First openly gay NASCAR driver talks racg, homophobic fans, and vodka cranberri - Queerty

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• FIRST OPENLY GAY NASCAR DRIVER TALKS RACG, HOMOPHOBIC FANS, AND VODKA CRANBERRI
• NASCAR WILL HAVE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY DRIVER YEARS DURG 2021 SEASON
• THIS GAY NASCAR DRIVER JT RACED AT DAYTONA FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE G OUT

FIRST OPENLY GAY NASCAR DRIVER TALKS RACG, HOMOPHOBIC FANS, AND VODKA CRANBERRI

Ltle did he know that, several years later, that same ltle boy wh a fondns for wheels would eventually grow up to bee the first openly gay NASCAR driver.

NASCAR WILL HAVE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY DRIVER YEARS DURG 2021 SEASON

Queerty recently chatted wh Rhos to discs all thgs racg, what prsur e wh beg lled the first openly gay NASCAR driver, and whether NASCAR, both as a sport and s fans, was always acceptg of his sexualy. QUEERTY: You’ve been hailed as the first openly gay NASCAR driver. The feelg of beg the first openly gay NASCAR driver is credible.

If I were jt now startg NASCAR as an openly gay man, I thk the overall receptn would certaly be more welg. The creased acceptance we see across society today has been a difficult battle fought by the LGBTQ muny that me before , who were brave enough to live each day as openly gay. This, of urse, is an ongog battle, but I’m happy to be playg my part challengg society’s expectatns of a gay man.

I’m sure there are many dividuals (not only NASCAR fans) who dislike me simply for beg gay. However, I’ve actually gaed many fans by beg open about beg gay, and have had untls members of the LGBTQ muny tell me about how I’ve helped them overe obstacl by simply beg open every aspect of my life.

THIS GAY NASCAR DRIVER JT RACED AT DAYTONA FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE G OUT

Put simply, some people love me for beg openly gay NASCAR; some people probably hate me for .

I read an old article about you recently that begged the qutn, “Is NASCAR ready for the first openly gay driver? Many ments [on articl such as those] pot out that people unfaiar wh NASCAR assume that NASCAR fans mt be homophobic rednecks, which uldn’t be further om the tth. I’m not a stereotypil NASCAR driver, and probably not a stereotypil gay man eher.

I do nsir myself an advote for the gay muny.