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  • Here are the sports stars who came out in 2018

    2018 has been a whopping year for LGBT sports people. More and more stars feel comfortable to be their true selves in public.

    Here are some of the sports stars who have come out in 2018.

    Abrahm DeVine

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    US swimmer, Abrahm DeVine came out as gay in an inspiring interview in Swimming World Magazine. Before coming out to his teammates, 22-year-old DeVine described his worry about how they would react on hearing the news. He said, “I’m a gay athlete. There aren’t too many of us, so when I came out to my college team, that was a really tough time for me.”

     

    Collin Martin

    Twenty-three-year-old Collin Martin came out as gay, wrapped in a pride flag. Amen to that. He becomes the second Stateside pro footballer to do so. Robbie Rogers was the first in 2013.  He made the announcement via Twitter, writing “I am announcing for the first time publicly that I am an openly gay player in Major League Soccer, June is Pride month, and I am proud to be playing for Pride, and to be playing as an out gay man.”

     

    Hurley Haywood

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    US Racing Legend Hurley Haywood came out at the age of 69. He addressed his sexuality in his autobiography, Hurley! From The Beginning.

    Jake Atlas

    Pro Wrestler Jake Atlas came out in Feb 2018 saying, “I am proud to fulfil my promise of coming out publicly about my sexuality to be a voice for those that struggle with this issue like I have for many, many years.”

    Karina Manta

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    US Ice Dancer Karina Manta comes out as bisexual. Karina is a professional skater and she shared the news (and her girlfiend) with the world in a video.

    Mel Reid

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    Six-time Ladies European Tour winner and LPGA golfer Mel Reid has come out in an interview with Athlete Ally. She said, “I fell in love with a girl and I was excited about it, so I told my sister who was completely cool about it, and then my brother,”

    “My parents are older than most, but they couldn’t have been better about everything.

    “They just assured me that as long as I love a good person, it doesn’t matter what race, gender or background they come from. I was very lucky my entire family is very liberal and embraced it totally.”

    Nir Rotenburg

    Professional Wrestler Nir came out as gay in July. Speaking to WDG, Rotenberg, who boxes professionally as Rixon Ruas said, “I understood the extent of the responsibility and the influence that my actions have now that I am a champion, and I knew that it was time to come out of the closet in public.”

    “If I had a gay role model as a young wrestler, the fears I’ve had in the past would have been avoided”.

    Robert Páez

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    Venezuelan Olympic diver Robert Páez came out as gay in a column with Outsports. He competed in the London 2012 Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics. In the column he wrote, “Growing up in Venezuela, I knew from a very young age that I was different, despite not knowing what exactly that meant.

    “It’s a difficult road, to know at a young age that we feel something that makes us believe we are not “right” in the eyes of society. Yet the truth is that if I was born that way, it was because God created me and he wanted it that way.

    “When I finally came to believe that, that’s when I understood that I should accept with pride and courage…”

    Tadd Fujikawa

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    US Open Golfer Tadd Fujikawa came out as gay in September 2018. Writing on World Suicide Prevention Day, Fujikawa said, “So…I’m gay. Many of you may have already known that.

    “I don’t expect everyone to understand or accept me. But please be gracious enough to not push your beliefs on me or anyone in the LGBTQ community. My hope is this post will inspire each and every one of you to be more empathetic and loving towards one another.”

    Todd Harrity

    American squash player Todd Harrity revealed that he was gay in a heartfelt Twitter post in April. He said, “It has taken me a long time to accept myself as I am. But now I have, and am ready to put all of this behind me and move on with my life.”

    Zack Leader

    British Gravity Biker Zack Leader came out as gay in 2018. The biker who was 19 at the time came out in an emotional post on social media. He wrote,

    “For about six months now, this is how I wanted to start the new year. A fresh start. No more hiding, no more lies,

    “To some of you this won’t be news, but to a lot of you, I imagine it won’t have even crossed your mind. Some of you may have thought about it I imagine. What I’m trying to do is come out and say I’m gay.”

     

  • Did Jaden Smith just come out in the most epic way?

    Did Jaden Smith just come out in the most epic way?

    Jaden Smith says he and rap star Tyler the Creator are dating, apparently…

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    Jaden Smith has said that he and Tyler the Creator are boyfriends on stage at the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival.

    Taking the microphone Jaden said, ‘I just wanna say Tyler, The Creator is the best friend in the world. And I love him so fing much, and I wanna tell you guys something, I wanna tell you, Tyler doesn’t wanna say, but Tyler is my mother fing boyfriend.’

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    He continued, “And he’s been my mother f***ing boyfriend my whole f***ing life,”

    The moment was captured by the MyMixtapez Instagram and others on social media like Twitter user @NickiGoat.

