Coming Out of Australia's Largest Religion - AFL | Mitch Brown

Follow Queerfully Made on Spotify so the next episode lands in your queue.The AFL and the church. Two completely different worlds. The same closet.Mitch Brown became the first openly bisexual player in AFL history in August 2025. In this conversation we talk about what the AFL and the church have in common. The same unwritten rules, the same rewards for performing straightness, the same “get back in your box” the moment you start speaking up.He also talks about the anger he's still managing, letting go of his partner Lou's hand in queer spaces to prove he belongs, and what he'd say to the 10-year-old version of himself who was hiding everything.“There are people that will accept you even if this community will drop you. It's not always this little world that you're in. There's others out there.” — Mitch BrownMitch Brown is a former AFL player and advocate for queer inclusion in sport. Find Queerfully Made on YouTube, Instagram @queerfully.made, TikTok @queerfully.made, and queerfullymade.com