{"id":318442,"date":"2025-11-30T11:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/318442\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T11:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:16:12","slug":"swiss-tennis-player-mika-brunold-comes-out-as-gay-im-proud-of-who-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/318442\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss tennis player Mika Brunold comes out as gay: &#8220;I&#8217;m proud of who I am&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"quota-display text-align-center\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puntodebreak.com\/MDBA-B3-PDB-QUOTA-25\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" title=\"Apuesta en bet365\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bet365\" class=\"bet-logo lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/b365.jpg\"\/>Streaming WTA Angers live tennis<\/p>\n<p> \ud83c\udfbe Anna Siskova vs Tina Smith<\/p>\n<p>           Sign up with Bet365 here<br \/>\n                              Make your first deposit of at least\u00a0\u20ac5<br \/>\n                              Go to the \u201cLive\u201d section and watch every match<\/p>\n<p>\n                              Watch the match on Bet365\n                            <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:9px;line-height:10px;padding:5px 0px 0px 0px;\">Register at bet365, deposit \u20ac5 or more into your account and receive 100% of your qualifying deposit in Bet Credits (up to \u20ac100). 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Being gay is not just about loving someone of the same sex, but also about dealing with things most people never think about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">&#8220;The fear of not being accepted, the pressure to remain silent, the feeling of being different. But I have grown. And I am proud of who I am today. I share this with you to take a step forward, but also because I believe there is not enough talk about this in sports. I think that, in an ideal world, we wouldn&#8217;t even need to &#8216;come out of the closet.&#8217; I am deeply grateful to all who have supported me. Without you, I would never be the person I am today,&#8221; stated the Swiss tennis player, who, along with Joao Reis da Silva, are the only two male tennis players who have come out.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Earlier today, Swiss world No.307 (CH 289) Mika Brunold came out as gay. Joining Joao Reis Reis da Silva as the only openly LGBT male players on Tour. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mivtaliIxQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mivtaliIxQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Addicott (@AdamAddicott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamAddicott\/status\/1994867012632506820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;font-style:italic;\">This news is an automatic translation. 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