Four years ago this month, Chris Burns beme the first ach NCAA Divisn 1 men’s basketball to e out as gay an exclive say on Outsports.
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- HOW THIS MEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL ACH TOLD HIS NEW TEAM HE WAS GAY
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- MATT LYNCH IS FIRST OUT GAY HEAD ACH MEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL
HOW THIS MEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL ACH TOLD HIS NEW TEAM HE WAS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay men's basketball coaches *
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And wh that Lynch, 30, began his new job as assistant ach at Divisn II Chowan and head ach of the velopment team, makg him the only publicly out gay men’s basketball ach the NCAA (Layne Ingram, who is transgenr, starts his third season as ach of the Lansg Communy College women’s team Michigan). ” Burke ntrasted the reactn of his team wh how mon gay slurs were the locker room when he was a player. Lynch ma natnal news after he me out publicly as gay on Outsports April 2020.
Burke had an ia his iend might be gay bee he would always disappear when women flirted wh him at bars. When Lynch told him he was gay at a Carola Ale Hoe 2019, Burke nonchalantly told him that nothg would shake their iendship.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Turner ed a ntroversy the 2019 NCAA tournament by g “queen” towards an opponent, a ment that was sexist and homophobic and sparked a backlash. “I remember I was startg to qutn if I uld actually fd a job as an out gay male wh llege basketball. 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.
We have seen transgenr, gay, lbian and bisexual players and ach across genrs and NCAA divisns.
MATT LYNCH IS FIRST OUT GAY HEAD ACH MEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL
Derek Schell, Hillsdale When Schell me out as an NCAA Divisn II gay athlete 2013, he did so at a Michigan school that’s still on the Camp Pri Worst List for LGBTQ stunts.
Jason Jaralo, Sarah Lawrence and ClarkThe longtime lear the Natnal Gay Basketball Associatn has also been a women’s basketball assistant ach for Sarah Lawrence College New York. All month long, Outsports is revisg key moments gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer sports history as part of LGBTQ history month. It was four years ago this month that Chris Burns — then an assistant ach for men’s basketball at Bryant Universy — me out as gay an exclive say for Outsports.