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Oh Valley Wrtlg has s first openly-gay heavyweight champn.

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OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN

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And are set to wrtle at No Peace Unrground’s Fear The Gay Agenda event on June 11.

There have been tim I’ve intified as gay, bi, pan, ace, and others, ” he said. Sunday’s “Great Midwtern Trendkill” event wasn’t the first time out gay pro wrtler AC Mack stepped to a Naptown All-Pro Wrtlg rg, but will be his last.

MAN FIGHTS: A GAY WRTLER’S STORY

Beg more faiar wh the gay history of wrtlg mak one realize what a different product would be today whout gay culture. * gay men in wrestling *

He is an out gay Black man the South who thrived, buildg human nnectns whose strength manifted the emotnal rponse by the ACTION fanbase when he announced he was leavg -rg petn last month.

WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay men in wrestling *

Oh Valley Wrtlg has s first openly-gay heavyweight champn, and fellow queers, we’ve been missg out. That there are athlet who are gay isn’t unual, but for a lot of , this particular, er… sport — a hybrid of showmanship and athleticism — evok gargantuan, mulleted whe men who n barely be rtraed, wh sptle flyg as they shout threats at their opponent.

This tone for gays probably shouldn’t be surprisg — homoeroticism has always been the elephant the wrtlg rg.

“I’ve always said you have to be a ltle gay to be a wrtler, ” said Perry, who performs as Amon, Demon Marquis of Hell when he is not workg as a supervisor at Uspir, a rintial psychiatric facily for kids.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

“It’s sweaty guys unrwear pickg each other up … ’s pretty gay. Even so, when Oh Valley Wrtlg, or OVW, announced s first openly-gay heavyweight champn, I spent a week my feelgs about actually attendg a match. While I was happy to check off yet another em on the gay agenda, the last thg I wanted was to vis a place I imaged was not only hyper-mascule, but a mag for MAGA hats.

In a small locker room that uld jt as easily be lled a drsg room, Perry talked to me about showmanship, fah and beg gay an unual sport.

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“I was out there wh Paradise — he’s actually a gay character — and I read his signal wrong, so we had to e up wh somethg. To clarify, ’s Perry himself makg headl for beg the first openly-gay heavyweight champn, and not Amon, who as a mon, thriv not on relatnships, but actg out his evil impuls. So had been 13 years of me beg gay, but I wasn’t livg gay.

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