January 2, 2019
Watch: In New Video, Pro Wrestler Anthony Bowens Says He Wants to be Labeled as Gay, Not Bi
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Professional wrestler Anthony Bowens shared a new video this week, saying that though he initially came out as bisexual, he identifies as gay.
In the clip called "COMING OUT...again," which features his boyfriend Michael Pavano, the athlete explains that he now "prefer[s] to be tabled as gay."
"I really didn't have a thought of men until maybe midway through high school, towards the latter end, I had a dream about one of my friends," he explained, later adding, "I came out as bisexual. It was a very real thing. I identified as bisexual because I really didn't know much about the LGBTQ community.
"I didn't really dive into it much because I was closeted. So the closest thing that I knew that I could relate to based upon that time period of my life was bisexual," he added. "As you get older, your viewpoints change. The way you look at the world changes, the way you look at yourself changes.
"Specifically more so in the past couple of months, this past year, I was looking at some old articles of mine because I was coming up with a new character for my wrestling career," Bowens said. "And the articles kept labeling me as 'bisexual', and it was kind of annoying me that they had to continually put what I was, I couldn't just be a professional wrestler, I was the 'bisexual pro wrestler' but I just wasn't identifying with that term any more."
Bowens came out in 2017 after appearing with his boyfriend in a video. After sharing the news on Facebook, he wrote a piece for OutSports.
Watch the video below.
