Jags' Maxen is first male Amerin pro sports ach to e out as gay - ESPN

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• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH: THE HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM - THE EVENT THAT GREW BUT STUCK TO S PRCIPL
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

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Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". Synchronised swimmg is among 36 sports nfirmed for the 2022 Gay Gam Hong KongThe Gay Gam is the world's largt all-clive sportg event but many athlet face an uncerta journey towards Fzgerald has been swimmg sce he was five years old and says he knows he's "probably been gay sce about the same time" he didn't know how to tell his lol pool what he was trag for.

LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH: THE HISTORY OF THE GAY GAM - THE EVENT THAT GREW BUT STUCK TO S PRCIPL

"When I told the manager I was preparg for my first Gay Gam, I was fearful they'd say: 'OK, we really don't want you practisg here, you n leave, '" says Fzgerald om his home Vanuver. "The club were supportive, and was the start of a long associatn wh the Gay Gam for Fzgerald. He is now the -print of s anisg body, the Feratn of the Gay Gam (FGG).

The LGBT Sport podst - The one on the history of the Gay GamFor nearly 40 years, the FGG has brought people om around the world together for a quadrennial celebratn of LGBT+ sport and culture.

But to unrstand the origs of the Gam, you have to go back to 1982 - and the dream of one Amerin bids to host 2018 Gay Gam'You have people om untri where 's crimal to be LGBT+'Tom Wadll was the founr of the Gay Gam, and had peted the Olympic thlon for the USATom Wadll loved New Jersey, he went to llege on a track scholarship - and reprented the Uned Stat the thlon at the 1968 Olympics Mexi Cy, where he fished sixth. Inially, he had hoped to stage a 'Gay Olympics' - but an junctn om the US Olympic Commtee over the e of the word 'Olympic' meant he had to e 'Gay Gam' while the name changed, Wadll's ia remaed the same - to provi an clive, multi-sport event that was open to all petors, regardls of sexualy. Wadll did not want the Gay Gam to be a petor or alternative to the Olympics, but wanted to apply the ethos of the Olympics to an event where people of all sexuali and abili uld pete, a style that mirrored the stcture of the Olympics.

KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

A total of 1, 350 people took part the first Gay Gam 1982.

But by this pot, the event he'd created was well tablished - and gettg bigger wh each passg 2013, then-Deputy Prime Mister Nick Clegg lent his support to London's unsuccsful bid to host the 2018 Gay Gam - and 2014, then-US Print Barack Obama rerd a vio msageexternal-lk to wele petors to the Gam Oh.

The Gay Gam had achieved a sle that few volved the origal event uld ever have imaged.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

"'It felt fiant to say: No, I'm not gog to be ightened' New York hosted the 1994 Gay GamNo two Gay Gam feel the the Olympics, each host cy brgs s own style and flavour to the event.

"It was amazg, bee there was this terrible thg gog on wh HIV and Aids, and people talkg about how sick was to be gay, what a dreadful thg was, and how we're all gog to die. It is OK to be gay.

'"'It was md-blowg'The 2022 Gay Gam will be the 11th time the event has been heldIn 2022, the Gay Gam will mark s 40th anniversary by gog to Asia for the first time. Hong Kong beat petn om Guadalajara and Washgton DC to bee the host cy, and preparatns for Gay Gam XI are well unr way.