Top Irish sports star says he's gay |

GAY IRISH STRONGMAN AND HIS FIANCé CELEBRATED PRI WHERE MARRIAGE EQUALY IS BANNED
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
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
5 GAY ATHLET WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
IRISH GAY MAN OPENS UP ABOUT FDG A QUEER MUNY OUTSI THE BIGGER CI
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
“GAY GAELS” WHO HAVE ENRICHED IRELAND’S HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR THE WORLD
JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY
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TOP IRISH SPORTS STAR SAYS HE'S GAY

GAY IRISH STRONGMAN AND HIS FIANCé CELEBRATED PRI WHERE MARRIAGE EQUALY IS BANNED

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay irish sportsmen *

“I’m the first openly gay strongman to e out the UK and Ireland, possibly even Europe, ” he said.

But he tak the view that beg gay is jt one facet of who he is.

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

Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * gay irish sportsmen *

“I don’t want to be Ireland’s strongt gay man. “The shock that people have that you’re gay — I don’t thk ’s somethg that matters to me. They’re the mummi of the gay world.

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

For the first time, pro baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer has an out gay male player unr ntract. * gay irish sportsmen *

He don’t want to be known as a gay athlete, rather the lad om Tallaght who created history his sport by gog to the Olympics. I want to be the first Irish Olympian my sport, the lad om Tallaght who went to the Olympics, not Jack the gay athlete. Ask the eight Amerin gay or bi llege football players.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen jt me out as gay. * gay irish sportsmen *

Or one of the world’s strongt men, who is gay and married. 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.

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

* gay irish sportsmen *

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.

5 GAY ATHLET WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

Major profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay.

Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward.

Four athlet om the Uned Stat jo Canadian Prokop breakg down barriers for gay and bisexual athlet big-time sports.

IRISH GAY MAN OPENS UP ABOUT FDG A QUEER MUNY OUTSI THE BIGGER CI

In addn, there have been out gay athlet like Andrew Goldste playg other sports like lacrosse. Prokop lled the ont office of the Nashville Predators to let them know he’s gay, then wh their support he me out to the world. Derrick Gordon, the first openly gay player Divisn 1 llege basketball acced the NBA of not givg him a fair shot to try out bee of his sexualy.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

“Hontly, the NBA is not ready for an openly gay player right now, ” he said.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

They are showg young, gay athlet that they n be hont and open about who they are and also succeed the sport of their choice. Here are a few gay athlet who have ma a difference sports simply by g out and beg proud to be themselv.

“GAY GAELS” WHO HAVE ENRICHED IRELAND’S HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR THE WORLD

Jason Colls NBA player Jason Colls was drafted by the Hoton Rockets 2001 and played twelve seasons before g out as gay a Sports Illtrated ver story. He said that he chose to wear the jersey number “98” honour of Matthew Shepard who was killed an antigay hate crime 1998.

When Colls played his last season the NBA wh the Brooklyn Nets he bee the first publicly gay athlete to play any of the four major North Amerin pro team sports leagu.

Many people believe pro sports to be one of the last areas where homophobia was still proment but Colls g out was a step the right directn for acceptance of gay pro athlet everywhere. He also hted that he might be more bisexual than gay, but he don’t feel the need to put a label on . In 2013, Rogers announced his retirement at the age of 25 and also me out as gay a post on his personal blog.

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

“I’m a soccer player, I’m Christian, and I’m gay. Later that year, Rogers me out of retirement and signed wh the Los Angel Galaxy and 2014 he beme the first openly gay male to w a major team pro sports tle the U.

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In 2012, he beme the first profsnally active boxer to e out as gay sayg, ”I want to try to be the bt role mol I n be for kids who might look to boxg as a sport and a profsnal reer. I have always been and always will be a proud gay man”.