Gay pro wrtlg champ Jake Atlas part of new breed of LGBTQ wrtlers - Outsports

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• GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS
• 10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY

GAY PRO WRTLG CHAMP JAKE ATLAS PART OF NEW BREED OF OUT LGBTQ WRTLERS

And are set to wrtle at No Peace Unrground’s Fear The Gay Agenda event on June 11.

There have been tim I’ve intified as gay, bi, pan, ace, and others, ” he said. Bee on this night, ont of a sold-out crowd some 20 south of downtown Los Angel, everybody is here to see a champn who jt happens to be gay.

For Atlas, an openly gay man, the impact and importance of his tle reign is somethg he cherish. I am also gay. In 2013, Darren Young beme the first openly gay wrtler WWE.

10 PROFSNAL WRTLERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY

Young, who had ntemplated how to handle his sexualy for years, spontaneoly me out to a TMZ meraman when asked about whether or not the wrtlg world was ready for a gay performer. “In the ‘70’s, ‘80’s or even ‘90’s, was not a safe space for gays, ” he says. The recently found and much buzzed about All Ele Wrtlg, featurg the lik of the legendary Chris Jericho, signed Sonny Kiss, an openly gay wrtler, and Nyla Rose, the first-ever transgenr petor signed to a major promotn.

Anthony Bowens is an openly gay pro wrtler. Anthony Bowens, an openly gay wrtler who has most recently peted for IMPACT Wrtlg and WrtlePro, says attus have shifted the six years he has been wrtlg profsnally.

Mike Parrow, a gay wrtler who pris himself on btg stereotyp wh his 6-foot-4 and nearly 300-pound ame, stggled to see himself g his sexualy as a source of power when he started his reer. “A mon misnceptn is that we are expected to be award tl, champnships and regnn bee we are gay, ” Atlas says.