As a BBC3 documentary asks why footballers are hant to e out as gay, we take a look at the top 10 sport stars who have done so.
Contents:
- ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
- GAY SPORTS STARS: THE TOP 10 [SLIDESHOW]
- PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ
- FIVE PROMENT SPORTS PERSONALI WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY
ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ... * gay sports stars uk *
Adam Rippon ma history as the first openly gay Amerin male figure skater to w a medal at the Wter Olympics. Welsh gby star Gareth Thomas beme one of the first known active gay athlet when he publicly acknowledged his sexualy 2009.
Thomas was recently the victim of a homophobic attack Cardiff, and upon his requt, the 16-year-old boy who abed him was alt wh by way of rtorative jtice. Fretyle skier G Kenworthy who me out as gay an ESPN article 2015 had the most inic LGBT+ sports moment 2018 when he kissed his boyiend Matt Wilkas on live TV.
Acrdg to him, “the only way to really change perceptns, to break down barriers, break down homophobia, is through reprentatn.
GAY SPORTS STARS: THE TOP 10 [SLIDESHOW]
Out Magaze on gay fns and sports. Read about the openly gay athlet who are breakg barriers profsnal sports. * gay sports stars uk *
I never saw a gay athlete kissg their boyiend at the Olympics. In 2015 Keegan Hirst beme the first Brish gby league player to e out as gay.
He also beme the first Brish Rugby League player to take to the pch as an out gay man, receivg an overwhelmgly posive reactn om fans and fellow players alike.
PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ
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In 2017, former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster revealed he was gay. Dpe livg an openly gay life to iends and fay, he’d hid his inty as a sportsman.
In an terview wh Athlete Ally December 2018, Mel Reid who has won six tim on the Ladi European Tour and has two top-10 fish on the LPGA Tour me out as gay. Open, beme the first male profsnal golfer to publicly e out as gay. Brish gravy bike champn Zack Lear me out publicly as gay via Instagram on Jan.
FIVE PROMENT SPORTS PERSONALI WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY
Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Who is the most famo gay athlete?
Football star Michael Sam ma headl 2014 when he beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL. But he fely wasn’t the first homosexual athlete to fd succs.
Olympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay. NBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013.