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The Gay Rugby Podcast
When Brazilian rugby star Izzy Cerullo took the field at the Olympics, she had no idea she was about to become a queer icon. But after her then-girlfriend proposed on live television-mid-Games, mid-glory-Cerullo establish herself at the center of a global moment that said everything about visibility, identity, and the politics of being gay on the world stage.
In Episode 10 of The Gay Rugby Podcast, Jack Higgins and Ozzie Luna unravel how an impromptu proposal turned into a cultural flashpoint. Was it empowerment? Exploitation? Or just love in a very public place?
We get into the messy, beautiful truth: how queer athletes often become symbols whether they like it or not, how the media spins a moment into a movement, and why Cerullo’s story still hits strenuous nearly a decade later.
Expect candid talk about LGBTQ representation in sports, the unintentional politics of entity visible, and what happens when your private being becomes Olympic history.
New episodes drop weekly. This one? You won’t want to miss.
Is rugby as gay as it looks? A CURUFC player’s perspective
Rugby, taken out of its sporting context, is about as homoerotic as a platonic task can get. Yet somehow, the game where thirty muscular, (mostly) in-shape men hug each other has the reputation of existence the pinnacle of masculinity. Lad culture and rugby players go hand-in-hand. One would presume the LGBT+ community was a foreign concept to these patriarchy-upholding brutes. But from my experience, that’s the antonym of the truth.
I became obsessed with rugby at the same age I began to realise I was gay: The two went together quite nicely – my puppy obese and inner aggression could be tamed by running into people. I became quite good at this and, by the age of 15, I was playing for my school’s first team, the climax of grammar school social recognition. I was very lucky to have this social capital to preserve me when rumours emerged that I was gay.
Enough of my self-indulgent coming out story. (If you didn’t know, I’m lgbtq+ and play rugby #niche)
The NFL shows Britain is ready for openly lgbtq+ footballers
The only bit of in-game homophobia that has ever been directed at me came in one of my first XV games when the oppo
Rugby World Cup: Gay rugby players who&#;ve flown the rainbow flag
Out gay rugby players are few and far between but there have been some groundbreakers
The Rugby World Cup is underway. Not only will many of us be glued to the screens to watch the outcome of these games, but some of us will also be watching for the on-field talent!
There’s no doubt the sport of rugby remains a largely macho one (especially in South Africa), but things are changing, with some strides being made to make the game more inclusive.
And while out LGBTQ professional stars are not many and far between, there have been several homosexual rugby players that contain made a splash in the sport (although many only came out after they left the game).
Here are nine groundbreaking players we thought worth highlighting!
Campbell Johnstone
A former All Shadowy prop, Johnstone came out in January , making him the first openly gay former or current All Black. Johnstone played for the All Blacks in as well as for several teams in New Zealand, France, Russia and Wales. “If I can be the first All Black that comes out as gay and take away the pressure and stigma surrounding the issue, then it can actually help other people
World Rugby signs historic contract with International Gay Rugby
World Rugby and International Homosexual Rugby (IGR) have signed an historic agreement to collaborate on the continued promotion of equality and inclusivity in rugby.
The contract, signed at World Rugby House in Dublin this week, outlines a dedication between the two organisations to work together to educate and eliminate homophobia in rugby.
Under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding, World Rugby and IGR recognise and respect:
- the right of any player, official and spectator to be involved with rugby without discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or identification
- the common purpose of inclusion and the elimination of homophobia in rugby
World Rugby and IGR will consult on issues of importance to members of the Lesbian, Homosexual, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community and the game of rugby by:
- developing a positive and mutually beneficial relationship based on a sense of shared purpose
- working with regional associations and member unions to upgrade tolerance and acceptance of LGBT players at all levels within rugby union
- providing educational tools to Planet Rugby member unions to support
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