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

Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * pro gay player *

Carl Nassib ma history 2021 by beg the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. In 2021, Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay.

MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

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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. "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said the vio. "Acrdg to USA Today, no NHL player — active or retired — had e out as gay.

Michael Sam was the first openly gay man to be drafted to the NFL. In 2014, Michael Sam me out as gay an terview wh ESPN and ma history that same year. Louis Rams, beg the first openly gay man to ever be drafted to the NFL.

'IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME FOR THIS:' BRYAN RUBY BE ONLY ACTIVE PRO BASEBALL PLAYER TO BE OUT AS GAY

Carl Nassib is the first to ever play a down as openly gay, but the rt are still trailblazers. * pro gay player *

"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?

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

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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.

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

Kev Maxen, a ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major US-based profsnal league to e out as gay. | ITV Natnal News * pro gay player *

Sue Bird me out as gay 2017 and announced she is datg Megan Rapoe. 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.

John Amaechi me out as gay 2007, four years after retirg om the NBA. " 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 was the first openly gay soccer player a profsnal league.

NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE

Prokop, who was drafted by the Nashville Predators last year, me out as gay wh a heartfelt statement to fans this week, an admissn he said he hoped would improve gay visibily wh the hockey muny. * pro gay player *

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

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

'"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. In 2012, Orlando Cz, a profsnal boxer om Puerto Ri, announced he was gay.

COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS

At the time, he said, "I have always been and always will be a proud gay man. "In 2016, he dited a match to the victims of the gay nightclub shootg at Pulse Orlando, Florida.

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 the first active baseball player to be openly gay.

BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.

David Denson was playg for the Milwkee Brewers when he me out as gay an terview 2015. He beme the first person to be openly gay while playg the league. 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.

GAY PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER MAR LEHMANN OUT

I was offend, bee beg gay is no way offensive, but more so bee was and always has been/felt very tsive.

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