Contents:
- SAT BE 'GAY IN' AHEAD OF AFL'S GURAL PRI GAME
- RUMOUR A COLLGWOOD PLAYER IS TO BEE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AFL PLAYER?
- RUMOUR A COLLGWOOD PLAYER IS TO BEE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AFL PLAYER?
- RUMOUR A COLLGWOOD PLAYER IS TO BEE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AFL PLAYER?
SAT BE 'GAY IN' AHEAD OF AFL'S GURAL PRI GAME
Rumour: A Collgwood player is to bee the first openly gay AFL player.
RUMOUR A COLLGWOOD PLAYER IS TO BEE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AFL PLAYER?
SAM GILBERT, gay in. It might not be a scriptor the St Kilda fenr ever expected, but, acrdg to Jason Ball (Atralian Football's first openly gay male player), the scriptn is que, a 28-year-old centre half-back for Victorian untry club Yarra Glen, explaed how highly Gilbert is thought of by the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and qutng (LGBTIQ) muny. "He's bee a gay in a way, " Ball said of the veteran Sats fenr.
"It sent a msage to other people the sportg world that sayg no to homophobia don't make you ls of a man.
"I me to unrstand a lot of the homophobic language and behavur wasn't g om a place of hatred towards me or gay people, but rather jt ignorance and not knowg the impact on me, " Ball said.
RUMOUR A COLLGWOOD PLAYER IS TO BEE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AFL PLAYER?
"Once I was out, that homophobic language fad. "(They weren't) necsarily directed at me, but every time I would hear those words, felt like a remr if they found out I was gay, I wouldn't be accepted.
RUMOUR A COLLGWOOD PLAYER IS TO BEE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AFL PLAYER?
"Ball was 12 when he realised he was gay.