    Tyler the Creator, real name, Tyler Gregory Okonma, seemingly came out in 2017 when lyrics on the track from his album, Flower Boy revealed that he had been kissing boys since 2004. He raps, “‘Next line will have ’em like “Whoa” / I been kissing white boys since 2004,’  on the track “I Ain’t Got Time”.

    “You Can’t Deny It”

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    Tyler actually came out in 2015, but claimed in a Tweet that nobody took any notice.

    Jaden then took to social media to tweet Tyler saying, “‘Yup @tylerthecreator I Told Everyone You Can’t Deny It Now.’

    Tyler the creator replied, Tyler responded by tweeting back, “hahaha you a crazy n***a man”.

    Jaden has in the past revealed that he considers himself genderfluid but has never talked about his sexuality.

    “Real Girlfriend”

    However later in the show, an unnamed woman turned up on the stage, to which Jaden told the crowd, “this is my real girlfriend, for real”.

     

    Not all fans buy it

    On social media however, many fans weren’t buying into the revelation with many feeling that it was a stunt by Jaden Smith. When @MyMixtapez asked their followers what they thought of Jaden’s statement, many believed that Jaden was pranking.

  • X Factor contestant comes out as gay

    X Factor contestant comes out as gay

    X Factor singer Danny Tetley has come out as gay

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    Danny Tetley has opened up about his sexuality and revealed his dad’s surprising response when he found out.

    Danny has been out to his family since 2001, but it’s only now that his sexuality has become wider public knowledge. Speaking to The Sun, about how he came out to his Dad, Danny said, “I always had my questions over the years but Dad was never open about it.

    It turns out that the pair came out to each other whilst on holiday in the LA and were comparing which guys they both found attractive.

    Danny revealed, “In LA we’d gone into a bar and then realised it was a gay bar.

    “The drinks flowed and we started talking about the men in there who were handsome.

    “That led to a conversation back at the hotel and we were honest with each other for the first time.

    “It was quite a strange moment — there aren’t many fathers and sons who are gay.”

    “It must have been tough for my dad growing up in the era he did and not being able to be himself”.

    He revealed that his parents split when the singer was just six-years-old, Danny was quick to add, however, that his father did love his mum.

    The X Factor singer realised that he was gay when he was just four years old. Speaking about how people react when they find out that he is gay he says that they’re often surprised, “When I did come out it was always a bit of a shock because I was in the rugby and football teams. People say I am not your typical gay man, but who is?”

    So is Danny single?

    According to the singer, he is focussing on the competition at the moment and doesn’t have time for dating, but joked that since he’s been on the show that his social media has blown up with male attention. He said, “I’ve had plenty of men hitting on me through social media, saying they fancy me, but I have no time at the minute and I’m liking my own space.”

  • Michael C Hall opens up about his sexuality

    Dexter actor, Michael C Hall has revealed that he believes he’s not 100 percent heterosexual.

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    Speaking to the Daily Beast about his new project, a play called Thom Pain, Dexter actor, Michael C Hall spoke about his own sexuality, saying that he thinks that sexuality is on a spectrum and that making out with a male actor night after night made him “lean” into being sexually fluid.

    He told the website, “I think there’s a spectrum. I am on it … If there was a percentage, I would say I was not all the way heterosexual.”

    He continued: “I think playing the emcee required me to fling a bunch of doors wide open because that character I imagined as pansexual … Yeah, like I made out with Michael Stuhlbarg every night doing that show. I think I have always leaned into any fluidity in terms of my sexuality.”

    TheGayUk.com recently asked its reader whether thought that sexuality was on a spectrum. Over two-thirds of readers believe that sexuality is indeed on a spectrum.

    Speaking about his desire for a more intimate relationship with a man, Hall revealed,

    “I’ve never had an intimate relationship with a man,

    “I think, maybe because of an absent father, there has definitely been a craving for emotional intimacy with a man.”

    “I don’t mean to suggest that an emotional relationship between a father and son is any way homoerotic. I mean an emotional intimacy or connection that at least in the milieu I grew up in was considered fey.”

    However, he stated that “as a rule” he identified as heterosexual.

     

  • Grey’s Anatomy star comes out as gay

    Twenty-seven-year-old actor Jake Borelli came out via Instagram the same night as his character on the show Grey’s Anatomy.

    Jake Borelli, took time on Thursday to write a heart-warming message on social media after his character, Dr Levi Schmitt, on the long-running TV drama, Grey’s Anatomy embarked on a same-sex love story. The actor wrote how he “craved” as a young person, storylines like the one his character is involved with and hoped that the character would bring hope to others.

