Coming Out is Commonplace in Aus Sports

The Australian LGBTQIA+ newspaper Sydney Star Observer reports that coming out for sportspeople down under has become somewhat commonplace after years in which only a brave through groundbreakers were out. For decades, the experience of LGBTQ+ athletes in professional sport was one of profound isolation. Coming out was treated as a shocking, singular event, met with a mix of awe and often thinly veiled prejudice. The names—like rugby league's Ian Roberts in 1995 or Australian rules footballer...