Tag: gay athlete
Closeted footballer reveals his coming-out date, and it’s sooner than you think
T-minus 24 hours! The gay footballer who’s been peeking out from the closet for the past few weeks is apparently making his big reveal on Wednesday, July 24.
On Sunday, July 21, he tweeted “24.07.19 ????.”
This still-anonymous Twitter account, purported to belong to a gay English Football League player, first got our attention with a July 5 announcement.
“I’m a professional footballer, playing for a club in the ,” that tweet read. “I will be revealing my identity soon, but I...
Gay pro footballer peeks out from behind the closet door
He’s coming out, and he wants the world to know. An anonymous Twitter user claiming to be a gay English Football League player says he’s getting ready to publicly come out and has been cluing in his loved ones in the meantime.
“I’m a professional footballer, playing for a club in the . I will be revealing my identity soon, but I am a proud gay man, hoping to break the mould,” the user wrote on July 5. “I am...
Openly gay Team GB athlete ready to risk prison defending LGBTQ rights in Qatar
After collecting a silver medal in the 20km race walk at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year, Tom Bosworth is at the peak of his career.
It means that when the World Championships take place in 2019 in Qatar, he could be in for securing the top prize.
But the openly gay athlete – who publicly came out in 2015 – risks imprisonment if he speaks out in favour of LGBTQ rights when visiting the Middle Eastern country.
Bosworth is rightfully angry...
When this gay athlete came out, everyone’s reaction was perfect
A childhood American Idol crush had him worried.
My earliest memory of feeling shame for who I was originated in sixth grade.
I was sitting on the couch watching American Idol with my mom, and I said, “Scotty McCreery is cute.”
She didn’t like that.
“You’re not supposed to think that,” she said.
It shocked me that she said this. It made me think it was wrong to think another guy was cute. When a parent says something very shocking like this, it can...
