Tag: sportsman

Although there are thousands of people out there who view openly gay Olympian Gus Kenworthy as a hero and an all-around good guy, unfortunately, there are those who don't. Some of them are, of course, the rampant internet trolls that we have all had to deal with from time to time, except the ones that Gus is dealing with as of recent just prove how alive homophobia is in 2018. He screenshotted several comments left on his YouTube page that...

Michael Pavano finds his niche after years of feeling intimidated. Personal training was always something that intrigued me, but intimidated the crap out of me. I felt out of place in the gym, a place where testosterone flows and masculinity echoes through the building. I had mostly only been friends with girls growing up and was never particularly athletic, which made it extremely difficult for me to interact with (assumed) straight guys. Despite this, in the summer of 2013 at 19,...

Could all fights between sportsmen end this way? A fight broke out between two male volleyball stars ended in a perfect way – with a kiss. The disagreement broke out between chaser Yu Yamamoto, 24, and Takuya Takamatsu, 29, at an All-Star Game held at the Japan Volleyball League. Yamamoto, a chaser for Sun Yamagata and Takamatsu, a forward for Toyoda, disagreed over whether one side had fouled. As they pushed each other, the top athletes decided to do something a little different...

The 11-time Paralympic gold medallist talks sport and sexuality. This summer’s Olympic and Paralympic games showed the world how relatively progressive athletics is when it comes to sexuality, with more out and proud athletes competing than ever before. Equestrian Lee Pearson, who trotted his way to a silver medal at Rio, was one of nine openly LGBT Paralympians competing at the games, and in Attitude’s January issue – available to download and in shops now, the 42-year-old reveals how horse dressage has embraced...

Former Ontario Hockey League player Brock McGillis came out as gay in a first person piece for Yahoo! Canada and he's speaking out on the outpouring of support he's received since doing so. He tells Yahoo!: “I didn’t expect this,” McGillis said from his hometown of Sudbury, Ont. “This was on a whole different level. On Thursday the amount of messages I received – text messages, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram – I would say was almost in the 10,000 range.” People he hasn’t...

The football star gained international attention after protesting the US national anthem. Colin Kaepernick turns 29 today! The San Francisco 49ers quarterback made international headlines this year after his refusal to stand for the US National Anthem in protest of racism that communities of colour face across the country. But the American Footballer has been making political waves since long before his frankly awesome of show of defiance against racism. An ally of the LGBT community, Kaepernick said that the first openly gay...

Yesterday (22th October 2016) marked a year since Gus Kenworthy came out as gay. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy celebrated a year since coming out as gay yesterday by posting a picture on his Instagram. The 25-year-old former Attitude cover star was one of the first men from the world of action sports to come out. After coming out last year on twitter with the same picture, Gus Kenworthy took to Instagram to share how life has been since coming out. https://twitter.com/guskenworthy/status/657213362137272320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Writing on the post that...

The Washington Wizards center Jason Collins declared himself "the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport". "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay," he wrote in a issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. He explain the feeling of coming out as "the first" openly gay player in US team sport. "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation....

Matt Lister came out as gay in 2012, and he considers that was his duty as an athlete. “I would never shame someone for not coming out because it’s a personal choice and it’s a difficult thing to go through, but I feel as if it’s a necessity for the LGBT community because you’re in the public eye”, Matt says. “People are watching you, even people who aren’t involved in sport that maybe want to get into it, but they don’t...

American football team The New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski striped down for GQ magazine June issue cover. This muscle muscular hunk revealed GQ’s June issue on his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BFT7N-djeB1/?taken-by=gronk But inside this magazine you will find even hotter pics of Rob. This funny guy is going to show you how to have the funnest summer time ever! https://twitter.com/RobGronkowski/status/730746374187257856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Gronkowski showed off his sexy body and even went as far as flashing what he had under that towel to super hot model Hailey Clauson. Some tips from...

Of all celebrities that are rumored to be gay, this football star has all proves "against" him. Well, I say "against" as he doesn't seem ready to come out in case the evidences are indicating the truth. The biggest evidence that Ronaldo could be gay are related to his persistent visits to Morrocco at his so called "friend" kickboxer Badr Hari. Last year, his frequent flies to Morrocco were a real concern at Real Madrid as Ronaldo was flying during training days. A journalist from French...