Irish gby star out as gay after fearg he would have to qu game - Belfast Live

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• IRISH ACTOR FEATURG GAY GBY MOVIE OPENS UP ABOUT OVERG BULLYG
• IRISH FILM ABOUT YOUNG GAY RUGBY PLAYER TO SCREEN AT NEW YORK FILM FTIVAL
• MICKEY ROURKE'S GAY GBY FILM IS NO LONGER ABOUT GARETH THOMAS
• MOVIE ABOUT GAY RUGBY STAR CHANG LOTN
• IRISH ACTOR FEATURG GAY GBY MOVIE OPENS UP ABOUT OVERG BULLYG
• INSPIRG IRISH MOVIE ABOUT YOUNG GAY SPORTS PLAYERS TO FEATURE AT GARN STATE FILM FTIVAL
• IRISH GBY STAR OUT AS GAY AFTER FEARG HE WOULD HAVE TO QU GAME
• "IMPORTANT MOMENT" AS IRISH PRO GBY PLAYER OUT AS GAY
• ROURKE TO PLAY GAY IRISH GBY PLAYER NEW FILM

IRISH ACTOR FEATURG GAY GBY MOVIE OPENS UP ABOUT OVERG BULLYG

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IRISH FILM ABOUT YOUNG GAY RUGBY PLAYER TO SCREEN AT NEW YORK FILM FTIVAL

In From The Si, a poignant new movie about a gay London gby team, has won over both dienc and crics sce arrivg cemas both Ireland and the UK last week.

Pearse, who is openly gay, also told of his hope that the gby movie, directed by Matt Carter and -starrg former Emmerdale actor Alexanr Lln, will enurage other young people who are stgglg wh their sexualy to e out. © 2022 GCN (Gay Communy News). Handsome Devil, the celebrated Irish movie about a young gay gby player, to screen at Garn State Film Ftival this weekend.

MICKEY ROURKE'S GAY GBY FILM IS NO LONGER ABOUT GARETH THOMAS

John Butler’s partly tobgraphil film about a young gay gby player is about to fd a new dience, havg been selected for cln the New Jersey ftival. Ned soon to realise that Conor is gay and beg forced to nceal orr to f .

Sherlock star, Andrew Stt, also stars as a closeted gay teacher, battlg wh his cisn to keep his own inty a secret. Butler, the wrer and director, based the characters on his own experience growg up as a gay gby player.

In an terview wh GCN last year, Butler said, “I am gay, and I am really to sport, and I had difficulty rencilg those two aspects of myself growg up. © 2018 GCN (Gay Communy News).

MOVIE ABOUT GAY RUGBY STAR CHANG LOTN

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IRISH ACTOR FEATURG GAY GBY MOVIE OPENS UP ABOUT OVERG BULLYG

He scrib bisexualy as sometim beg both a blsg and a curse that way, sayg, “’s easier to hi than if you were gay bee you don’t have to pretend to like girls, and you don’t have to pretend to enjoy kissg a girl if you’re out wh the lads on a Saturday night. “Obvly, Nigel Owens would be a really famo gay referee […] But there weren’t any players that I uld really look up to – Gareth Thomas had retired, but there wasn’t any current players.

© 2021 GCN (Gay Communy News). This is weird, but then aga is Hollywood, so maybe mak sense -- the Mickey Rourke bpic about openly gay Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas is no longer set Wal and is no longer about Thomas. Speakg to The Sun, the sir source says "Gareth was upset about beg cut out, but hop the story rais awarens of how hard is for gay sportsman to e out.

INSPIRG IRISH MOVIE ABOUT YOUNG GAY SPORTS PLAYERS TO FEATURE AT GARN STATE FILM FTIVAL

On the other hand, assumg Rourke's character is an athlete alg wh beg gay, still n be effective if told rrectly.

The movie project set to tell the story of gay Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas is reportedly changg where the film is set, over ncerns the US market “won’t get Wal” film is beg veloped by Mickey Rourke, a close iend of Thomas’.

IRISH GBY STAR OUT AS GAY AFTER FEARG HE WOULD HAVE TO QU GAME

The origal visn for the movie was to tell the story of Thomas, who me out as the first openly gay gby player Cred. Speakg to The Sun, the sir source says “Gareth was upset about beg cut out, but hop the story rais awarens of how hard is for gay sportsman to e out.

It centers on two protagonists, Ned, an openly gay nerd who r nothg about gby, and his new roommate, Conor, a star gby player and a recent transfer who promis to brg gby glory to the school.

I’m gay and I’m really to sports, jt as I was as a kid. Although there is not the stigma of dog a film about homosexualy Ireland like there may have been a generatn ago, I wonred if Butler had any hatn dog a film which has a central theme of homosexualy? Havg a role mol of an openly gay sports player as a young person would have been huge for me.

"IMPORTANT MOMENT" AS IRISH PRO GBY PLAYER OUT AS GAY

Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy has publicly e out as gay, revealg that he thought he would have to qu gby before cidg to tell his ach and lleagu stead.

ROURKE TO PLAY GAY IRISH GBY PLAYER NEW FILM

“I need to accept beg gay myself before I uld addrs wh others.

"My iends have been unbelievable helpg me to accept that I am gay and to help me embrace that part of my life now. “In turn, I feel if I n now help others e out profsnal sport or their everyday liv and make beg gay more normal and not a thg to be worried about, then that is a posive. Belong To is the natnal anisatn supportg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ+) young people Ireland.

"There were one or two people who said 'you're not bisexual, you're jt gay' but largely was overwhelmgly posive.