    Taking to Instagram the star wrote, “As a gay guy myself, tonight’s episode was so special to me. This is exactly the kind of story I craved as a young gay kid growing up in Ohio, and it blows my mind that I’m able to bring life to Dr. Levi Schmitt as he begins to grapple with his own sexuality this season on Grey’s Anatomy. His vulnerability and courage inspire me every day, and I hope he can do the same for you”.

    Borelli continued, “To all of you who feel like little Levis out there, know that I do too, that you are seen, and that we’re all in this together. And to everyone who has supported me over the years, I can’t thank you enough, and I love you more than all the stars…”

     

    The actor also spoke to Entertainment Weekly about opening up about his sexuality, saying that he was already out to his wider circle of friends and family, “I’ve been out to my friends and family for almost 10 years now, but within the last couple of months of shooting the show and really getting to know this character and seeing the response, I’ve realised that this is becoming bigger than just me,” he told the outlet.

    “Within the last year or so, I’ve been given the opportunity to speak on a much larger platform. With that opportunity, I am able to come out to a much larger group of people”.

    The post was liked 25,000 times over 12 hours and the actor received scores of supportive messages from fans.

     

  • Big Brother star comes out as gay on national TV

    Big Brother star comes out as gay on national TV

    Big Brother star Cameron Cole has come out as gay on a national TV show.

    Cameron Cole has become the first male Big Brother UK contestant to come out as gay on the programme. The 18-year-old vlogger opened up about his sexuality on the reality TV programme. His coming out was broadcast on last night’s episode (5th October).

    He came out during a discussion with fellow housemate Lewis Flanagan. The reveal came after openly gay housemate Cian explained to other housemates, the previous night, that he had a crush on Cameron and would “eat him alive”.

    However, Cameron found the announcement awkward.

    Speaking to Lewis about what Cian had said, Cameron opened up saying,

    “I just wish he wouldn’t have fcking said it. Even if he’d just said it to you, that’d be fine but to say it to the whole fcking group… Everyone’s awkward today with me. Every single person. Conversations are just weird.”

    He continued, “I don’t even know what the f*ck to say to him. I don’t even know where to start… Everyone thinks I’m acting weird because someone said they like me. They don’t understand that there’s more layers to that.”

    Lewis then asked, “Are you gay?” Cameron who was hiding his face with his hoody replied “yes”. Lewis rallied Cameron to show his face before congratulating him for coming out.

    Big Brother continues on Sunday (October 7) on Channel 5.

  • US swimmer, Abrahm DeVine, comes out as gay

    “I’m a gay athlete. There aren’t too many of us”

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    US swimmer, Abrahm DeVine has come out as gay in an inspiring interview in Swimming World Magazine. 

    Before coming out to his teammates, 22-year-old DeVine described his worry on how they would react on hearing the news. He said, “I’m a gay athlete. There aren’t too many of us, so when I came out to my college team, that was a really tough time for me.”

    However, to their credit his teammates were nothing but supportive.

    He said, “I remember that being a pretty emotional time, and just feeling my whole team wrap around me and feeling that love in a place where I hadn’t really felt it, that was definitely special for me.

    “Just seeing them kind of prove me wrong was definitely special, something I’ll never forget.”

    DeVine comes from Seattle, Washington and studies at Standford University. He has swum for the US Nations and World Championship.

  • Boy Erased star Lucas Hedges comes out as “not totally straight”

    “I recognize myself as existing on that spectrum”

    Welcome to the club hunny! Lucas Hedges has confirmed in a recent interview that he doesn’t identify as totally straight. But not Bisexual or Gay. Somewhere on the spectrum.

    The Boy Erased and Manchester By The Sea star was speaking in a Vulture interview when he sort of “came out” after revealing he had a crush on a boy at camp.

    He confided in his mother,

    “I felt terrible about it. I remember her being very comforting, and she understood that something was distressing me, and she said, ‘You don’t have to go back to camp today.’ [Pause] I’m sorry, I can’t help but feel a little self-conscious, only because I’m talking to you and the world at the same time.”

    He continues,

    “I owe it to this part to speak as honestly as possible. In the early stages of my life, some of the people I was most infatuated with were my closest male friends. That was the case through high school, and I think I was always aware that while for the most part I was attracted to women, I existed on a spectrum.”

    Lucas recalls learning about that spectrum from a health teacher in sixth grade — and was at first concerned he didn’t feel like he fit all the way into the nice box of “straight”:

    “I felt ashamed that I wasn’t 100 percent, because it was clear that one side of sexuality presents issues, and the other doesn’t as much.”

    Finally, he explains,

    “I recognise myself as existing on that spectrum: Not totally straight, but also not gay and not necessarily bisexual.”

