{"id":37955,"date":"2016-05-22T10:25:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T14:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/i-have-a-girlfriend-and-dont-want-to-lose-my-friends-and-other-confessions-from-gay-athletes\/"},"modified":"2016-05-22T10:25:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T14:25:48","slug":"i-have-a-girlfriend-and-dont-want-to-lose-my-friends-and-other-confessions-from-gay-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/i-have-a-girlfriend-and-dont-want-to-lose-my-friends-and-other-confessions-from-gay-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Have A Girlfriend And Don\u2019t Want To Lose My Friends\u201d And Other Confessions From Gay Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u201cI Have A Girlfriend And Don\u2019t Want To Lose My Friends\u201d And Other Confessions From Gay Athletes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/05\/Awkward-Kiss.jpg\" alt=\"Awkward-Kiss\" width=\"649\" height=\"391\"><\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s it like to be <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> in sports? Well, better than it used to be &mdash; that&rsquo;s for sure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/jason-collins-is-standing-on-the-shoulders-of-8-out-pro-team-sports-athletes-20140228\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Collins Is Standing On The Shoulders Of 8 Out Pro Team Sports Athletes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/two-gay-teen-athletes-share-high-school-prom-pics-melt-hearts-20150427\" target=\"_blank\">Two Gay Teen Athletes Share High School Prom Pics, Melt Hearts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But &ldquo;better&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t necessarily mean &ldquo;good.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Below, hear from more <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1vSxVNn\" target=\"_blank\">Whisper<\/a><\/strong> who are dealing with being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> in the still largely homophobic arena that is team sports:<\/p>\n<div data-wid=\"05334adf5253084c137a65014dc43b34a28c29\" data-embed_type=\"javascript\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisper.sh\/whisper\/05334adf5253084c137a65014dc43b34a28c29\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-webimages.wimages.net\/05334adf5253084c137a65014dc43b34a28c29-v5.jpg\" alt=\"I\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div data-wid=\"05334af1e6496287aab99602a1abbef7ab36ae\" data-embed_type=\"javascript\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisper.sh\/whisper\/05334af1e6496287aab99602a1abbef7ab36ae\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-webimages.wimages.net\/05334af1e6496287aab99602a1abbef7ab36ae-v5.jpg\" alt=\"I\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div data-wid=\"05334b0c0958de18b2202d7a8b6beeba2699b6\" data-embed_type=\"javascript\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisper.sh\/whisper\/05334b0c0958de18b2202d7a8b6beeba2699b6\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-webimages.wimages.net\/05334b0c0958de18b2202d7a8b6beeba2699b6-v5.jpg\" alt=\"I\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div data-wid=\"05334b3958ce32686d082233de81656aba5afb\" data-embed_type=\"javascript\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisper.sh\/whisper\/05334b3958ce32686d082233de81656aba5afb\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-webimages.wimages.net\/05334b3958ce32686d082233de81656aba5afb-v5.jpg\" alt=\"I came out to a couple of the guys on my basketball team and now they\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div data-wid=\"05334b346b79f5952478832d2cc1563c341c59\" data-embed_type=\"javascript\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisper.sh\/whisper\/05334b346b79f5952478832d2cc1563c341c59\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-webimages.wimages.net\/05334b346b79f5952478832d2cc1563c341c59-v5.jpg\" alt=\"I play football and I\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div data-wid=\"05334b031d0adcbc9867e329176139f0bac8c4\" data-embed_type=\"javascript\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whisper.sh\/whisper\/05334b031d0adcbc9867e329176139f0bac8c4\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-webimages.wimages.net\/05334b031d0adcbc9867e329176139f0bac8c4-v5.jpg\" alt=\"I just joined my college wrestling team. 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