to wind our slam. former all black player campbelljohnstone has publicly come out as gay on new zealand television, in what is a first for the national rugby team. the 43 year old prop had already told his family and close friends. it s been hailed as a momentous moment for new zealand s rainbow community . johnstone says living a double life was hard and he hopes speaking out will help to change perceptions. within myself i was never really comfortable with the whole concept. my dream was to be an all black. what did you have in your mind about what an all black was? manly. strong. possibly had a wife, kids. i pushed that side of me down deeper and deeper and it slowly starts to affect you. it s hard living a double life or living a lie.
fishing and electric vehicles. there are potential gains there. how much we achieve will be up to politicians. the former all black rugby union player campbelljohnstone has become new zealand s first national player to publicly come out as being gay. the 43 year old, who played in three tests in 2005, revealed that he was gay during an interview on television. he said he hoped it would take away the pressure and stigma surrounding the issue. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, reports. new zealand s all blacks, more than any other team in world sport, perhaps, embody a traditional, uncompromising image of masculinity. campbelljohnstone grew up believing an all black was manly, strong, and probably had a wife. he played for his country hiding his understanding that he was gay. now in his 40s, on tv new zealand, he s spoken about his sexuality publicly. it s hard, living a double life, or living a lie. if i can be the first all black
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identity politics, more woke. if you think that, you forget the reason this is so big, because the last player to come out as gay in this country was justin fashanu, last player to come out as gay in this country wasjustin fashanu, and that set in train a spiral of awful personal tragedies that ended with him taking his own life nine years later in eight years later in 1998. this the first active player, doing this at the age of 17, he s at the start of his career, not the end of it. the outpouring of support for him has been huge, with current players like harry kane and joey barton let s see how he copes with the pressure in the attention. he says he s tired of living a lie, he is so young you would imagine someone in their 30s looking back and saying that. but no, perhaps buoyed by the passion and optimism of youth, and the fact we are living in very different times now, people are much more comfortable with gay
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