     

     

  • Film star Garrett Clayton just came out

    Film star Garrett Clayton just came out

    Garrett Clayton just came out and introduced the world to his boyfriend, Blake Knight.

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    Garrett just shared an emotional Instagram post with his 1.4 million users, in which he talks from the heart about why he’s taken on his latest film, Reach, a project which deals with timely issues which have affected the actor personally.

    In the post, he also refers to his boyfriend, Blake Knight, whom he says he has been with for a “very long time”.

    He wrote,

    “REACH deals with some very serious and timely topics that have affected me personally, and have likely influenced many of your lives as well,” wrote Clayton. “(I also prefer to share things that are particularly important for me here on my IG) instead of in some random magazine or online article – because you are the ones that have been rooting for me and following me on my professional and personal journey in life.”

    With the release of my new movie REACH coming up, I thought it was important to explain why I took on this project in the first place. REACH deals with some very serious and timely topics that have affected me personally, and have likely influenced many of your lives as well. (I also prefer to share things that are particularly important for me here on my IG) instead of in some random magazine or online article – because you are the ones that have been rooting for me and following me on my professional and personal journey in life. When I read the script for REACH, I immediately knew it was a film I had to be a part of. I have personally dealt with suicide within my own family, intense bullying in high school, and – on top of it all – myself and the man I’ve been in a relationship with for a long time (@hrhblakeknight) have both experienced shootings within our hometown school systems, and have witnessed the heartache that takes place in affected communities after such tragic events. These topics – not always easy to discuss- are all close to my heart, and, knowing how serious they are, I wanted to share this with you all. This film has come from the perspectives of people who care deeply about these issues, and if watching it helps even one person… then it was all worth it. ♥️

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    “When I read the script for REACH, I immediately knew it was a film I had to be a part of. I have personally dealt with suicide within my own family, intense bullying in high school, and – on top of it all – myself and the man I’ve been in a relationship with for a long time (@hrhblakeknight) have both experienced shootings within our hometown school systems, and have witnessed the heartache that takes place in affected communities after such tragic events,” he continued. “These topics – not always easy to discuss- are all close to my heart, and, knowing how serious they are, I wanted to share this with you all. This film has come from the perspectives of people who care deeply about these issues, and if watching it helps even one person… then it was all worth it.”

    ?Summer daze ☀️

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    Garrett Clayton is a former Disney star but one of his most recent film credits was the James Franco film King Cobra in which Clayton starred as gay porn actor Brent Corrigan.

    In response to Garrett’s big news, Blake took to IG himself to say how proud he was of his boyfriend saying, “So proud of @garrettclayton1 today! He’s overcome a lot, and still has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I’ve ever met. Handsome, talented, hilarious, kind… what’s not to love?! It’s been an awesome journey all over the world together so far, and I’m looking forward to many more years and trips and puppies and movies and naps and dinners and friends! I love you

  • This pro footballer has just come out as gay

    Slowly the closet doors that lead to the sportsfield are being swung open.

    Twenty-three-year-old Collin Martin has just come out as gay, wrapped in a pride flag. Amen to that. He becomes the second Stateside pro footballer to do so. Robbie Rogers was the first in 2013.

    He made the announcement via Twitter.

    He wrote, “I am announcing for the first time publicly that I am an openly gay player in Major League Soccer,

    “June is Pride month, and I am proud to be playing for Pride, and to be playing as an out gay man.”

    Collin plays for Minnesota United for two seasons. Before that, he played for DC United. He is a midfielder.

    Despite this great news, the UK has yet to see an openly gay player come out. There are concerns that football players are scared of the consequences of coming out as gay. There are also concerns about the level of scrutiny they may receive. British tabloids have run numerous stories of a Premiership footballer who is on the cusp of coming out as gay or bisexual.

    In 2015 a betting site even opened odds on who the first footballer to come out as gay would be.

     

  • Turns out one of the UK’s highest swiped lads on Tinder is… one of the boys!

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    Highly swiped Tinder user Danny Little, 23, has come out as gay – to THEGAYUK.com! Having been featured widely in the news last week as one of the UK’s most swiped Tinder users, it turns out that most of those right swipes have been from guys. Danny was featured for a Cosmo piece that highlighted six of the most swiped users on the dating platform.

    Check him out on Instagram

    Speaking to THEGAYUK.com Danny, who is from Nottingham,  said that he had fallen for the Tinder platform rather than the Grindr alternative, because “tinder is more targeted towards potential relationships so I tend to use this the most”,

    He also revealed that he’s met some really “interesting” people since being on the platform.

    So get swiping on Tinder y’all!