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Former World middleweight boxing champion, with many wins in three divisions  Identified as bisexual.  Severely beaten when he left a gay bar in New York City, New York in 1992.
 
Former World middleweight boxing champion, with many wins in three divisions  Identified as bisexual.  Severely beaten when he left a gay bar in New York City, New York in 1992.
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* [[The Community of LGBTQ Boxers]]
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* [[World Sports Champions Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
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* http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/sports/emile-griffith-boxer-who-unleashed-a-fatal-barrage-dies-at-75.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
 
* http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/sports/emile-griffith-boxer-who-unleashed-a-fatal-barrage-dies-at-75.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
 
* http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/24/emile-griffith
 
* http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/24/emile-griffith
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 14 September 2017

Emile Griffith

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1938 - 2013

Occupation

Sports

Notable Achievements

World Champion

Description

Former World middleweight boxing champion, with many wins in three divisions Identified as bisexual. Severely beaten when he left a gay bar in New York City, New York in 1992.

See Also

Further Reading/Research