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My story Into the Lion's Den is about the life of a gay high school athlete. In real life Esera Tuaolo was a gay professional football player here in America. He played for nine seasons and was closeted the entire time. He has just come out in an interview on a sports show that will air next week on HBO. Here are a couple of quotes from an article about the interview:
"Tuaolo, 34, said players routinely told gay jokes in the locker room. "They made me go further and further into depression, further and further into shame," he said."
"When Sharpe (Shannon Sharpe a former teammate) was asked what would have happened if Tuaolo came out while he was still playing in the NFL, Sharpe said: "He would have been eaten alive and he would have been hated for it." "
Here's a link to the rest of the article:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2002/1024/1450380.html
My story is set in the "dark ages" of the 1970s. Tuaolo played in the more "enlightened" 1990s. Hopefully his story will help other gay athletes.
Think good thoughts,
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