He started his wrestling career in 2015, at the age of 26. He now wrestles for Perth-based wrestling company Southern Hemisphere Wrestling Alliance. Marshall initially came out as bisexual to his now ex-girlfriend at the age of 23, then came out again as gay at 25. ‘I owed it to myself to explore at a mature age,’ he said. ‘My family – even a very homophobic uncle – were all very supportive.’ Dave Marshall. What makes Marshall remarkable is his hugely successful charitable initiative of making homemade porn to fight LGBTI suicides. In an Instagram post, Marshall revealed he saw ‘how big depression and anxiety has become in society and almost overlooked.’ Marshall explained he wanted to do something to give back to the community after his father took his own life two years ago. Marshall then added: ‘Older men have a “Harden the fuck up” mentality they were brought up with. ‘Stats on LGBT in this area are quite scary too so I hope I can in some way, give back to my community. He initially donated the money to suicide prevention charity Beyond Blue, but they informed him they couldn’t accept his money because it came from pornography. So he decided to instead donate his money to mental health charity, the Black Dog Institute. Washington-born Nyla Rose (aka Nyla the Destroyer) actually started out as an actress. She starred in the 2016 Canadian television comedy series The Switch as the lead character. GIF Skull – #RAW #ThankYouKurt FebruJust last month, Rose made history by becoming the first transgender person to sign onto a major wrestling league.Īll Elite Wrestling (AEW) made the announcement on 7 February and Rose confirmed the news on Twitter by posting a photo of the AEW logo, with the caption: ‘Oh it’s true alright.’īut it wasn’t all smooth sailing, with Nyla Rose getting into a heated argument with Kylie Ray on stage: The show aired six episodes over one season.Ī post shared by Nyla Rose on at 9:51pm PDT Rose played a Native American IT manager who comes out as a trans woman and has to rebuild her life after losing her job and her apartment as a result of her announcement.
The transgender wrestler has won the Warriors Of Wrestling Women’s Championship twice, the Covey Promotions Women’s Championship three times and the United Pro Wrestling Association Women’s Championship once.
He made several appearances on WWE’s Sunday Night Heat, Velocity, Raw and SmackDown and is best known for his time as one half of the Prime Time Players with Titus O’Neil, as well as being part of the seven-member team Nexus.ĭarren Youngĭarren Young (real name Frederick Douglas Rosser III) is a hugely successful professional wrestler. This made him the first ever active wrestler to come out as gay.Ī post shared by Freddie fka Darren Young on at 9:53am PDT In an interview in 2015, Darren Young publicly came out as gay. He’s since gone on to participate in anti-bullying campaigns and be vocal against WWE touring the United Arab Emirates, due to the country’s anti-gay laws. Young was also a playable character in WWE’s 2K14 video game. He now wrestles on the independent circuit under his real name. Young also revealed his mother is a lesbian.
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