Gay pro wrtlg champ Jake Atlas part of new breed of LGBTQ wrtlers - Outsports

Contents:

• IT’S AN EVEN (EQUAL) MATCH: A FIGHTG GAY WRTLER
• GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS
• GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS

IT’S AN EVEN (EQUAL) MATCH: A FIGHTG GAY WRTLER

Lagman has intified as gay sce he was high school, spendg years an all-boys school. “That’s when I realized that, hey, you know what, I thk am gay.

Members of the gay muny are ually stereotyped as theatril and lovers of the performg arts.

Unlike other male-domated areas, where gay men are ually told to tone down a b, the team urged Martivo to amp up the mp for wrtlg. The stereotype of gay men as weak and unathletic is subverted by Mr.

GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS

I don’t want people to thk that sce I’m gay, I’m an ferr athlete. Gay men the athletic world are then seen mostly as tokens, the lone queer person on a team.

GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS

Martivo is the only openly gay wrtler PWR so far. As ual Homoabnormative productns, none of the actn is staged; what you’re seeg is the two men’s chemistry playg out — and Devon’s mcl beg tenrized — real time. Bee on this night, ont of a sold-out crowd some 20 south of downtown Los Angel, everybody is here to see a champn who jt happens to be gay.

For Atlas, an openly gay man, the impact and importance of his tle reign is somethg he cherish. I am also gay.

In 2013, Darren Young beme the first openly gay wrtler WWE. Young, who had ntemplated how to handle his sexualy for years, spontaneoly me out to a TMZ meraman when asked about whether or not the wrtlg world was ready for a gay performer. “In the ‘70’s, ‘80’s or even ‘90’s, was not a safe space for gays, ” he says.