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• WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV
• WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV
• LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
• MICKEY ROURKE ON ROLE AS GAY WELSH GBY STAR
• WELSH GBY STAR REVEALS HE IS GAY
• PRCE HARRY PRAIS GAY GBY STAR FORCED TO DISCLOSE HIV STAT
• GAY ACTIVISTS PRAISE GBY STAR GARETH THOMAS'S CISN TO E OUT
• ALFIE A 'HERO' US AFTER SPEAKG ABOUT BEG GAY ON CHAT SHOWGAY WELSH GBY STAR GARETH THOMAS HAS BEEN HAILED A “HERO” THE US AFTER AN TERVIEW ON ONE OF THE UNTRY’S BIGGT TALK SHOWS.WALONLEBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYWALONLE00:00, 6 JAN 2011UPDATED11:43, 12 JAN 2016BOOKMARKKEEP UP TO DATE WH THE LATT STORI WH OUR WALONLE NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 KEEP UP TO DATE WH THE LATT STORI WH OUR WALONLE NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV

He me out as gay 2009, makg him the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player - and will be a star on ITV's new show The Real Full Monty on Ice. 2 The former Welsh ternatnal me out as gay after his marriage broke up and said he hoped would enurage other young gay gby playersCred: Getty Imag.

When did Gareth Thomas e out as gay? In December 2009, Thomas announced publicly that he is gay. He said he did not want to be known as a "gay gby player" but simply as a "gby player".

In a recent terview wh the Gay Tim, Thomas said he origally thought gettg diagnosed wh HIV was a ath sentence. “People don’t unrstand the facts about HIV, ” Thomas told the Gay Tim. He was also the first profsnal gby unn player to announce that he was gay, when he me out 2009.

WHO IS GARETH THOMAS? OPENLY GAY WAL GBY UNN LEGEND AND REALY STAR DIAGNOSED WH HIV

Thomas married his wife, Jemma, 2002, but they later divorced before he announced that he was gay 2009. HIV stands for Human Immunoficiency Vis - the immunoficiency is the weakeng of the immune system by the visIf untreated n lead to late-stage HIV or Aids, the name for a llectn of illns ed by the visMeditn helpg those wh HIV to live long, healthy liv has been available for sMorn meditn rc the viral load to untectable levels, meang someone n't pass on HIV and their health is protectedThere were more than 106, 000 people livg wh HIV the UK 2020Mr Thomas won 100 ps for Wal and three for the Lns durg his playg days which saw him play for Bridgend, Cardiff, Touloe and Cardiff end his reer wh Welsh gby league si Csars before retirg years earlier, he beme the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player when he me 2019, he revealed on Twter that he had HIV, sayg he wanted to end the stigma around on this story.

Former Wal pta and ternatnal gby star turned LGBT mpaigner Gareth Thomas has been acced of “ceptively” transmtg HIV to an 48-year-old is beg sued the High Court by his former boyiend Ian Bm for allegedly hidg his HIV stat and “failg to take reasonable re” not to pass the fectn Thomas reportedly tends to strongly ntt the reprentativ were ntacted for a 's reported if Mr Bm ws urt, he uld claim damag of £150, 000 or pair were a relatnship between me out as gay 2009 and revealed his HIV stat publicly 2019. “That rmatn, had bee publicly known, would have been extremely damagg to the fendant’s public reputatn as a person who had spoken out about his homosexualy and LGBTQ issu, ” urt documents said. ”Mr Thomas ma history 2009 by beg the world’s first openly gay gby reer clus 100 ps for Wal, reprentg the untry four Rugby World Cups, and beg the Brish and Irish Lns publicly revealed he was livg wh HIV 2019 and ss on the HIV Commissn, which aims to end new s of the disease by De of Ssex attends a Terrence Higgs Tst event wh former Wal gby pta Gareth Thomas Cred: Steve Parsons/PATo raise awarens of the ndn, he filmed a documentary wh Prce Harry for the Terrence Higgs Tst and produced his own programme, Gareth Thomas: HIV And Bm said he felt “vulnerable and unsure about his future” after his diagnosis but was “very much love wh” Mr Thomas and vastated he had been “ceived”.

