Women’s World Cup: Atralia’s Elyse Villani on beg a gay athlete

Contents:

• ATRALIAN CRICKET STAR ELYSE VILLANI OPENS UP ABOUT WHAT BEG GAY MEANS FOR HER AS A PRO ATHLETE
• ATRALIAN CRICKETER JAM FLKNER REVEALS HE IS GAY ON HIS 29TH BIRTHDAY
• THE GAY ATRALIAN CRICKET CHAMPNS AND TEAMMAT JT GOT MARRIED
• GAY ATRALIAN CRICKETERS
• THE BABY WAS BORN TO A GAY UPLE ATRALIAN CRICKET
• CRICKETER JAM FLKNER SAYS HE IS NOT GAY AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA 'MISUNRSTANDG'
• “MY IAL IS WHERE IT IS JT JANE THE CRICKETER, RATHER THAN JANE THE GAY CRICKETER”: AN INSTUTNAL PERSPECTIVE OF LBIAN INCLN ATRALIAN CRICKET
• HEATH DAVIS BE FIRST MALE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY
• GAY CRICKET STAR MEGAN SCHUTT SLAMS ‘FURIATG’ MYTH
• ATRALIAN CRICKET STAR ALEX BLACKWELL TO MARRY PARTNER GAY CEREMONY

ATRALIAN CRICKET STAR ELYSE VILLANI OPENS UP ABOUT WHAT BEG GAY MEANS FOR HER AS A PRO ATHLETE

FOR most people, changg their Twter profile is not a signifint then there’s Atralian Women’s Cricket player Elyse Villani, who ma the cisn to add the le ‘Proud Gay Athlete’ to her social media didn’t gge the opn of all her iends and fay before htg the ed button. SIGN UP NOW >Elyse Villani hs out durg the World Cup match agast Getty ImagVillani has reprented Atralia 69 match all three formats of the game and is an unassumg and urageo role is one of very few openly gay athlet to reprent Atralia at a World Cup and at last year’s R Olympics there was only one openly gay Atralian athlete, Matilda Michelle n listen to the full terview on the Atralian Cricket Podst here or iTun. Villani took some time out of her by World Cup Campaign to speak on the Atralian Cricket Podst and says she ma the cisn to e out publicly after beg on the sportg float at the 2015 Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras wh fellow Atralian Women’s cricketer Alex Blackwell.

ATRALIAN CRICKETER JAM FLKNER REVEALS HE IS GAY ON HIS 29TH BIRTHDAY

Blackwell, the Atralian Women’s Vice-pta, was the first openly gay Atralian cricketer to wear the baggy green and Villani has no regrets about the cisn to follow her footsteps.

Villani celebrat the wicket of England's Natalie APHer cisn to e out publicly displayed the sort of gr and termatn that has seen her bounce back om an early reer axg to now feature at the top of Atralian Women’s how important is to be one of the few openly gay athlet to reprent Atralia at a World Cup? The all-rounr had won the Man of the Match award the 2015 World Cup fal which Atralia had won by beatg New Zealand by 7 many sportspersons have e out the open the past revealg their gay inty, the number of such stanc cricket, pecially the men’s sectn, has been srce.

THE GAY ATRALIAN CRICKET CHAMPNS AND TEAMMAT JT GOT MARRIED

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Atralia, as a untry, has ma signifint progrs terms of LGBTQ+ rights, and cricket has also seen a few gay players. Currently, there are no openly gay cricketers the Atralian natnal team. However, a few former Atralian cricketers have e out as gay after retirg om the sport.

GAY ATRALIAN CRICKETERS

One of the most notable exampl is Jason Gillpie, a former Atralian fast bowler, who me out as gay 2019. Another former Atralian cricketer, Alex Blackwell, who played for the natnal women’s team, me out as gay 2013 and spoke publicly about her experience as a gay cricketer. They have implemented polici and iativ to make cricket more clive and to support LGBTQ+ ncln, while there are currently no openly gay cricketers the Atralian natnal team, a few former cricketers have e out as gay after retirg om the sport.

