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PRI MONTH: WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY MALE MMA FIGHTERS?

As part of Pri Month, BBC Sport looks at why there is a lack of openly gay male MMA fighters and what needs to change. * shad smith gay *

Mola's rabow-themed shorts were ma by the UFC support of Pri MonthWhy are there no openly gay male MMA fighters? "Until there's more people [like Mola] who are vol wantg to create a welg environment, there's gog to be barriers for LGBT athlet - pecially LGBT gay male athlet.

SHAD SMH: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST

In a long profile today's New York Tim Magaze, Pl Wachter tells the story of Shad Smh, a mixed martial arts fighter who is a nvicted felon and, as far as I know, the only openly gay... * shad smith gay *

"'It's crazy how much we hi who we are'Smh (left) is creded wh beg the first man to e out profsnal MMAThe ntrast between the men's and women's divisns of the MMA is stark, wh Amanda Nun, Liz Carmouche and Molly McCann three of several openly gay female McCann, who tailed her story of g out on the BBC's LGBT Sport Podst, believ gay male fighters are held back by stereotyp.

HE'S AN MMA FIGHTER AND GAY

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"I feel like [gay] men are nervo of the backlash they're gog to take, " McCann, 32, told BBC Sport.

"To be a gay man, sometim a heterosexual male might nounce that as not very mascule and they will downplay . "I remember at my gym, there were guys who qutned themselv and 's like 'well whatever, if you are [gay] then you are, no problem', " said McCann. "I n pretty much guarantee if straight men knew there was a gay man [ the gym] this day and age that we're now, most of them wouldn't re.

Shad Smh: The First Openly Gay Mixed Martial Artist. Smh is gay, and I know of no other profsnal fighter who is openly so. The amount of misogyny and homophobia among MMA’s hardre fans is appallg.

ARE THERE ANY OPENLY GAY FIGHTERS IN THE UFC (MALE & FEMALE)?

Shad Smh is a featherweight and bantamweight mixed martial artist wh a rerd of 12-16 wh two draws as well. He was a pneer as an openly gay MMA fighter. He formerly fought at lightweight. Smh has fought such nam as Jared Papazian (twice), Toby Imada, Nam Phan, Domick Cz, Charl... * shad smith gay *

Worse, “the closet”, for gays and lbians, is a terrible prison that breeds nfn, sadns and severs nnectivy to others. Update [2008-3-24 17:55:57 by Le Thomas]:: It looks like a rrectn is due: Shad might be the first openly homosexual male fighter.

NYT PROFIL GAY EX-CON ULTIMATE FIGHTER SHAD SMH

For all the homophobic dus upset by me reppg pri month on my fight k y’all some u cups ?. He’s also gay, a piece of his personaly that wrer Pl Wachter explor but do so a matter-of-fact way that should serve as an example to sports wrers who face gay jocks on their beats.

NEW YORK TIM PROFIL SHAD SMH, AN OPENLY GAY CONVICTED FELON MMA FIGHTER

In some regards, Smh is siar to Rod Llaneza, an Atlanta kickboxer who is also gay, though he me out after leavg the sport. Matt Hennie, an Atlanta wrer, ntribut to Outsports and has a gay-themed sports blog.

And sce then, a substantial number of UFC fighters have e out as openly gay.

Who is the first openly gay female the UFC? For stance, Amanda Nun, a female bantamweight fighter, ma history by beg the first openly gay fighter the UFC and the first female two-divisn champn.

GAY MMA FIGHTER OUTED

She also had the honor of petg the first fight between two openly gay fighters. The fact that the gay women were the first to headle the eveng add to their long list of firsts. Who is the first openly gay male the UFC?

The first openly gay fighter the UFC is Marc Diakie, who pet the lightweight divisn.

Furthermore, Nick Rg, a fighter-nttant, was “exposed” as havg worked gay porn and produced a few films durg the 11th season of the UFC TV show on Spike’s “The Ultimate Fighter, ” or TUF. It’s equently claimed that athlet keep secret bee ’s difficult for fans to accept that an openly gay person uld play sports. It mak sense that gay athlet rema closeted, as they would not like to jeopardize their reers.

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