The body of the untry’s first gay bobsledr was found Saturday his Sydney apartment.
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- GAY RUGBY PLAYER, BOBSLEDR SIMON DUNN DI AT 35
- GAY GBY PLAYER, BOBSLEDR, ACTIVIST SIMON DUNN DI AT 35
- GAY GBY AND BOBSLED STAR SIMON DUNN DI SUDNLY AGED 35
GAY RUGBY PLAYER, BOBSLEDR SIMON DUNN DI AT 35
"As an out gay athlete, Dunn fiercely advoted for LGBTQ+ cln the world of sports and fought back agast anti-gay rhetoric the field.
GAY GBY PLAYER, BOBSLEDR, ACTIVIST SIMON DUNN DI AT 35
He was ma history when he earned a spot on the Atralian bobsleddg team, the first out gay man the sport. He also played for the Sydney Convicts, the profsnal gby team ma up entirely of gay players. 1674436812Dunn had been an avid gby player when he was younger but stepped away om playg large part due to the homophobia the sport.
GAY GBY AND BOBSLED STAR SIMON DUNN DI SUDNLY AGED 35
He ced an episo where a straight player on his high school team qutned whether a gay person should be a scm. “Havg your own teammat not wantg you on the field was tough and was part of the reason why I qu the game, actually all sport, for a nsirable amount of time, ” he told ESPN left sports and the untry for a perd, but eventually returned to Atralia and tried out for the all-gay Sydney Convicts gby team. “You learn to believe a gay person don't have a place the sportg field, ” he said.