Gareth Thomas, the world's only openly gay athlete in professional team sports, paid a visit to the Ellen DeGeneres Show this week. The hunky rugger talked about how hard he tried to hide who he was. He opens up about his three year marriage, the reaction of his family and team mates and whether other pro athletes should come out.
This story has been making the rounds on the web for the last few days. I wanted to post something about it sooner, until I saw the first pic online. Then I saw the second pic.
I don't know much about sports and I know even less about rugby, except that they don't wear all the padding that US football players wear, they look hot in the shorts and every now and then they celebrate a victory by running around the playing field naked. That's good enough for me.
If a British Rugby player has the balls to come out, why can't U.S. athletes?
BBC.co.uk reports: Former Wales and Lions captain Gareth Thomas has broken one of the major taboos that surround sport by revealing he is gay.
The 35-year-old joins stars like basketball's John Amaechi and hurling's Donal Og Cusack who have come out. "Just because you are gay, it doesn't mean you fancy every man who walks the planet," Thomas told the Daily Mail. "I don't want to be known as a gay rugby player. I am a rugby player first and foremost. I am a man."
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