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Contents:
- MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
- THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
- NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO
- NFL RELEAS MERCIAL SUPPORTG LGBTQ+ MUNY: “FOOTBALL IS GAY”
MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
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The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly. 16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster. Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired.
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THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
‘NFL 360’ profil five LGBTQ people wh a sports background, cludg three openly gay football players, on the impact of Nassib g out. * that's pretty gay football *
In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay. The subject was the impact of Carl Nassib g out as gay the NFL for the Las Vegas Rairs.
Matea offensive leman Jake Strer, who is gay, is one of five current or former LGBTQ athlet profiled. “When I returned to football my sophomore year after g out was bee I knew that if I qu football was jt the begng of thgs I would qu or hold myself back om bee I was gay, ” Strer told Outsports.
NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO
The Natnal Football League clared, "Football is gay," a vio shared on Twter on Monday rponse to player Carl Nassib's g out. * that's pretty gay football *
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Their experienc are universal, ways good and bad, for many LGBTQ people — Pick talkg about the pa om the ial rejectn by her mom; O’Callaghan discsg suicidal thoughts before beg rcued by a therapist; Rapoport’s touchg rellectn of g out to NFL Commissner Roger Gooll by approachg him at a Super Bowl event holdg her girliend’s hand and Gooll’s se upon seeg ; Saffold discsg growg up Black and gay on the South Si of Chigo “where there are rampant levels of homophobia” and Strer on how he ed to worry “about how bad my life might be after I me out.
NFL RELEAS MERCIAL SUPPORTG LGBTQ+ MUNY: “FOOTBALL IS GAY”
“I thk 11- or 12-year-old kids playg football prr to Carl Nassib g out didn’t thk there uld be a gay football player, ” Rapoport said.
The 30-send clip cycled through different words to scribe the game, clarg once and for all: "Football is gay. Last week, the NFL donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, matchg a donatn ma by Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib, who ma sports history when he me out to the public as gay. In his g out vio taken at his home Wt Chter, Pennsylvania, Nassib said, "I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay.
In a vio shared on Twter on Monday, the Natnal Football League clared, "Football is gay.