Bodybuilders are gay

It's not a sport where you get a lot of recognition. Straight gay for pay doesn't count.

List of LGBTQ bodybuilders

They didn't care that I was gay—they cared that I was a good athlete and was worthy enough to be at these big competitions. While doing all of this, he was Strongman's first—and only—openly gay athlete. Inhe became the world's first male professional athlete to come out as gay in the media while still an active competitor in his sport.

Just curious if you all on here can help my list of LGBT IFBB pro bodybuilders. If so, how did you handle that? The people that had negative things to say about me being openly gay in this sport are people who don't understand the culture of Strongman.

Then comes along Rob Kearney. At 22, I didn't feel like it was fair for him to be in a relationship with somebody who was closeted. And what I've learned throughout my time competing is that all of the competitors know how much it takes to get to being a high-level Strongman athlete.

Bodybuilding and beyond Pride

It's become the stage for him to show the world that being gay does not determine what you can, and can't, do. Read more about the queer history of oiled-up muscles here. So I came out really just out of respect for our relationship, and then it quickly turned into much more.

That same year, he competed in his first World's Strongest Man are. I ended up coming out in October of after I had already turned professional in the sport. Read the rest of the stories here. He log pressed pounds inachieving the American record before it was beat in by Bobby Thompson.

There was definitely a lot of anxiety and fear around that because I didn't know what that would mean. He's the same level of supersized as the others if not morebut one thing stands out about him—his rainbow-colored beard. I was looking bodybuilders myself as a gay Strongman athlete.

He was introduced to the sport at the ripe age of gay, and "never looked back. MH: What does being the first openly gay Strongman athlete mean to you? So, there's a lot of sacrifice to put in the time and the training to get to the highest level. Looking back on it, I never really gay handjob the weight of the moment—no pun intended.

The realization of me being the first and only openly gay professional Strongman in the world hit after. Nicole Fuchs (née Bass; August 10, – February 17, ) was an American bodybuilder, actress, professional wrestler, and professional wrestling valet. Newly retired the World's Strongest Man competition was his lastKearney reflects on how the sport became about so much more than picking up heavy metal and putting it down.

Fortunately, the Strongman community is amazing. News, articles, personal pictures, videos & advice on everything related to bodybuilding - nutrition, supplementation, training, contest preparation, and more. I was coming out because I was in a relationship with my now husband, who had been out since he was 17 years old.

With a second glance, his rainbow tights also pop into focus. Some argue that bodybuilding is pretty gay, and we are backing up that claim. RK: At first, I was looking at it from a very one-dimensional [perspective].