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- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- MGHA GEAR SWAP – 8/29 AT 6PM
- NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay hockey league *
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
MGHA GEAR SWAP – 8/29 AT 6PM
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. New York Cy Gay Hockey Associatn.
NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE
The New York Cy Gay Hockey Associatn (NYCGHA) is New York’s first and largt LGBTQ+ hockey anizatn. The NYCGHA is a member of Gay Hockey Internatnal and is a registered Public Chary unr sectn 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Co. The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars strength ach, Kev Maxen, has e out as gay — makg him the first male ach a U.S.
While Maxen is believed to be the first male ach to have e out publicly as gay, there have been a few female ach U.S.-based sports leagu who have also e out.