9 Baseball Players Who Came Out As Gay [2023 Update]

Contents:

• ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
• PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ
• HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
• 9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

ATHLET WHO ARE GAY

Carl Nassib ma history 2021 by beg the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. In June 2021, NFL fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay a vio posted to his Instagram, addg he donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, an anizatn that foc on suici preventn LGBTQ youth after he stggled wh his sexualy for 15 years.

PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ

In 2014, Michael Sam me out as gay an terview wh ESPN and ma history that same year. "Sce Febary and my big announcement, this has been a whole [lot of] speculatn of the first openly gay football player, but you know what?

The athlete quickly ma a name for herself a seri of TV terviews, where she voiced her support of women's rights and LGBTQ rights as an openly gay woman.

"I thk female athlet, general, are at the foreont of every prott general bee we're gay, we're women, we're women of lor, we're sort of everythg all at one time, " Rapoe told NBC news 2019.

HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL

The thgs you hear as a child—every time you hear someone say 'f----t' or talk bad about a gay guy, or see somethg on TV and make fun of that. " He scribed hidg his sexualy while playg for the Utah Jazz, but said some teammat who spected he was gay were welg about a 2007 terview on "Outsi the L, " Amaechi, who played five seasons the NBA, said he thought there were other gay players the league, but said 's "terrifyg" for some to e out.

Robbie Rogers played soccer England until 2013 when he announced he was gay and leavg the sport.

'"But a few months later, he joed the Los Angel Galaxy team and beme the first openly gay man to play a major US profsnal league. ""I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

"In 2016, he dited a match to the victims of the gay nightclub shootg at Pulse Orlando, Florida.

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

While playg, everyone on the team knew Burke was gay, but the general public did not. Followg Burke, Billy Bean is one of the first to publicly e out as gay the MLB.

David Denson was playg for the Milwkee Brewers when he me out as gay an terview 2015. I showed jt bee I'm gay don't make me any different or ls of a person, " Denson told the Milwkee Journal Sentel 2017. I was offend, bee beg gay is no way offensive, but more so bee was and always has been/felt very tsive.

Adam Rippon, a figure skater, was the first openly gay Amerin to qualify for the Olympics. "One time, I was the fourth gra and somebody said, 'Oh, bee you skate, you're gay, '" Rippon told Today 2019. I felt embarrassed and I didn't know why and I didn't even know what beg gay really meant.

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

Greg Louganis won four gold medals and one silver medal at three Olympic Gam om 1976 to 1988 as a diver, but wasn't until 1994 that he me out as gay. ""If I n show that I'm out and I'm fe, then hopefully the younger generatn will feel the same way, " Grer said the same year, Grer recieved a multi-ln dollar al om Nike, and beme the first openly gay basketball player endorsed by the brand, acrdg to The married her wife, Cherelle, 2019.

OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN

Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Football star Michael Sam ma headl 2014 when he beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL.

NBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013.

He was the first active athlete to e out as gay any of the major Amerin sports. His announcement provoked mixed reactns om his fellow players and the you surprised that so many profsnal athlet are gay? Share your thoughts the ments Wikimedia Commons / CC-BYOlympic soccer player Megan Rapoe me out as gay 2012.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

She has been a relatnship wh Atralian soccer player Sarah Walsh for three 38Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Reddg, CaliforniaTeams: Chigo Red StarsTennis great Billie Jean Kg beme the first proment female profsnal athlete to e out as gay back 79Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Long Beach, California, Uned Stat of AmeriOlympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay. He married his partner Johnny Chaillo 63Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: El Cajon, California, Uned Stat of AmeriWNBA player Sheryl Swoop announced that she was gay 2005.

" In 2011, she revealed that she was currently datg a man and believed that beg gay was a choice. Age: 52Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Brownfield, Texas, Uned Stat of AmeriTeams: Hoton Comets, Uned Stat women's natnal basketball team, Texas Tech Lady Rairs basketballNBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013. He is the first active athlete to e out as gay any of the major Amerin sports.

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EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED

In today’s world, LGBT has gaed acceptance of homosexualy, although rejectn still do prevail ral areas. Also, they are the on who have ma a notable announcement to openly lbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgenr sportspeople.

However, the duo separated 2009, and later the 2012-13 season, Colls openly announced himself as gay.

But he was also qutned about his bravery as to how to be uld be gay and also a Christian. Not to mentn, Amaechi is also one of the world’s most high-profile gay athlet om the LGBTQ muny.

9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY

Likewise, he is also a trampolist and, equally important, the first openly gay athlete to w an Olympic gold medal. “I don’t see sexualy as fluencg my beliefs or opns or perceptns of anybody, whether they’re gay, straight, bi, trans, experimental, I don’t re.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Movg on, the Los Angel Gay and Lbian Center award her the board of directors Award. On Augt 15, 2013, Fred Rosser openly me out as gay, and he was the first profsnal wrtler to do so.

“I’m a WWE superstar, and to be hont wh you, I’ll tell you right now, I’m gay. Kenworthy is a Brish-Amerin etyle skier and also the first actn-sports star to e out as gay.

Furthermore, he has openly e out as gay, and th, he is the first high-profile Atralian sportsperson and the first gby footballer the world to be such. Michael Sam is a profsnal football player and the first-ever gay player to be drafted to the NFL. In 2012, Casey stood as the 50th most fluential lbian and gay person the Uned Kgdom.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

The next year, he beme the most fluential gay person the UK and athlete reprentg LGBTQ.

He opened up about his sexualy as gay back a 2014 televisn terview, one more for LGBTQ athlet. So I’ve never had an official g-out, or somethg where I felt I had to announce that I was gay. Anyways, he me out as gay back 2019 wh ESPN, addg to the list of LGBTQ athlet.