Anton Corral me out as gay while playg high school lacrosse and said a pro player’s support for LGBTQ athlet meant a lot.
Contents:
- HARVARD LACROSSE PLAYER TO TEAMMAT: ‘GUYS, I’M GAY’
- GAY ATHLET IN LACROSSE – WHAT’S THE PROBLEM HERE?
- LACROSSE_IS_GAY
- GAY U.S. LACROSSE GOALIE ME OUT TO ‘NORMALIZE WHAT MAK DIFFERENT’
- GAY HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE PLAYER FOUND STRENGTH OM PRO PLAYER’S ALLYSHIP
HARVARD LACROSSE PLAYER TO TEAMMAT: ‘GUYS, I’M GAY’
At USA Lacrosse, we celebrate that anyone om anywhere should be able to play lacrosse and ’ve piled and veloped rourc to help parents, players, and lears posively nnect wh the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ+) muny lacrosse. Our hope is that wh this rmatn and sight hand, you’ll have the tools necsary to support the LGBTQ+ muny a meangful and productive way."I thk ’s awome that when people look at lacrosse, they will see all kds of people.” * lacrosse is so gay *
ELI5:Why do people ll lacrosse gay?
I keep hearg people say that lacrosse is gay and how baseball is better. Noah Knopf was received warmly after g out to his Harvard teammat, but says the sport has to al wh an graed homophobia.
GAY ATHLET IN LACROSSE – WHAT’S THE PROBLEM HERE?
Madison Doucette ed her g out as gay lacrosse to crease acceptance. * lacrosse is so gay *
“I wanted to talk to you this morng to tell you that I’m gay.
“I uld tell people that I’m gay.
LACROSSE_IS_GAY
When I was 19, I heard on a podst that the new ernor of Colorado was gay, and felt for a moment that the world might be changg.
Never had I properly acknowledged the fact that I was gay. While bshg my teeth a few nights before talkg to my parents, I realized that I had never even said the words “I’m gay” out loud before.
GAY U.S. LACROSSE GOALIE ME OUT TO ‘NORMALIZE WHAT MAK DIFFERENT’
“I’m gay, ” I whispered the mirror, and sed to myself. I also felt the need to expla myself my first few nversatns about beg gay. I’m gay.
I had asked my iends and fay to keep our nversatns private bee, after wnsg the way that people lacrosse talk about beg gay, I wanted my teammat to hear the news om me. I believed that after three years on the team, they would know me as Noah first and the gay kid send, but our locker room was not immune to the homophobic jok and sults that are the norm men’s lacrosse. Although my experience as a gay whe man is different om Ellison’s experience as a Black man, his words spired me.
GAY HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE PLAYER FOUND STRENGTH OM PRO PLAYER’S ALLYSHIP
But one factor I began to nsir was the way that people talk about beg gay our culture.