Why are there no openly gay players ele men's tennis? | OPENLY

Contents:

• ATHLETE’S GOAL IS TO REACH THE TOP AS AN OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL TENNIS PLAYER
• 5 ACTIVE TENNIS PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY OR BISEXUAL, FT. DARIA KASATKA & SAMANTHA STOSUR
• THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
• THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA
• "IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT
• QUERREY: ‘THERE’S GOT TO BE SOMEONE WHO PLAYS TENNIS WHO IS GAY’
• WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ELE MEN'S TENNIS?
• TOP NAM COME IN SUPPORT OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ON THE MEN’S TOUR
• GAY TENNIS PLAYER THE CZECH REPUBLIC SAYS LGBTQ ACCEPTANCE THERE IS BUILDG
• OPENLY GAY PLAYER LENDALE JOHNSON HAILS ROGER FERER, NOVAK DJOKOVIC & ANDY MURRAY FOR THEIR SUPPORT

ATHLETE’S GOAL IS TO REACH THE TOP AS AN OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL TENNIS PLAYER

Athlete’s goal is to reach the top as an openly gay profsnal tennis player. Jeremy Sonk has longed battled racism and homophobia tennis. I hated that I was a person of lor and I hated that I was gay.

5 ACTIVE TENNIS PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY OR BISEXUAL, FT. DARIA KASATKA & SAMANTHA STOSUR

I had a uple of middle school and high school girliends that I, regrettably, ed as a shield to nvce people that I was not gay. Stop tellg gay people, people of lor or anyone who has faced an adversy bee of who they are to “be the bigger person.

I was able to pete as the only out gay man (that I know of) on the ATP tour. But after my experience, I feel nfint sayg the ATP is ready to support an out gay male tennis player.

THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY

Though the world has ma improvements terms of cln, and people are generally more acceptg of the gay muny, there are many people who will never accept a person who is gay, no matter how succsful, fluential and nonthreateng they are. However, whout the lik of Billie Jean Kg, Marta Navratilova, Brian Vahaly, Alison Van Uytvanck, Greet Mnen and others, I would not have had the urage to play as a proud gay man. Insir is highlightg out and proud athlet honor of the annual celebratn of those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and morn-day stars like USWNT pta Megan Rapoe and WNBA legend, Diana Trasi, are NBA player Jason Pl Colls, former NFL nng back David Kopay, and tennis in Billie Jean Kg were trailblazers their rpective sports.

Longtime NFL offensive leman Ryan O'Callaghan me out as gay publicly 2017 via a story for Outsports and revealed that he had long planned to kill himself once his football reer was over. She's sce bee a vol gay rights advote and one of the most fluential voic at the tersectn of sports and social movements. In 1999, after his profsnal reer me to a close, Bean me out as gay.

THERE WILL BE NO OUT GAY MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THE U.S. OPEN, YET AGA

After g out 2013, Michael Sam was one of the first publicly gay players high-profile llege football history. Louis Rams 2014, makg him the first out gay man drafted to the NFL, although he never played a regular-season NFL game.

"IF THERE'S A GAY PLAYER THE LOCKER ROOM, NOTHG HAPPENS" - DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, THE LATT STAR TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT

Jason Pl Colls spent 13 seasons the NBA and, after g out 2013, beme the first out gay athlete actively playg any of the four major North Amerin pro sports leagu.

Olympic skater Adam Rippon ma history as the first out gay man to jo Team USA for a wter Olympics and, Pyeongchang, he beme the first to w a medal at the Gam. Former NFL nng back David Kopay me out as gay 1975, beg one of the first profsnal athlet to publicly e out of the closet. Former New York Giants and Washgton Redsks guard Roy Simmons me out as gay 1992, well after his NFL reer had e to a close.

Amerin mid-distance nner Nikki Hiltz is an out gay woman and an activist.

QUERREY: ‘THERE’S GOT TO BE SOMEONE WHO PLAYS TENNIS WHO IS GAY’

Profsnal skateboarr Brian Anrson me out as gay 2016. But I don't like that word: homosexual, gay or faggot. "In 1992, he was nearly killed after leavg a gay bar New York Cy.

Whether the cint was rooted homophobia is unclear, but left Griffh hospalized for four months. He publicly me out as gay 1994 and is a vol gay rights and HIV awarens advote, havg later e out as HIV+ as well. A former NFL rnerback, Wa Davis me out as gay 2012 after his profsnal football reer me to an end.

Marta has ed her posn for good, fightg the anti-gay Amendment 2 1992 and speakg at the gay march on Washgton 1993. Marta is an advote for gay rights, human rights, animal rights, senrs and agast munism.

WHY ARE THERE NO OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ELE MEN'S TENNIS?

Navratilova ed her posn as a world champn to fight the anti-gay Amendment 2 1992 and spoke at the gay march on Washgton 1993.

TOP NAM COME IN SUPPORT OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS ON THE MEN’S TOUR

Marta slams homophobe Margaret Court for ‘hidg behd her Bible’. Tennis in Marta Navratilova lled out Atralian tennis legend Margaret Court a tweet: “amazg how strong her homophobia tly is…”. Daria Kasatka me out as gay a recent terview wh blogger Vya Kravchenko.

The 25-year-old went on to speak about how homosexualy is treated Rsia, before statg that there is nothg easier the world than beg straight. Over the years, several tennis players have announced that they are eher gay or bisexual, wh ins Billie Jean Kg and Marta Navratilova beg the most well-known. Currently, there are a number of players who have e out as eher gay or bisexual, and here are five of them.

Daria Kasatka recently me out as gay. They were the first gay uple to play together at Wimbledon 2019. 99 Greet Mnen beme well-known for her relatnship wh Alison van Uytvanck, and the two were for long among the most popular gay upl tennis.

GAY TENNIS PLAYER THE CZECH REPUBLIC SAYS LGBTQ ACCEPTANCE THERE IS BUILDG

As a former men’s llegiate tennis player and openly gay member of my team, this qutn nagged at me as I attend the monumental first ever Pri event at the U.

As a former llegiate tennis player and gay man, this event stck a particularly sensive chord for me. After all of the homophobia I have personally experienced sports, the panelists and the packed dience gave me so much hope for the future of cln sports.

OPENLY GAY PLAYER LENDALE JOHNSON HAILS ROGER FERER, NOVAK DJOKOVIC & ANDY MURRAY FOR THEIR SUPPORT

The trailblazer for gay visibily on the ATP tour scribed himself durg the panel discsn as “an anx guy and an anx tennis player, ” statg that his disfort wh his sexual orientatn throughout his life was a signifint ntributor to his anxiety. To me, the fact that Vahaly was even able to make on tour as a closeted gay man the 2000s mak him que an anomaly.