Pro wrtlg in Pat Patterson, the dtry's first openly gay star and a litenant of promoter Vce McMahon, has died. The WWE Hall of Fame member was 79.
Contents:
- WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
- 10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
- PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
Beg more faiar wh the gay history of wrtlg mak one realize what a different product would be today whout gay culture. * gay wrestler 80s *
From the Balor Club beg for everyone to Drag Queens hostg WrtleMania events, there’s the sense that there is a gay renaissance gog on wrtlg today. Some might pot to openly gay superstars whose sexualy isn’t part of their gimmick like Sonya Deville. All of the exampl pot to the ia that the treatment of gay workers and storyl is improvg.
What’s ls discsed is that sports entertament has historilly borrowed signifint piec of gay culture om the very begng. It seems wrtlg, wh s close physil ntact between the same sex, there is the "herently" gay.
10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
Liberals and activists across the untry celebrated a victory social progrs rather recently as the Uned Stat passed a law legalizg gay marriage across the entire untry. While some nser * gay wrestler 80s *
The dience uld boo and tnt the gay character to prove their machismo. In the same show, a babyface uld borrow elements of mp to get over, and then the next match, nigrate a character for beg gay.
The irony isn’t lost on gay workers like DJ Summers. "It’s tertg to me how many homophobic fans there are bee you are watchg sweaty men, their unrwear, fake fightg.
If you are gog to be homophobic, maybe watch somethg ls homoerotic? It’s a job and a liftyle that often draws people that feel "different, " so perhaps ’s not surprisg that om the earlit days of sports entertament, gay men and women have stck out to the world of wrtlg to make their fortun. In the ’50s and ’60s, when homophobia was rampant, generally, there is some evince that the wrtlg world was margally more tolerant.
PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
Terry Garv was always out that same perd and is one of those rare gay wrtlers who ed a gay gimmick. ) The are all nam that any sual fan will know, but once you scratch the surface, there are so many stori of gay men and women wrtlg’s past.
Nobody wanted to chance their livelihood on the perceptn that they were more likely to have "The Gay Plague.
While many workers felt they uldn’t be open, WWE ntued to me homophobic storyl to draw heat or mock a performer. Beg more faiar wh wrtlg’s gay history mak one realize what a different product would be today whout gay culture. By examg lser-known gay wrtlers, historil nnectns, and signifint storyle events, you n track not only gay culture’s fluence on the art form but the shiftg perceptns of the dtry and dience.