Pro wrtlg has long been the home of gay panic and homophobia, but the tim are changg.
Contents:
- 7 REASONS THE WWE HAS A GROWG GAY FANBASE
- PRO WRTLG FANS UPSET AT SPORT BEG LLED GAY
- GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS
- OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
- FANS BREAK OUT INTO 'HE'S GAY' CHANT FOR GAY PRO WRTLER IN BIZARRE SHOW OF SUPPORT
- WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
- GAY PRO-WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS MAK HISTORY WH EPIC AEW TLE W AND FANS ARE OVERJOYED
7 REASONS THE WWE HAS A GROWG GAY FANBASE
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After all, through s of TV programmg om WWE and other wrtlg promotns, the genre as a whole has largely tend to mock gay men and trans people while leerg at like any art form, wrtlg has always ntaed multus — and the days, ’s full of talented queer performers who are changg their dtry for the week, Outsports fished off their list of the 200 bt LGBTQ+ wrtlers the world wh an absolutely stacked top 20 that prov why wrtlg is the new, thrivg queer subculture.
Effy, a scffy queer ripped fishs and a pk-spiked jacket, has been rvg out space for LGBTQ+ fans and performers alike wh events like “Effy’s Big Gay Bnch, ” a seri of wrtlg shows featurg a diverse lp of LGBTQ+ talent. He’s also mp as hell, performg tag teams wh nam like “Gaytanic Panic” (alongsi beloved edy mon wrtler Danhsen) and, simply, “Team Bsy” (wh Allie Katch, ranked sixth on Outsports’ list) Billy Dixon, Outsports’ pick for the year’s top LGBTQ+ wrtler, tly exemplifi the queer wrtlg movement.
PRO WRTLG FANS UPSET AT SPORT BEG LLED GAY
Jake Atlas is a pro wrtlg champ, popular wh fans and openly gay. * wrestling fans gay *
A Black gay wrtler who isn’t aaid to dive onto a row of light tub to take a match to the next level, Dixon’s prence the muny is a bean of cln for others. However, Eddy McQueen wasn’t happy wh some wrtlers fakg beg gay for the sake of ratgs. London wrtler Cassi the Neon Explosn is a gay wrtler who has no issu displayg the lors of the rabow on his outfs when he go on stage.
Out and proud gay drag queen, Rick Cataldo om Brooklyn, New York, shared very strong opns about what he felt about straight wrtlers playg gay onstage. “There’s a problem when the straight guys who play gay characters.
GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS
Beg more faiar wh the gay history of wrtlg mak one realize what a different product would be today whout gay culture. * wrestling fans gay *
Those guys are jt heteros mockg gays and makg .
But he did have this to say when me to straight wrtlg characters playg gay. I wouldn’t be offend by a gay guy playg a straight character. But what do happen is that gay wrtlers don’t get the opportuny to show dienc that we are athletic and jt as tough as the straight wrtlers.
OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
And on Twter, he wrote: “I’m not gay. This has allowed him to e his good looks and charms to change the way people look at gay wrtlers. In fact, durg Pri Month, she shared how tough was growg up gay.
FANS BREAK OUT INTO 'HE'S GAY' CHANT FOR GAY PRO WRTLER IN BIZARRE SHOW OF SUPPORT
Two years later, he admted that he was fully gay. Fortunately, he had the support of the people he loved, cludg “a very homophobic uncle. Durg a Pro Wrtlg: Eve event, she me out to lns of fans as gay.
WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
But no one knew he was gay until another wrtler named Baby Sharon enuraged him to e out. Unlike some of the pro-wrtlers on this list, Jake Atlas was never shy about beg openly gay and ma sure reflected his onstage persona when he’s the rg.
Mike Parrow has appeared a number of All Japan Pro Wrtlg events, but he had a rough time g to terms wh beg gay.
“I tried to cure my homosexualy, ” he admted on “Good Morng Bra. ” But eventually, he went public about beg gay and now rporat rabow lors to his wrtlg outf to show he’s out and proud.
GAY PRO-WRTLER ANTHONY BOWENS MAK HISTORY WH EPIC AEW TLE W AND FANS ARE OVERJOYED
One of his proust moments his reer so far has been beg the first openly gay wrtler to be the New South Wrtlg Tag Team champ. Gays and queers are clearly not the target mographic for World Wrtlg Entertament, nor do any solid statistics exist showg the amount of queers watchg profsnal wrtlg on a regular basis.
After talkg to a handful of LGBTQ wrtlg fans about what draws them to the sports entertament art form, here are 7 reasons why WWE has a growg gay fanbase. Nohels, homophobic ephets thrown -between-match sh-talkg ssns are a thg of the past. Darren Young and Gay Visibily.
But Darren Young's openns isn't the only nod to gays.