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Sports
 
Sports
  
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==Description==
  
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Former professional rugby player.  Came out as gay in 2009 -  was notable as the world's only then-current professional male athlete in a team sport who was openly gay.  Top of the Pink List in 2010 of the 101 most influential gay people in the UK and he received Stonewall’s Hero of the Year award in October 2010.  Television broadcaster for rugby.  HIV positive.
  
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==See Also==
  
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* [[Sportswriters and Sportscasters of the LGBTQ Community]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gareth-thomas
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* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12117682
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* https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/15/gareth-thomas-revealing-hiv-status-will-tackle-stigma
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* https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/16/gareth-thomas-hiv-prince-harry-william-elton-john/
  
3 May 2010, Thomas was notable as the world's only then-current professional male athlete in a team sport who was openly gay. In December 2009 Thomas was voted top of the Pink List in 2010 of the 101 most influential gay people in the UK[5] and he received Stonewall’s Hero of the Year award in October 2010.
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Latest revision as of 13:13, 22 October 2019

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Gareth Thomas

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1974 -

Occupation

Sports

Description

Former professional rugby player. Came out as gay in 2009 - was notable as the world's only then-current professional male athlete in a team sport who was openly gay. Top of the Pink List in 2010 of the 101 most influential gay people in the UK and he received Stonewall’s Hero of the Year award in October 2010. Television broadcaster for rugby. HIV positive.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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