Out Wrestler Anthony Bowens Heckled with Gay Slur in Match
Out AEW star�Anthony Bowens was heckled with a gay slur during a match this week, TMZ reports.
Bowens came out as bisexual in 2017, but now identifies as gay. In the match he was locked up with�Jungle Boy�in a 4-on-4 tag team match when the incident took place.
"In the video, you can hear the fan yell the hateful words, saying "f*****g f**" ... as JB and Bowens collided in the middle of the ring," writes TMZ. The person who made the slur was never identified.
"This is why I posted that photo the other day. Stuff like this unfortunately still exists. Not phased, I'll just keep fighting against stuff like this till the day I die," Bowen wrote punctuated with a rainbow emoji.
He was referring to an IG post he made earlier this week where he's proudly kissing his BF in front of protestors.
"Standup against hate," he wrote in the post, tagging both his partner�Michael Pavano�— a YouTube star — as well as GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign in the post.
In the the match, "Bowens and his tag team partners, including�Max Caster, were unable to get the victory, but it's clear that wasn't the biggest disappointment of the night for the star wrestler," writes TMZ.
Check out these pics from his IG: