Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
Contents:
- OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
- MAN FIGHTS: A GAY WRTLER’S STORY
- WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
Oh Valley Wrtlg has s first openly-gay heavyweight champn. * gay men in wrestling *
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.
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. 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. “It’s sweaty guys unrwear pickg each other up … ’s pretty gay.
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 *
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.
WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
* gay men in wrestling *
“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.
“It’s still my msage even today — I still travel to church and mps and speak, and I thk people get aaid my msage is gog to be ‘everybody, go be gay! “I work at a psych facily wh kids and, while they don’t know I’m gay, someday they might, and ’s great bee now they n see that gay don’t mean you have to put on a drs or whatever — I beat up people and got the same belt John Cena did.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
You walkg away didn’t stop me, me beg gay didn’t change anythg. When I asked how they felt about an openly gay wrtler, their fac oze, fell to the ground and shattered. Home: WeleA BIT ABOUT USWrtlers Whout Borrs was started by club reprentativ attendg Gay Gam III Vanuver 1990.
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
It helps velop polici and anize wrtlg at the Gay Gam through s votg membership the Feratn of Gay Gam and our direct teractns wh host anizatns. (WWB) membership is open to dividuals and legimate wrtlg clubs who have monstrated a mment to wrtlers of all ag, race, genr or orientatns a safe, non-elist environment and who adhere to the polici and procr as set forth by the also reprent our member clubs as a votg legate the Feratn of Gay Gam and assist planng Gay Gam wrtlg tournaments, In 2006, WWB was rerporated to broan s missn beyond the FGGWrtlers Whout BorrsKalavy vs Pham Don Jung 32nd Annual San Francis TournamentMastronardi vs Porter Don Jung 32nd Annual San Francis TournamentSuav vs Dirks Don Jung 32nd Annual San Francis TournamentCONTACT USMATERIALS DISCLAIMERAll rmatn and imag ntaed wh the pag of this webse are based on events, people and lotns and are assembled om var sourc based on personal experience, rellectn and participatn public events.
There was a time the middle of the last century when photos of men wrtlg posg straps was about as stimulatg an image as a gay man uld fd, legally. The perfect exampl by Don Whman wh the Wtern Photography Guild (read the story of WPG below) pture the excement and tensn of a uple of maybe straight, maybe gay, maybe even mixed (! Wrtlg fans often like to remisce about how awome everythg was back the Attu Era, but one thg that was cidly unol was how pro wrtlg ma LGBTQ wrtlers stay the closet while g kayfabe gay romance storyl for shock value or havg a wrtler "play gay" to draw heat.
In fact, when Goldt turned face, WWE ma a big al out of announcg his heterosexualy, while Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo pretend to marry 2002, then stopped the ceremony to say "jt kiddg, ha ha, we're not gay, eher. Not only do Katch wrtle solo GCW, but she has partnered up wh Effy a tag team lled Bsy or, as Katch has lled the duo, Too Gay Power Trip.