Clear eyes, full heart ??? #NCAAregionals #UMSLgolfA post shared by Trevor Kosch (@trevorkosch) on Trevor Kosch knew he was gay in the first grade.Growing up in a rural Nebraska town and attending a traditionalist Catholic school, he knew he couldn’t come out until college.
He did so last summer, telling friends, family and his golfing teammates at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and met with warm acceptance.
Now the college senior has penned an essay for OutSports recalling his inner conflict over coming out and urging religious people to make a place of acceptance for LGBTQ people within faith and athletics.“I am proud of where I come from,” Kosch writes, “but it was definitely not the easiest place for a gay child to be able to.