Gay Rugby Player & Bobsledr Simon Dunn Dead at 35

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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. 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. 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.

GAY GBY PLAYER, BOBSLEDR, ACTIVIST SIMON DUNN DI AT 35

Simon Dunn, an openly gay bobsledr and gby player who beme an advote for LGBTQ , died Saturday Sydney, Atralia. “He was a passnate advote for LGBTQIA+ reprentatn sport, speakg about his experienc of homophobia his younger years, ” a statement om the HIV support group Bobby Goldsmh Foundatn said.

Dunn played gby wh gay-oriented teams London and Sydney and then moved to Canada while he tackled bobsled, hopg to qualify for the Olympics. Atralian gymnast Heath Thorpe, himself gay, posted a lovg tribute to his iend on Twter:. Simon Dunn, Atralia’s first openly gay bobsledr, and gby player, has died sudnly at the age of jt 35.

Simon Dunn was the first gay athlete to reprent Atralia bobsled.

GAY GBY AND BOBSLED STAR SIMON DUNN DI SUDNLY AGED 35

After retirg om the sport 2016, he took up gby, and played for all-gay team the Sydney Convicts. “Simon reprented all, he always said ‘I am not the spokman, I am jt a gay whe male tellg you about my experienc, and experienc om those wh whom I listened and learnt’.

Atralia’s first openly gay bobsled star was found ad Surry Hills, Sydney, on Saturday, January who had known Simon exprsed their grief on social media and remembered his legacy emotnal WHO WAS JEREMY RUEHLEMANN? Atralia’s Star Observer reported that police officers rpond to a ll on Crown Street, Surry Hills, after “reports the body of a man had been found si” a statement (via Gay Tim), Ruby Rose Management remembered Simon’s legacy and said that he was loved by fay and ador by agency said: “Simon will be missed, not jt for his sportsmanship, not jt for his valued views on our muny and sport but mostly for beg who he was a genue all-round nice guy, who had time for everyone. ”MORE: Report vtigat giant wd turb ‘fallg over’ and dtry issuA look at his reer and legacy Simon’s legacy will be remembered as he was the first openly gay male to reprent a untry bobsled.