Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer.
Contents:
- UGANDAN NBS GAY RIGHTS TERVIEW
- WHO IS SIMON KAGGWA NJALA, THE GUY BEHD THE “WHY ARE YOU GAY” INTERVIEW
- GAYS ON TV
- GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
- JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
- 'SHE'S A MONSTER': LRA INGRAHAM'S GAY BROTHER LASH OUT TERVIEW
UGANDAN NBS GAY RIGHTS TERVIEW
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The Ugandan NBS gay rights terview is an terview on the Ugandan news statn NBS, featurg gay rights activist Pepe Julian Onzima and host Simon Kaggwa Njala.
The host Simon Kaggwa Njala is monly quoted askg Onzima why they are gay, spe them not intifyg as such. "You Should Really Watch This Astonishg 'Last Week Tonight' Segment On Gay Rights In Uganda". The list of s thors n be seen s historil and/or the page Edhistory:Ugandan NBS gay rights terview.
WHO IS SIMON KAGGWA NJALA, THE GUY BEHD THE “WHY ARE YOU GAY” INTERVIEW
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Fragments of the terview ed an ter stir, some received plenty of public tert, while certa sectns of the clip were circulated as, who is Simon Kaggwa Njala – the guy behd the “why are you gay” sentiment that appeared to profile the LGBTQ muny? Simon Kaggwa Njala is a Ugandan journalist, media personaly, and talk show host of Frontle (a highly teractive polil show), Morng Breeze, and the Eagle aired on NBS TV – Uganda’s most popular ble TV rose to populary, thanks to a bizarre “Why are you gay” qutn a viral terview wh LGBT activist Pepe Julian Onziema on a TV broadst his growg fluence on and off the ter, he vied for an elective posn Uganda’s parliament whout is currently foced on his reer as a media Njala Profile SummaryFull name: Simon Kaggwa NjalaGenr: MaleDate of birth: October 11, 1976Age: 47 years old (as of 2023)Place of birth: Karoli, Jja, UgandaCurrent Rince: Kampala, UgandaNatnaly: UgandanEthnicy: BlackSexualy: StraightMaral stat: MarriedPartner: Mrs.
GAYS ON TV
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However, that uldn’t have gone as he hoped bee he lost to the cumbent MP Peter and The Viral “Why Are You Gay” InterviewIn one of his 2012 Morng Breeze talk shows, Kaggwa Njala terviewed a Ugandan transgenr man and LGBTQ activist Pepe Julian the time, LGBTQ rights Uganda and, ed, most of Ai were out of the such, the bate on homosexualy was a far-fetched theme that you uld tell most Uganda weren’t on the first mut of the terview, Kaggwa Njala hilarly asked his trans TV gut, “Why are you gay?
GAY
The Natnal Blood Service is stereotypg gay men as morn-day "Typhoid Marys" by rejectg them as donors. * nbs gay interview *
Moreover, the trans man nied beg gay—ntrary to the assertns of Kaggwa Njala—and he was gaslighted on live TV. Several of the clips are still on YouTube, but many people still see as a hilar, light-hearted terview they n watch for ic 2019, that meme had a makeover and rurfaced wh more tails, this time wh a dig at Kaggwa Njala’s supposedly ic prevly, the meme’s punchle had been “Why are you gay, ” the 2019 clip put more emphasis on the terviewer’s accent, and was spelled as “why are you ge, ” to accurately pture Njala’s meme beme officially reborn, gaed tractn, and went viral aga. Njala has worked for NBS and at Next Media for nearly 12 years, and his current 25 ln Ugandan shillg annual al puts his worth timat at over 200 ln Ugandan Njala ControversyAlthough most people uld sieve through the sensivy of the topic and choose the light sight, the famo “Why are you gay” terview still eliced plenty of cricism om certa argued that the phrase reprented a form of abe, while others praised the ethil acutens of Kaggwa Njala as a journalist challengg sensive topics meme opened up a broar discsn about the ethil behavr of journalists, wh some sayg that such an approach to LGBTQ was reflective of the ridiculo levels of toxic masculy society at the time.
