{"id":127540,"date":"2020-03-10T14:25:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pro-wrestler-curdin-orlik-comes-out-as-gay-makes-history\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T14:25:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:25:37","slug":"pro-wrestler-curdin-orlik-comes-out-as-gay-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pro-wrestler-curdin-orlik-comes-out-as-gay-makes-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Wrestler Curdin Orlik Comes Out as Gay, Makes History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pro Wrestler Curdin Orlik Comes Out as Gay, Makes History<\/b><\/p>\n

Swiss wrestler Curdin Orlik has come out as gay<\/a>, making him Switzerland’s first openly gay<\/a> male<\/a> professional athlete.<\/p>\n

Orlik came out in Switzerland’s Das Magazin<\/em><\/a> (The Magazine). <\/p>\n

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Said Orlik (translation via Outsports)<\/a>: “For far too long I have pushed out who I really am. I am not someone who kisses in front of people, but I want to lie down with a man<\/a> and be able to touch him. … I always knew that I was gay<\/a>, for sure since I was 12. But I thought: this is wrong, it cannot be. I heard things on the school building square [like] ‘you gay<\/a> pig,’ ‘you faggot.’ Or in soccer, ‘such a gay<\/a> pass!’ Even when wrestling. Sure, nobody really meant that, but if you’re like that yourself, you think, ‘Sh*t, that’s not a good thing.’ I thought: I don’t want to be gay<\/a>. But it’s me. Now it’s out.”<\/p>\n

Orlik responded to praise for his coming out on social media, writing: “Wow, I am overwhelmed by the large number of positive reactions that you have sent me through a variety of channels\"😍\"⁣ With your wonderful feedback, I am now starting a new, open and free period of my life. ⁣Thank you very much – with all my heart \"❤\". Special thanks go to my parents and everyone else who supported me in advance.⁣”<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old competes in “swing wrestling,” Outsports adds<\/a>: “Swing wrestling is a sport peculiar to Switzerland and very popular, with its champions becoming household names. It’s a derivative of folk wrestling where the wrestlers wear special clothes that allow for holds and throws and the action takes place in a circle covered in sawdust.”<\/p>\n

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An advertisement starring Orlik.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Swing wrestling. Orlik faces Scheuber Lutz in 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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