When we talk about sports we imagine a lot of muscles, sweat, aggression, motivation…
things we can’t call gentle, can we? Especially when it comes to men and “tough” sports
like football, basketball, wrestling, boxing, baseball, rugby. There, people
fight, kick each other, wrestle, sweat a lot… wohoho a complete mess, right?
But there is also a tenderer side of the game. Take a look at those men who
have announced publicly they are gays while still playing. Pretty courageous…
1.Thomas Hitzlsperger - football
Totally a shock, one of the few people in the professional
football to announce he’s gay. He really made the whole guild to explode.
Besides, he is the first German footballer to announce this. He is the most high profile
footballer to come out as gay. Ronaldo makes the girl’s hearts to
jump, throb, now gays have their choice. An action to admire.
2.Jason Collins – basketball
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| Jason Collins |
Huge, tall, tough black man who is an NBA basketball center.
Who could imagine that he would admit he was gay? I will just skip Obama’s
speech about him, how proud he was and so on… I want to say that Collins is the first
openly gay athlete who takes part in a team sport in the USA. Basketball is
really a tough sport, so you must have balls to announce “I have a gentle soul”.
3.Orlando Cruz – boxing
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| Orlando Cruz |
Nooooo... you say, yes is my answer. Even in the professional
boxing, there is one who broke the rules. He is the first openly gay active
fighter. It’s interesting what he said when he came out as gay in 2012 - "I
have and will always be a proud Puerto Rican. I have always been and always
will be a proud gay man. “
That’s what I’m talking about, be proud of yourself!
4.Ian Roberts – rugby
Here come Australia and one of the toughest,
maybe the toughest sports of all. This is no place for tender dudes, all you
need is a lot of muscles, strength, speed… this dude has all of them plus one
more – “gentle” soul. He was the first openly gay in Australia’s rugby history.
Brave one, don’t you think. Surprisingly, he was supported by many of the
people, including teammates… and he made his “confession” in the distant 1996
when gay sportsmen had been a fiction.
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| Ian Roberts |
5.Darren Young – WWE
Yeah, after football, basketball, boxing, rugby it
comes wrestling. This is one of the most powerful “Coming outs” of the world.
But, guys he is not the first one in WWE. Chris Canyon and Orlando Jordan both came out as either gay (the
first) or bisexual (the second). What is the unique thing, then? Darren was
the first openly gay while he still signed for a major promotion. The others announced their sexuality
when they solemnly retired.
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| Darren Young |
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