{"id":99343,"date":"2025-08-27T09:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99343\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:39:08","slug":"follow-afl-round-24-scores-results-odds-squads-and-start-time-from-people-first-stadium-on-the-gold-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99343\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow AFL round 24 scores, results, odds, squads and start time from People First Stadium on the Gold Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former West Coast player Mitch Brown has become the first openly bisexual male player in the AFL\u2019s 129-year history, saying going public would be worth it if it meant helping just one person.<\/p>\n

Brown, who played 94 games with the Eagles before hanging up the boots in 2016, revealed his sexuality in an interview with The Daily Aus on Wednesday, following up with a message shared on his Instagram page.<\/p>\n

\"Mitch<\/p>\n

Mitch Brown could be thrown into the ruck against the Bulldogs.Credit: Sebastian Costanzo<\/p>\n

Brown said it was a \u201cvery weird feeling \u2026 knowing this is out in the world\u201d. But: \u201cThis isn\u2019t about me. The world needs more positive male role models and I hope I can step up and be one.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are no currently openly gay or bisexual male players in the AFL, and none had come out publicly before Brown. Danielle Laidley, a former coach and player with North Melbourne, was outed as transgender in 2020<\/a> when police revealed pictures of her after she was arrested for stalking an ex-partner and drug possession and put in a holding cell (no conviction was recorded when she agreed to be of good behaviour and complete a drug rehabilitation program).<\/p>\n

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