Former West Coast Eagles athlete Mitch Brown has come out as bisexual making history as the first-ever male player in the Australian Football League (AFL) to identify as an out queer player.Sign up for the Out Newsletter to keep up with what's new in LGBTQ+ culture and entertainment delivered three times a week straight (well) to your inbox!According to a report from The Daily Aus, Brown reached out to the publication and shared his story as someone who played in the AFL for 10 years and is now ready to disclose that he's bisexual."It wasn't so much hours [of contemplation]. It was a moment in time for me, and it was seconds," Brown told the Australian news outlet. "I had this feeling of peace. But, more importantly, comfort and confidence."Brown recalled a time when, at age 19, he asked a teammate how someone was supposed to know that they weren't straight."It was almost like, 'That's a funny question. You're being funny, Mitch.' And then the conversation just rolled on," the AFL star told The Daily Aus. "But it was made [into] a joke, and I remember how that made me feel. I swore never to bring that up ever again."While in the closet, Brown acknowledged that he became good at lying "not just about my sexuality, but Everything. My anxiety; my worries in life. I could bury them so deep."This story is still developing