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UNED STAT GAY OPEN RETURNS FOR 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATN

Jo San Francis for the 40th annual Uned Stat Gay Open tennis tournament -- one of the largt and olst the world. Meet players of every level om around the globe wh a long weekend of muny celebratn, petive spir and terrific tennis. * us gay open *

The Uned Stat Gay Open celebrated s 40th year May 2022 as the longt nng LGBTQ+ tennis tournament the world.

When I was growg up, one thg [tennis] allowed me to momentarily pe was beg gay bee of the guilt, lonels and otherns I felt for likg boys, which I thought was herently wrong. The Uned Stat Gay Open is one of more than 70 tournaments the Gay and Lbian Tennis Alliance’s world tour. For the full story on this year’s Uned Stat Gay Open, click here.

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Pri Month kicked off a big way out San Francis over Memorial Day weekend. The Uned Stat Gay Open returned for the first time three years. * us gay open *

The most tellg sign of the lack of out gay men profsnal tennis is that the only player wearg any rabow apparel this summer was a straight guy who had to apologize for g gay slurs durg the Olympics.

Open starts s two-week n New York, I feel pelled to rehash this prsg statistic: There will once aga be no openly gay male players at one of the sport’s premier events. “To be hont, I’m somewhat surprised that there still hasn’t been an out active ATP Tour level player, ” said Nick Lee, a former llege tennis player at Vassar who is openly gay. The absence of out male pro tennis players is noteworthy a summer that saw the first gay NFL player and gay NHL prospect e out and a rerd number of out LGBTQ Olympians, cludg the most men ever.

THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA

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Brian Bradley, who is gay and played tennis for Catholic Universy Washgton, D. C., foced on the dividual nature of the sport when tellg Outsports why he thks gay pro tennis players stay closeted.

WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE

Tom Wadll, an athlete the 1968 Olympics, created the Gay Gam first held 1982 to celebrate LGBTQ cln. The Gay Gam are still held to this day wh the next round schled for 2022 Hong Kong. * us gay open *

“There are no out gay players on the ATP tour bee most players don’t pick up a racket hop to be a role mol for an entire margalized muny, ” Bradley said. “It tak a special personaly to both thrive a profsnal sport AND live thentilly as a gay man.

THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY

The U.S. Open hosted s very first Pri, and out tennis player Nick Lee was there to ask: where are the other gay men? * us gay open *

For so long gayns has been attributed to weakns — this n alienate a player om g out.

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Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn. * us gay open *

“What happens if you’re the the FIRST out gay player? “The g out procs is so nuanced, and I n image the trici that e wh beg gay and playg a profsnal sport. That closeted player may not have signed up to be the first gay player.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * us gay open *

But the fear that an out player would be hound by the media has been molished by how quickly the Carl Nassib story fad after the Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman me out as gay June. I thk “gay male pro tennis player out” would be a story that quickly fas as an obssn a culture where “breakg news” gets old really fast.

However, queer people are still fired, nied hog or refed service for beg gay, lbian or transgenr some parts of the untry.

Although acceptance of LGBTQ+ rights and people has risen recent s – particularly dramatilly among younger Amerins – there was an crease reports of homophobia and transphobia durg the Tmp era parallelg a lamentable rise right-wg natnalism.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Countertuively, while Indiana has a reputatn as a nservative ral state where you probably won’t want to sport a pk Mohawk and kiss your lbian partner on the lips public; South Bend, Indiana had a very popular out gay and married mayor, Pete Buttigieg, who ran for the Democratic nomatn for print of the U. Everyone affectnately refers to the gayborhood as “Boys Town”— even the gfft lookg male taxi driver.

It's more laidback than nearby Miami (which is more popular wh party-seekg younger gay men) and is one of the few ci gettg queerer as retire flock here for the nvivial spir, warm weather and lower st of livg pared to other big North Amerin ci. His gay and lbian iends San Francis, though, had never experienced an event as thrillg or movg as the openg ceremony. And so Wadll created the Gay Gam – then lled the Gay Olympics, until the Internatnal Olympic Commtee sued over the name.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

“The formula for succs was visibily and inty, ” Wadll said an terview followg the first Gay Gam 1982.

Wadll died 1987, but the Gay Gam ntue to this day, growg to an ternatnal phenomenon sce their first eratn. They draw over 10, 000 athlet and sometim seven or eight tim as many spectators, said Shiv Pl, vice print of external relatns for the Feratn of Gay Gam.

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