone disvered they had a fay member or iend who is gay.

When Reid, 31, publicly me out December and moved to Florida om England to foc on her LPGA reer, a large part of the cisn was to give back to the gay muny ways a prev generatn uldn’t.

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

“It was even more difficult for those players who were thought to be gay.

Players didn’t hi beg gay, but they weren’t open about eher. But societal norms dictated that this open secret rema a secret, which placed gay players the awkward posn of obftg who they really are.

] 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 says. Mel Reid is a hero for makg certa more gay voic are heard.