Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ...
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ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
Out Magaze on gay fns and sports. Read about the openly gay athlet who are breakg barriers profsnal sports. * active gay pro athletes *
Robbie Rogers, Tom Daley, Michael Sam, Gareth Thomas -- the athlet are pavg new ground the world of sports as openly gay, out-and-proud players.
At both the llegiate and profsnal level, sports have historilly been the last ontier for LGBT acceptance, and homophobia still ns rampant locker rooms and on playg fields across the Uned Stat and Europe. Gay athlet and anti-bullyg activists like Ben Cohen, former pro English gby player, are fightg to change the game and create more clive spac for LGBT players everywhere. Follow Out for all the latt on gay sports.
Carl Nassib ma history 2021 by beg the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. In 2021, Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay. In June 2021, NFL fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay a vio posted to his Instagram, addg he donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, an anizatn that foc on suici preventn LGBTQ youth after he stggled wh his sexualy for 15 years.
Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * active gay pro athletes *
"I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said the vio. Le Prokop beme the first NHL player to e out as gay.
"Acrdg to USA Today, no NHL player — active or retired — had e out as gay.
Michael Sam was the first openly gay man to be drafted to the NFL. In 2014, Michael Sam me out as gay an terview wh ESPN and ma history that same year. Louis Rams, beg the first openly gay man to ever be drafted to the NFL.