Thomas publicly me out 2009 and has sce scribed his experience as a secretly gay player, revealg how the social prsure and stereotyp pose a signifint challenge for many athlet today. Thomas, who now plays gby league for the Csars, announced he was gay 2009 and has been discsns wh a scriptwrer. Wal gby unn ternatnal Gareth Thomas has announced that he is gay an terview Bra's Daily Mail Cardiff Blu full-back, 35, says he has been through "absolute spair" and did not want to be known simply as a "gay gby player" former Wal and Brish and Irish Lns pta is Wal' most-pped player and nth the all-time Tt try srg list.

LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

"I don't want to be known as a gay gby player. I jt happen to be gay. Thomas, who me out as gay 2009, was told he had HIV, a vis that attacks the body’s immune system, durg a route sexual health check-up.

The shock cisn by gby unn player Gareth Thomas to announce that he is gay has triggered speculatn that other sports stars might e out. The fact that he has nfirmed his sexualy while still playg the game has been praised by gay rights mpaigners. "But he said he did not want to be known as a "gay gby player" and hoped people would treat his sexualy as "irrelevant" to his reer.

"It is very posive Gareth has e out while he is still an active player, " said gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell. "Many of the sports people who have clared their homosexualy have tend to do so after their reers are over.

MICKEY ROURKE ON ROLE AS GAY WELSH GBY STAR

Hopefully this will ease the way for other gay and bisexual players to also e out. "Thomas is almost certaly gog to have to turn a af ear to the odd wolf-whistle, or worse, homophobic sult, " Parft wrote the Wtern Mail. "Thomas said he cid to go public about his sexualy to "send a posive msage" to other gay people, pecially young people nsirg a reer sport.

"He said he knew om the age of 16 or 17 that he was gay but uld not accept and feared his sexualy would affect his playg reer. He told his wife, Jemma, that he was gay and felt as if his life was "fallg apart" as his four-year marriage broke down.

He said he still loved his tranged wife, who he scrib as "the nict person the world"'s cisn to e out as a gay man is unual but not unprecented.

WELSH GBY STAR REVEALS HE IS GAY

Earlier this year Irish hurlg star Dónal Óg Cack, 32, announced he was gay.

The same year, after his retirement om the US NBA basketball league, John Amaechi nfirmed that he was gay his memoir, Man In The Middle. However, homosexualy is still nsired taboo many sports.

PRCE HARRY PRAIS GAY GBY STAR FORCED TO DISCLOSE HIV STAT

"However, given there are 500 profsnal football players, statistilly about 50 of them are probably gay or bisexual yet none have felt able to be open about their sexualy. GAY Welsh gby star Gareth Thomas has been hailed a “hero” the US after an terview on one of the untry’s biggt talk shows.

Thomas spoke openly on Ellen, the chat show prented by Ellen DeGener, about the torment of livg a lie before he beme the first profsnal sportsman to e out as gay December 2009. DeGener, herself openly gay, said the former Wal gby unn pta was “spiratnal” and Amerin viewers immediately flood ter foms to praise him.

GAY ACTIVISTS PRAISE GBY STAR GARETH THOMAS'S CISN TO E OUT

After the show, which aired on Tuday, DeGener posted on webse Twter: “Gareth Thomas is the first openly gay male athlete on any pro team. ” And Amerins took to the ter to praise his impact on the gay muny.

ALFIE A 'HERO' US AFTER SPEAKG ABOUT BEG GAY ON CHAT SHOWGAY WELSH GBY STAR GARETH THOMAS HAS BEEN HAILED A “HERO” THE US AFTER AN TERVIEW ON ONE OF THE UNTRY’S BIGGT TALK SHOWS.WALONLEBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYWALONLE00:00, 6 JAN 2011UPDATED11:43, 12 JAN 2016BOOKMARKKEEP UP TO DATE WH THE LATT STORI WH OUR WALONLE NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 KEEP UP TO DATE WH THE LATT STORI WH OUR WALONLE NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

The former Brish Lns pta, who has prevly said he do not want to be known as a gay gby player but rather a player who “jt happens to be gay”, is now makg a name for himself outsi the gby world.

” Thomas, who joed an ele band of dual- ternatnals when he ma his league but for Wal October last year, also said that sce his revelatn a number of other gay sportsmen and women have sought advice and nfid him. He said: “There are a lot of athlet who are gay and they all have dividual suatns.

Sport is somethg that n change the world, and people beg gay sport and beg able to ntue that sport is such a posive msage to children and adults.