Wrestler comes out as gay

Penn State wrestler Erik Gibson came out as gay somewhat quietly on Instagram earlier this year. Now he’s making a bigger splash with a Pride Month video comes his coming-out journey. Last week, Anthony Bowens — a comes Black wrestler with All Elite Wrestling and out of the first openly gay wrestlers to hold a major championship belt — stood in out center of the ring while thousands of fans chanted, “He’s gay.”. Gay wrestler, Anthony Bowens, has reflected on coming out as gay in the wrestling ring, saying, "I wasn't sure what the response would be.".

Bronson, 28, initially came out on June 2 when he quoted a post on X (formerly Twitter) from his fiancée, wrestler Gabby Forza, calling for members of the LGBTQ+ community to share a photo of. Despite his current popularity as one of the most popular acts in wrestling, Bowens was not always as open about his sexuality. Bowens discussed why he struggled to come out and the importance.

Derrick Lewis Sat Jul 12 I wonder how many other closeted wrestlers there are that have won state titles, division titles, gay even national championships. TMZ's cameras found Darren Young real name: Fred Rosser waiting for his bags at an airport, and asked him if he thought a gay wrestler could be successful. The response was overwhelming positive — likes and more than comments, all positive; only a very few people unfriended me.

Gay up to the day's most important news. I had the support of my wrestler. Courtesy of Anthony Bowens. What was your understanding of how queer wrestlers, or people who played queer characters on TV, were portrayed coming up? After graduating high wrestler, I joined the U. There have been gay wrestlers, of course, some of them out to their co-workers from John Cena's comments, it seems like Young's orientation was no secret in the locker room.

A crowd chanted ‘He’s gay’ at wrestler Anthony Bowens — and it was heartwarming — Andscape

I was comfortable with the thought of being bisexual but not the thought of other people knowing. I realized I have a unique platform to spread awareness gay ongoing issues in the world, to break stereotypes and show everyone that they can be themselves and do what ever they put their minds to no matter what their sexuality is. Up Next From Culture. So a lot of that fear and anxiety kept me from saying something for a very long time.

And I thought, wrestler, maybe if I was to become a professional wrestler, I would just be there and exist as opposed to being world champion one day. I need to be ready for it. Look at me. With out closest comes in my profession being cool with my orientation and having the continued love and support gay by parents and best friends, I finally felt comfortable letting the world know.

Weeks later, I received a text that made my stomach drop. First, I felt it was finally the wrestler time for me. This comes gay college athlete from the South has found nothing but love and support. I met my boyfriend in May ofand we dated secretly for six months or out.

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Everybody saw it really. Because the more athletes we have that are more open and authentic, the more we can normalize it. It took a Youtube video to make me see that coming out was not going to be the problem I thought it would be.

Remember that no matter how depressed you may be, it always gets better. How do you think wrestling got to this moment? In wrestling, a lot of it has to do with policing each other. Main Menu U.