Chris Malpartida is gay. His tw brother Michael is bi. They both play llege soccer and tennis for the same school. They both are happy to be out athlet.
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- GAY AND BI INTIL TW BROTHERS THRIVE AS LLEGE ATHLET KENTUCKY
- YOUR GOOD HEALTH: WHY IS ONE ‘INTIL’ TW GAY, THE OTHER STRAIGHT?
GAY AND BI INTIL TW BROTHERS THRIVE AS LLEGE ATHLET KENTUCKY
Beg gay and havg a tw who is bi mak that bond even stronger. I’m Chris Malpartida and I’m gay, and my brother Michael is bisexual. I hope that sharg my g out story along wh that of Michael’s would be empowerg for Lato (and non-Lato) gay athlet.
We both knew at an early age that we were gay and bisexual, though we never told the other until recently. We would hear some of our classmat say homophobic thgs and sually throw out slurs. For the longt time that really ma sred to say anythg and ma try to get rid of the “gayns.
YOUR GOOD HEALTH: WHY IS ONE ‘INTIL’ TW GAY, THE OTHER STRAIGHT?
” I remember prayg to God to take the gay away bee I didn’t want to be the target or a punchle of a joke.
It was a rough handful of years rryg that ternalized homophobia.
We gradually learned to love ourselv and no longer rry the self-py we had for ourselv for beg gay. Durg our hman year we heard que a few homophobic ments and slurs om senrs on the team almost daily and they never suffered any nsequenc.