Closg ThoughtsThe “why are you gay” phrase may have and remas a fascatg meme that ntu to offer ic relief, but some found the exprsn though ed que a stir on the ter, the man behd fally saw the humoro si of might have been a route morng talk show produced an inic quote about homosexualy that even Kaggwa Njala uldn’t fathom s signifince. McCoy for The New York TimHis Sexualy Don’t Defe Him, but It Can Set Him ApartEric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. Three years earlier, while he was studyg journalism at Michigan State Universy, he had publicly e out as gay an say he wrote for the time of the say, he braced for a backlash, but nothg materialized.
He worked his way up om ternships to full-time broadstg jobs, and while anyone wh an ter nnectn uld learn he was gay, nobody asked, and he did not say so aga publicly.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
As part of our foc Rsia the Equal Rights Tst works wh the Rsian LGBT Network - an anisatn which provis legal and psychologil support to lbian gay bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) persons. From 2014 - 2015 the Network supported Alexanr Yermoshk, an LGTB activist who now liv New York. In his terview below he scrib how his experience led him to leave Rsia. What ma you ci to leave Rsia? * nbs gay interview *
It was paful at the time — the worst thg that had happened to him as a gay man, he said — but has reced far enough to his memory that did not e to md an hourlong terview about his experienc as a gay broadster.
As far as Bach knows — and as far as many of his unterparts wh other teams are aware — there are no other openly gay broadsters the sport. McCoy for The New York TimBorn to BroadstLong before he knew he was gay, Bach knew he wanted to be a sports father was a ach, and a love of sports ran through the fay.
”)He began to accept that he was gay durg his sophomore year of high school, but wh that acceptance me worry. As a multisport athlete, Bach was often locker rooms filled wh chos of homophobic slurs and gay jok. ’”By the start of his sophomore year at Michigan State, Bach was ready to tell his parents that he was gay, tchg his father off guard but nfirmg what his mother had prevly assumed.
JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
Jacksonville Jaguars ach Kev Maxen, who joed the team last year, me out publicly as gay an terview wh Outsports published on Thursday, beg the first ach a U.S. men’s profsnal league to do so" emprop="scriptn * nbs gay interview *
He did each job to the bt of his abily, and his sexualy never me, he has found that there’s a difference between beg a gay man baseball and beg pletely fortable as one. That uncertaty mak him feel self-nsc a way he believ is mon for gay people mostly straight spac. “I feel like that’s the burn a lot of gay people live wh — tryg to be perfect for straight people, ” he job requir equent teractn wh the players and the achg staff — addn to his duti as play-by-play announcer, Bach also is the ma public relatns ntact for the team — and he said he hadn’t fully relaxed any of them.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen is believed to be the first openly gay male ach major North Amerin men's sports after g out publicly an terview wh Outsports. * nbs gay interview *
The environment is not hostile, but Bach never fets that he is the only openly gay person the room. Mrer/Frericksburg NatnalsThat feelg is somewhat “self-flicted, ” Bach said, but he believ the solutn is to brg more openly gay people to sports and create a safe environment for those who are already there but have felt necsary to hi their League Baseball has touted self as a place of clivy.
Billy Bean, an openly gay former player, was named the league’s first ambassador for cln 2014 and has sce been promoted to senr vice print and special assistant to Commissner Rob Maned. In Febary, Anrson Comás, a mor leaguer the Chigo Whe Sox anizatn, me out as gay wh a post on Instagram, and the announcement was met wh public support om his club and some people around the cints suggt there is more work to be done.
JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen, assistant ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the first openly gay ach of a U.S. men’s profsnal league sport * nbs gay interview *
The Boston Red Sox lled up a mor leaguer, Matt Dermody, who had posted an anti-gay msage on Twter 2021, and Anthony Bass, a reliever for the Toronto Blue Jays, reposted a vio on social media that lled for boytts of L.
“Those of that are this very small mory sports have to keep on havg the nversatns, keep on workg really ick’ hard to earn your spot this space, ” he aspir to be a gay person at home a big-league booth.
'SHE'S A MONSTER': LRA INGRAHAM'S GAY BROTHER LASH OUT TERVIEW
McCoy for The New York TimA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 27 of the New York edn wh the headle: A Gay Broadster Climbs the Ladr, But It’s Been Lonely. In the episo, transgenr LGBT rights activist Pepe Julian Onziema bated wh Morng Breeze host Simon Kagwa Njala and pastor Mart Ssempa on homosexualy.
”, is a memorable quote om a bate on homosexualy aired by the Ugandan TV channel. In the first few mut of the terview, host Simon Kagwa Njala addrs the gut wh a qutn “why are you gay?