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HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON

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Created July 2007, the Rebelyons gay gby club promot a posive image of LGBTQ people orr to make possible to change the state of md sport and society. To mark their 20th anniversary as the UK's first gay gby team, the Kgs Cross Steelers stipped down and posed for a new book to be published by die 'ze Meat.

All the players were photographed by Meat's founr, Adrian, who started Meat 2010, said that he was "tired of the body shamg that go on wh the gay muny. " His aim is to "celebrate the bodi of 'ordary gay men. The Steelers has not only helped pave the way for clive gby teams but also helped hanged perceptns about gay sportsmen.

NASHVILLE’S GAY RUGBY TEAM STRIPS DOWN, SHOWERS UP FOR 2016 CALENDAR: PHOTOS

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"Alex Smh, Chairman of the Kgs Cross Steelers said: "Dpe so much progrs over the last 20 years, n still be very difficult to be an out gay man, ma even more so by a lot of unhelpful noise around how to be, act or look wh the muny. "He add: "For two s, our club has helped hundreds of men - big, small, gay or straight - realize the great maxim about gby: that is a game for people of all shap and siz - tly a sport for everyone. That team was the Orlando Griffs, and while Fisher was open and accepted by the team as a gay man, he wanted to look for more members of the LGBTQ muny who would be terted playg.

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