Joel Horton is a longtime member of the Phoenix Gay Flag Football League.
Contents:
- ARIZONA CARDALS SELECT GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE 3RD ROUND NFL DRAFT PICK
- THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
- ARIZONA CARDALS WILL SPONSOR GAY BOWL THIS FALL, THE 5TH NFL TEAM TO DO SO
- FORMER ARIZONA CARDALS SAFETY KERRY RHOS NI HE WAS BLACKLISTED BY NFL OVER GAY MORS
- ARIANS: FANS A PROBLEM FOR GAY PLAYER
- BRAD THORSON, FORMER LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER AND NFL PROSPECT, OUT AS GAY
- GAY FLAG FOOTBALL PLAYERS ANNOUNCE CARDALS' THIRD-ROUND DRAFT PICK
- ARIANS: FANS A PROBLEM FOR GAY PLAYER
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
ARIZONA CARDALS SELECT GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE 3RD ROUND NFL DRAFT PICK
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The third round pick of the Arizona Cardals at the 2022 NFL Draft will be announced by a gay flag football player om the Phoenix area, Outsports has learned. Joel Horton has been a member of the Phoenix Gay Flag Football League sce 2013, when he moved to the area. Prevly he had played the New York Gay Flag Football League.
He has participated multiple Gay Bowls, the annual world champnship for gay flag football. Horton is also the Gay Bowl liaison for the Natnal Gay Flag Football League. In 2021, the Cardals were a ma sponsor of the Gay Bowl Phoenix.
THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
Players on 22 NFL teams have already had an out gay teammate, cludg six players wh the Arizona Cardals. * gay arizona cardinals player *
“They wanted to make a pot that was important to them, ” Horton said of the Cardals’ volvement Gay Bowl. Var other NFL clubs have sponsored their lol LGBTQ flag football leagu and the Gay Bowl, cludg the New England Patrts, New York Giants and Denver Brons. Horton, a Cardals (and specifilly Larry Fzgerald) fan is the first publicly out gay man we know of to announce an draft pick for an NFL anchise.
ARIZONA CARDALS WILL SPONSOR GAY BOWL THIS FALL, THE 5TH NFL TEAM TO DO SO
The Cardals are major backers of the LGBTQ flag football tournament Gay Bowl XXI the Phoenix area. * gay arizona cardinals player *
One thg we know is that Horton will not be announcg the name of a publicly out gay player as the Cardals’ pick, as there are none this year’s NFL Draft (though there are undoubtedly gay players up for grabs).
FORMER ARIZONA CARDALS SAFETY KERRY RHOS NI HE WAS BLACKLISTED BY NFL OVER GAY MORS
Arizona Cardals ach Bce Arians told on Wednday that he believ NFL players and ach would be acceptg of an openly-gay player but he's not so sure fans would feel the same way. * gay arizona cardinals player *
Some people still believe that the NFL is a “homophobic” monolh where ’s “dangero” to be gay. Dpe Outsports chroniclg lerally dozens of piec of evince to the ntrary, there’s a ntued belief amongst some that NFL players would overwhelmgly reject a gay player if he me out.
So we set out to figure out how many current NFL players have already played on the same team wh an out gay teammate. We found 39 current NFL players, who were on a roster for the 2020 season, who have already had an out gay teammate. In addn, dozens of other players have played agast an opponent they knew to be gay.
ARIANS: FANS A PROBLEM FOR GAY PLAYER
Brad Thorson me out as gay on Inpennce Day. He played llege football for Wisns, Kansas, and he was wh the Arizona Cardals for their 2011 trag mp. * gay arizona cardinals player *
Those gay athlet are all still alive today. The 39 current NFL players have played wh at least five gay or bisexual men who were out to their team while they were on the same team. The Arizona Cardals have the most players we know have played wh an out gay teammate.
BRAD THORSON, FORMER LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER AND NFL PROSPECT, OUT AS GAY
Rob Brakel has worked the NFL for 17 years wh the Ptsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardals. It wasn't until he read Robbie Rogers' new book that he cid was time to share his story wh the world and e out publicly as gay. * gay arizona cardinals player *
At least six of the players on the Cardals’ 2020 roster — about 10% of the team, — has already had a gay teammate they knew of. And they have llectively played llege wh all five out gay players. Wh that experience, solid veteran learship, a ach Kliff Kgsbury who has ld gay football player Stt Frantz, and a ont office that has monstrated an embrace of LGBTQ people, is easy to make the se that an out gay player wh the Cardals would be weled.
Of urse many other NFL players have played wh a gay or bi teammate before they me out (e. The are the current NFL players to have played wh an out gay or bi man on their team (wh that team and their current team listed):. If you thk I’ve missed a current NFL player who’s played wh an out gay or bi teammate, be sure to leave the rmatn the ments below.
GAY FLAG FOOTBALL PLAYERS ANNOUNCE CARDALS' THIRD-ROUND DRAFT PICK
Arizona Cardals ach Bce Arians told on Wednday that he believ NFL players and ach would be acceptg of an openly-gay player but he's not so sure fans would feel the same way. * gay arizona cardinals player *
The Arizona Cardals are sponsorg Gay Bowl XXI Phoenix, Ariz.
This fall, a show of support for the LGBTQ muny and gay athlet. The first NFL team to work wh the Gay Bowl was the New England Patrts 2003. Yet formal sponsorship of the event by NFL teams didn’t start until 2017, when the Patrts fancially supported the Gay Bowl and team owner Robert Kraft gave a speech at the event’s closg party.
Every Gay Bowl sce 2017 has been sponsored by the lol NFL teams. Bidwill and the team released a thoughtful statement after the ath of gay staffer Rob Brakel. Star receiver DeAndre Hopks has talked publicly about his lbian sister, and head ach Kliff Kgsbury prevly appld Kansas State OT Stt Frantz for g out as gay.
ARIANS: FANS A PROBLEM FOR GAY PLAYER
The Arizona Cardals have cleared salary p room by releasg lebacker Stewart Bradley and rnerback William Gay. * gay arizona cardinals player *
The Gay Bowl Phoenix will be held Sept. The large-sle tournament will be hosted by the Phoenix Gay Flag football League and will clu dozens of teams om across North Ameri featurg players om across the LGBTQ muny. This is the third time the Phoenix area has hosted the Gay Bowl.
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JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
"League spokman Greg Aiello told USA Today Sports April that the NFL would be prepared to monor appropriate fan reactn to an openly gay player. I'm glad he had the urage to say that bee a lot of ach kiss up to the people but I rpect , I gotta thank him for when I get back to [Arizona], " Barkley the first time, the NFL Rookie Symposium will clu speakers on the issue of sexual orientatn, the league's chief human rourc officer, Robert Gulliver, told on league plans to have former players, whom they are llg ambassadors, speak about the possibily of havg a gay teammate and how to talk about the issu publicly, Gulliver said. Brad Thorson, a former llege and NFL football player who was briefly wh the Arizona Cardals, me out publicly as gay on his blog on July 4 as his own personal Inpennce Day celebratn.
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