THE BABY WAS BORN TO A GAY UPLE ATRALIAN CRICKET

However, is important to note that there is still a lack of reprentatn of LGBTQ+ dividuals cricket, and further progrs needs to be ma to create a more clive and acceptg environment for all You Need to Know About Gay Cricketers AtraliaThere have been a few gay cricketers Atralia who have e out publicly after retirg om the sport. Currently, there are no openly gay cricketers the Atralian natnal of the most notable exampl of a gay cricketer Atralia is Jason Gillpie, a former Atralian fast bowler. He me out as gay 2019, and his g out was seen as a signifint moment the sport.

Gillpie is nsired one of the greatt fast bowlers the history of Atralian cricket, and his revelatn helped to raise awarens and acceptance of gay cricketers the sport.

She me out as gay 2013 and spoke publicly about her experience as a gay cricketer.

CRICKETER JAM FLKNER SAYS HE IS NOT GAY AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA 'MISUNRSTANDG'

They have implemented polici and iativ to make cricket more clive and to support LGBTQ+ is worth notg that spe the progrs ma, there is still a lack of reprentatn of LGBTQ+ dividuals cricket and further progrs needs to be ma to create a more clive and acceptg environment for all ncln, while there are currently no openly gay cricketers the Atralian natnal team, a few former cricketers have e out as gay after retirg om the sport. And this XI all have one thg mon – they are gay.

“MY IAL IS WHERE IT IS JT JANE THE CRICKETER, RATHER THAN JANE THE GAY CRICKETER”: AN INSTUTNAL PERSPECTIVE OF LBIAN INCLN ATRALIAN CRICKET

Set up 1996 wh the aim of providg an “opportuny for people to watch and play cricket irrpective of genr or sexual orientatn, ” a world where beg gay wasn’t always accepted, Grac have bee a haven for people to e to terms wh their sexualy while also allowg them to play cricket.

HEATH DAVIS BE FIRST MALE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY

They’ve often e om societi where is illegal to be gay and the opportuny to meet like-md dividuals is somethg that Sam Nimaiyar, who was born India, has valued immensely. But for Chris Sherwood – the club’s prs and publicy officer – beg able to play cricket and not stand out for beg gay is one of Grac’ unique appeal.

“It’s nice not to be ‘the gay one, ’” Sherwood said. “I always feel like if I was a straight team, ’s like ‘oh Chris, he’s the gay one’ and then I have to e out.

“This is the reason ’s difficult for people to e out bee there’s all this banter about gay beg lser somehow and to sudnly go ‘that’s me, I’m gay, ’ ’s que a difficult thg to do. Modi moved om India to the UK 2004 and although he had known he was gay for the prev 18 months, he’d never had any gay relatnships.

GAY CRICKET STAR MEGAN SCHUTT SLAMS ‘FURIATG’ MYTH

Upon movg to London, a batn of his membership at Grac, his new gay iends and his ex-boyiend – whom he still creds for much of the posive aspects of his life – Modi cid to e out to the most important person his life – his dad. In tradnal Indian culture, where arranged marriag are often the norm, to have an openly gay relative would harm a fay’s abily to attract potentially prospero spo. Although is timated that the law change affected 104 ln gay Indians, is still not monplace to be openly gay Indian society.

ATRALIAN CRICKET STAR ALEX BLACKWELL TO MARRY PARTNER GAY CEREMONY

Whether is bee of tradnal attus or homophobic beliefs that still permeate through the untry as a rult of relig iologi, the numbers of openly gay people India is disproportnate to the populatn of India. It’s impossible to ppot a sgular actn that will fively change the perspective of the Indian populatn of the LGBT muny, but speakg to Modi and Nimaiyar, is clear that they believe that havg famo Indian ins – whether they are sports stars or celebri other walks of life – voice their support for the LGBT muny, is somethg that uld signifintly help gay people.

However, she advised him not to e out to his brother and father bee “they would rather you be a rapist or murrer than gay. And isn’t jt the ethnic ntgent of the club who have had to al wh homophobic abe durg their liv. There is nothg wrong wh beg gay.

” Not only was Root standg up on behalf of all gay cricket players, but subsequently srg a century after makg the ment, he did what the members at Grac’ have learnt to do – let the cricket do the talkg. Sydney: A baby boy was born to a gay uple on the Atralian women’s cricket team. ”Blackwell was the first gay Atralian cricketer to e out 2012 and said her experience enuraged her to support trans accepted Jam to her Universi Women’s Cricket Club 2016, after Jam had searched for trans-iendly teams onle.