Irish Rugby | “Lads asked the qutn and I said yeah – I was gay. Then we played the game and had a beer after.”

Contents:

• IRISH GBY STAR OUT AS GAY AFTER FEARG HE WOULD HAVE TO QU GAME
• GAY PRO GBY PLAYER NICK MCCARTHY OUT IRELAND TO WISPREAD ACCEPTANCE
• "IMPORTANT MOMENT" AS IRISH PRO GBY PLAYER OUT AS GAY
• “LADS ASKED THE QUTN AND I SAID YEAH – I WAS GAY. THEN WE PLAYED THE GAME AND HAD A BEER AFTER.”
• IRISH ACTOR FEATURG GAY GBY MOVIE OPENS UP ABOUT OVERG BULLYG

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

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.

GAY PRO GBY PLAYER NICK MCCARTHY OUT IRELAND TO WISPREAD ACCEPTANCE

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“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.

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

Nick McCarthy, a profsnal gby player for Lester Ireland, has e out publicly as gay. When he talked wh a uple of ach last year, the support they showed him opened his ey to the te state of wispread acceptance of gay athlet sports.

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.

“LADS ASKED THE QUTN AND I SAID YEAH – I WAS GAY. THEN WE PLAYED THE GAME AND HAD A BEER AFTER.”

“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). Nick McCarthy, a profsnal gby player wh Lester, has e out as gay, admtg that he prevly nsired walkg away om the sport due to his sexualy.

"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. [ Johnny Sexton proud of his Lester brother Nick McCarthy after publicly g out as gay]Beg the first openly gay male profsnal gby player Ireland was always gog to maner the headl bee directly challenged a taboo male sport. Lester scm-half Nick McCarthy out as gay.

LEINSTER SCRUMHALF NICK McCarthy has spoken publicly for the first time about his sexualy, admtg he ntemplated retirg om gby stead of g out as gay. My iends have been unbelievable helpg me to accept that I am gay and to help me embrace that part of my life now.

IRISH ACTOR FEATURG GAY GBY MOVIE OPENS UP ABOUT OVERG BULLYG

"There were one or two people who said 'you're not bisexual, you're jt gay' but largely was overwhelmgly posive. "Dunne also spoke of the differenc between beg gay and bisexual. "The news not long after NFL player Carl Nassib revealed he was gay an Instagram post.

Wh the announcement, the fensive end om the Las Vegas Rairs be the first out gay player the said he never really ma a big al about g out to his teammat. It's part of the six-foot-eight-ch scholar-athlete's goal of obleratg tired stereotyp about gay athlet.