Mnota Vikgs' Chris Kluwe stands up for same-sex marriage, gay players NFL - Outsports

Contents:

• MNOTA VIKGS PARTNER WH LOL GAY FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
• VIKGS CELEBRATE GAY EMPLOYEE’S ENGAGEMENT WH VIO BOARD SHOUT-OUT
• DID THE VIKGS CUT CHRIS KLUWE FOR HIS GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVISM?
• VIKGS CELEBRATE GAY EMPLOYEE’S ENGAGEMENT WH VIO BOARD SHOUT-OUT
• PRO GAY-RIGHTS FORMER NFL PLAYER SUG VIKGS TO RELEASE DISMISSAL REPORT
• MNOTA VIKGS' CHRIS KLUWE STANDS UP FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, GAY PLAYERS NFL

MNOTA VIKGS PARTNER WH LOL GAY FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE

The Mnota Vikgs have entered to a partnership and sponsorship relatnship wh the Mnota Gay Flag Football League, which was jt found earlier this year. There is also a broar hope for partnership on both sis, and Lewellyn-Otten said he is hopeful that jot volunteer opportuni between the Vikgs and the gay league may be on the horizon.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST

Vikgs COO Kev Warren told Outsports the team’s partnership wh the Mnota Gay Flag Football League is an important reflectn of the valu of the team.

VIKGS CELEBRATE GAY EMPLOYEE’S ENGAGEMENT WH VIO BOARD SHOUT-OUT

23 game agast the Buffalo Bills, they hosted openly gay former Vikgs player Esera Tuaolo to sg the Natnal Anthem.

In 2003 the New England Patrts sent Hall of Famer Andre Tippett to do the toss at Gay Bowl III. In 2007 the New York Giants sent a staff member to speak at Gay Bowl 7.

The Patrts and Denver Brons have each been a fancial sponsor of the last two Gay Bowls, hosted their rpective ci. You n fd the Mnota Gay Flag Football League on Instagram @mngffl, on Twter @mngffl, or on their Web se.

DID THE VIKGS CUT CHRIS KLUWE FOR HIS GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVISM?

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTRairs’ Carl Nassib Announc He’s Gay, an N. FirstThe Rairs fensive leman me out a statement posted to his Instagram acunt on Monday, beg the first active player the league to publicly intify as gay.

ViotranscripttranscriptCarl Nassib Be First Openly Gay Active N. I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. Player to publicly clare that he is gay.

VIKGS CELEBRATE GAY EMPLOYEE’S ENGAGEMENT WH VIO BOARD SHOUT-OUT

“I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” Nassib said a vio posted to his Instagram acunt. I actually hope that like one day vios like this and the whole g-out procs are jt not necsary, but until then I’m gog to do my bt and my part to cultivate a culture that’s acceptg, that’s passnate, ” before addg that he would donate $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, a nonprof group that foc on suici preventn efforts among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and qutng youth. L., and mak him the first openly gay active player the league’s 101-year history.

“Sports are, many ways, one of the last bastns of a place where homophobia n thrive, ” said Cathy Renna, a spokwoman for the Natnal L. ”Michael Sam, an all-Amerin fensive leman at Missouri, had been viewed as the most likely to acquire that distctn when he announced he is gay before he beg chosen by the Rams the seventh round of the 2014 N. The Dallas Cowboys signed Sam to their practice squad, but he never played a regular season Otero/Associated PrsSam’s draft stat was seen as a barometer of whether the climate of men’s pro sports was beg more acceptg of gay athlet, particularly bee Febary 2014 the N.

PRO GAY-RIGHTS FORMER NFL PLAYER SUG VIKGS TO RELEASE DISMISSAL REPORT

Had jt bee the first of the four tradnal major Amerin men’s sports leagu to have an openly gay active player when Jason Colls joed the Sam left the N. Players had prevly announced publicly that they were gay, but all after their playg reers were over. David Kopay beme the first pro football player to publicly e out as gay 1975, three years after he retired.

He played for ne seasons wh the San Francis 49ers and four other teams the 1960s and 1970s, and has sce bee an activist and an ambassador for the Gay Gam, a quadrennial sportg Simmons was the send former player to announce that he was gay, dog so 1992 after his reer wh the Giants and Washgton Football Team had end. Simmons also said he never would have clared himself gay durg the four seasons he played for the N. ”In recent years, the league has publicly supported Pri Month through promotnal efforts like changg official social media avatars to clu rabows and supportg the You Can Play Project, which provis rourc to enurage clivy youth sports, even as some players have ma rogatory statements about gay people wh ltle penalty or supported groups that oppose gay Wewerka for The New York TimIn 2013, Chris Culliver of the San Francis 49ers and Chris Clemons of the Seattle Seahawks ma offensive ments when asked about the prospect of havg a gay teammate.

MNOTA VIKGS' CHRIS KLUWE STANDS UP FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, GAY PLAYERS NFL

“Got no gay people on the team, ” Culliver said. ”San Francis nng back Garrison Hearst apologized 2002 for g a slur and sayg he wouldn’t want a gay player as a teammate. His ment me after the former Mnota Vikgs player Esera Tuaolo publicly me out as gay that year after he had retired.

Players like Brendon Ayanbajo, who played wh the Baltimore Ravens, fend same-sex marriage and gay rights and supported Sam at the time.