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• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• MARK MCADAM, BRISH SPORTSSTER, OUT AS GAY AND IMMEDIATELY GETS NAKED
• JAKE DANIELS BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY - REACTN
• RABOW LAC: GAY GOONERS -CHAIR GRATEFUL FOR CLUB'S YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT AHEAD OF ARSENAL VS NEWSTLE MATCH
• ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER WAS LIVG FEAR BUT WEIGHT IS OFF HIS SHOULRS AFTER G OUT AS GAY

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

Jacksonville Jaguars' Kev Maxen has ma the public statement "to be vol support of people livg how they want to live, but I also want to jt live and not feel fear about how people will react"; Maxen is the first male ach a major Amerin sports league to e out as gay. Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major Amerin sports league to e out as gay. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St Louis Rams selected him 2021, Carl Nassib, then wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player to e out publicly.

Last week Brish sportsster Mark McAdam me out publicly Gay Tim. After the story ran last week McAdam posted this on Twter - he hasn't tweeted about beg gay sce:.

MARK MCADAM, BRISH SPORTSSTER, OUT AS GAY AND IMMEDIATELY GETS NAKED

Havg been a Sky Sports rrponnt for seven years, McAdam said: "I don't know of any other gay sports reporters. "Only gay people will ever unrstand the trma you go through about acceptg your sexualy. And for those of you who want to see more of McAdam's thentic self (om GayTim, via Twter)...

Dcribg herself as “que a private person”, the 43-year-old was spired by her Sky Sports lleague and Attu sports edor Mark McAdam – who publicly me out 2014 – to spill the tee about her experienc as a gay woman. It’s been almost eight months sce pro-footballer Jake Daniels me out as gay an terview wh Sky Sports News, makg him the first to do so sce Jt Fashanu 1990.

“My olr brother is gay, so I felt the agent tsted me and felt I was the right person to go to wh the story and to go through the procs wh, bee he felt like I would have a really good unrstandg of , ” Tim tells PkNews almost a year after he first drove up to Blackpool “on a dark January night” to meet Jake and his mum for the first time. From the offset, Tim not only regnised the sle of the story but Jake’s potential vulnerabily as a 17-year-old set to enter waters that had only prevly been charted by the late Fashanu, whose own g out on the ont page of The Sun after years of mours was sndaloly prented alongsi the sledgehammer headl ‘I AM GAY’ and ‘Jt Fashanu nfs’. While the prs landspe has thankfully evolved sce the days of Jt Fashanu’s g out, many will be aware of articl that often appear certa newspapers and on their webs featurg unnamed ‘gay’ Premier League footballers st full silhouette alongsi anguished headl about havg to rema the closet.

JAKE DANIELS BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY - REACTN

Jt days before Jake’s g out terview was set to air, potential disaster stck: a tabloid had got wd of the story and ran a typilly shrill headle teasg that a male profsnal footballer was set to immently e out as gay. Ls than four months after Jake’s terview wh Tim aired, Gala Fairyan Rovers player Zanr Murray beme the first Sttish senr footballer to e out as gay – perhaps evince of how empathetic journalism mak easier for LGBTQ athlet to share their stori and break new ground for their sport. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he was proud of Jake Daniels for beg the first active profsnal player to e out publicly as gay sce 1990, while Jack Grealish believ is a "massive step forward" Monday, 17-year-old Daniels told Sky Sports he felt now was the right time to tell his story at the end of a season where he sred more than 30 goals and ma his profsnal but the now hop to bee a role mol for other players to feel fortable enough to e out, if they want to, wh people across the football world and beyond showg their support for the teenager.

Manchter Cy's Jack Grealish prais Daniels' cisn to e out publicly as gay and says reprents a massive step forward for football.

'Football has a place for everyone'Daniels ced Alai Uned's Josh Cavallo, the only current top-flight male profsnal footballer to e out as gay, as an spiratn behd his cisn to speak out, a pot the Atralian said was a "wonrful feelg" after learng of the said: "As myself and Alai Uned prepare for the A-League Semi Fal, I want to stop and take a moment to acknowledge Jake's announcement and say how very proud I am for his bravery! Daniels was spired by Matt Morton, a player-manager for nth-tier Thetford Town, before cidg to e out publicly after seeg his own story of beg an openly gay man Morton, who offered support to Daniels the months leadg up to his g out, says is the teenager who should be praised for the bravery he has shown this week.

RABOW LAC: GAY GOONERS -CHAIR GRATEFUL FOR CLUB'S YEAR-ROUND SUPPORT AHEAD OF ARSENAL VS NEWSTLE MATCH

"He's a 17-year-old kid who's had the urage to e out on natnal televisn, havg jt signed a profsnal ntract, and announce to the world that he's gay. Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have praised Jake Daniels after the 17-year-old me out as gay, scribg his announcement as an important day the history of English football. We have been drsg rooms for many, many years and that would seem like the unthkable to announce that you are gay.

"I was on the PFA management mtee probably 15 to 20 years ago now whereby this was a major talkg pot, a major issue at management mtee meetgs that we did not have a player fortable enough to e out and say they were gay. England Rugby head ach Eddie Jon praised Daniels and said he hoped uld provi an spiratn for gby unn, where there have been siarly few openly gay players.

That has taken more than three s sce the last male profsnal footballer this untry felt fortable enough to do so suggts a ntug culture of homophobia football that is horrendoly out of step wh morn tim. "The Commtee prevly lled for chang to the Football Offenc Act to make homophobic abe a crimal offence. Arsenal's clash wh Newstle on Saturday is first game of Premier League's 2021 Rabow Lac activatn; Carl Fearn, -chair of LGBTQ+ fans group Gay Gooners, highlights importance of visibily and challengg those who persist sgg homophobic chants.

ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER WAS LIVG FEAR BUT WEIGHT IS OFF HIS SHOULRS AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Saturday's Rabow Lac fixture is a val day of visibily for Gay Gooners, says the -chair of Arsenal's official LGBTQ+ supporters Gooners was tablished back Febary 2013 as the first group affiliated to an English club for lbian, gay, bi and trans 50 such groups now exist across the UK, wh Gay Gooners remag the largt wh around 1, 000 members. Gay Gooners are one of the Arsenal fan groups to have s own banner on permanent display at Emirat Stadium. Speakg to Sky Sports News ahead of Arsenal's home game agast Newstle at lunchtime on Saturday - the first Premier League match of this year's Rabow Lac activatn - -chair Carl Fearn said the mpaign remas hugely important to the annual global celebratns for Pri are held durg June, when Arsenal are enjoyg their summer break, so havg an alloted time the domtic football lendar to raise awarens about cln is highly valued by groups like the Gay Gooners particular.