She’s strongly spoken out in support of the queer community and advocated for more authentic LGBTQ+ representation in the sports entertainment industry. It wasn’t until 2015 that the WWE saw its first-ever active, out LGBTQ+ star after Sonya Deville came out on the reality show Tough Enough. The late WWE Hall of Fame member’s career spanned six decades, and he came out publicly to his peers during an emotional discussion on the reality TV show Legends’ House in 2014.
Iconic wrestling star Pat Patterson was the industry’s “first gay superstar”, and the US government reportedly tried multiple times to deport him in the 1960s over suspicion he was gay.