Jaguars associate strength ach out as gay a first for US-based pro leagu

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• INSI THE NATNAL GAY FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE WH ‘F(L)AG FOOTBALL’
• NEW YORK GIANTS HOST GAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE CLIC WH NFL PLAYERS AND ACH
• NEW YORK GAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
• LA RAMS SUPPORT VARSY GAY FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
• OPN: NFL'S CLARATN THAT 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' SIGNALS LEAGUE'S ONGOG EVOLUTN
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS HAVE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL COACH

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. 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.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

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. The Natnal Gay Flag Football League (NGFFL) v you to. We’re proud of our succs, and we hope you’ll fd a home one of our premiere gay sportg leagu a cy near you.

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

-based profsnal league to e out as gay. On Monday, the Super Bowl champns are hostg a kickoff party to lnch the Varsy Gay League flag football divisn. The party will be held at the Gym Sportsbar Wt Hollywood, one of the most well-known gay sports bars the U.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

There were five out gay cheerlears on the Rams’ squad last season, and they were all on the sil for Super Bowl LVI. The New England Patrts the first NFL team to sponsor Gay Bowl, the Natnal Gay Flag Football League’s annual champnship tournament, back when Boston hosted the event 2017. By publicly supportg LA’s newt gay flag football league, the Rams are flippg that old narrative around.

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Feratn Gay Gam. The missn of the Feratn of Gay Gam is to promote equaly through the anizatn of the premiere ternatnal LGBT and gay-iendly sports and cultural event known as the Gay Gam. The Gay Gam is built upon the re prcipl of Participatn, Incln, and Personal Bt.

INSI THE NATNAL GAY FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE WH ‘F(L)AG FOOTBALL’

Based on the valu, sce 1982, the Gay Gam have brought together people om all over the world, wh diversy, rpect, equaly, solidary, and sharg. The Gay Gam is open to all, young or old, athlete or artist, experienced or novice, gay or straight. NGFFL - Natnal Gay Flag Football League.

Created 2002, the Natnal Gay Flag Football League (NGFFL) is a 501(c)(3) sports anizatn that seeks to promote the posive social and athletic enjoyment of Amerin Flag Football.

Through our league, our events and most importantly our members, we also seek to foster and gment the self-rpect of all lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons and to promote rpect and unrstandg om the larger muny. Teams reprentg the leagu participate the natnal tournament tled Gay Bowl, hosted every Columb Day Weekend a different member cy. NAGAAA - North Ameri Gay Amatr Athletic Alliance.

NEW YORK GIANTS HOST GAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE CLIC WH NFL PLAYERS AND ACH

Currently, more than 17, 000 players om 46 ci across Canada and the Uned Stat participate member leagu, and the bt of the teams nverge once a year for head-to-head petn at the annual Gay Softball World Seri.

NGBA - Natnal Gay Basketball Associatn. The Natnal Gay Basketball Associatn is a 501(c)(3) nonprof anizatn that is an tegrated and all-clive anizatn dited to providg the LGBTQ muny and s alli wh a well-anized, supportive and welg sportg environment. Gay Bowl XXIII Flag Football.

Seattle, WA | Hosted by Natnal Gay Flag Football League (NGFFL). "I walked out onto the field and saw all the gay men playg football and I fell love, " says former NFL player Wa Davis Jr.

NEW YORK GAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE

A new documentary, F(l)ag Football, tak viewers si the world of the Natnal Gay Flag Football League as 26 teams om around the untry fight for the tle of Gay Bowl Champns. It’s a film that shatters stereotyp about both athlet and gay men, and giv the world an image of gay men that has never really been showsed before.

LA RAMS SUPPORT VARSY GAY FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Seth Greenleaf’s film adds nuance and pth to the ia of what looks like to be a gay man, and an athlete. Davis moved to New York Cy after his NFL reer end followg a knee jury, wh the goal of beg able to e out and live openly as a gay man.

He says the football league was the first group of gay men he met, thanks to a relatnship he had built wh Zeigler after sendg him an email. I mean, I was a former NFL player and I knew was a gay league, but that was all ego and me not really havg enough experience to realize that gay men, women, trans folks n play sports and actually be really good at . ” But Davis says that when he got to the practice, “I walked out onto the field and saw all the gay men playg football and I fell love wh them immediately.

” For him, the league gave him a safe haven to “terrogate my own ias of femy and masculy and ternalized homophobia, ” but that didn’t happen for Davis right away. He led the Warrr to three straight Gay Bowl champnships after jog the league, but ’s mostly a blur for him.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST

“When I joed 2005 or 2006, I still had yet to wrtle wh or terrogate what meant to be a gay man who… loved sports, ” he says. “I don’t even remember our champnship n bee I was so vted wng and provg to myself that I was somehow different bee I was ‘a good gay athlete.

He didn’t know they were a gay team until they asked him to quarterback for them. “There was a moment of shock [when they asked] bee [a gay football league] wasn’t somethg I had awarens about.

OPN: NFL'S CLARATN THAT 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' SIGNALS LEAGUE'S ONGOG EVOLUTN

There’s this misperceptn that we have – that I had – when straight people thk of gay men… there is an immediate femizg of them and that femizg is a very dangero qualy, ” Greenleaf says. “There’s this misperceptn about gay men that they are soft, weak, feme – and some may be, and that’s fe – but there’s a huge range, jt like any group. After the game, one of the players is told that ’s a team of gay men and he’s rpectful about sayg that he don’t re about their sexualy as long as they n play well.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS HAVE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL COACH

The spense durg the tournament scen as we are left to wonr who will emerge victor the Gay Bowl is effective. At s re, this is a movie about muny – the gay muny and the mararie of team sports, and how this league has managed to be the two so that the people who are so often exclud om one due to their membership the other n fd acceptance and joy while playg the game they love.

But the gay muny is not a monolh, even among those the league, and much of the tensn the film aris as we explore the diverse personali and the ways which they butt heads durg play and practice.

For Greenleaf, he really wanted to create a film where gay men who like sports uld see themselv reflected on screen, but also where straight athlet uld see siari between themselv and the gay athlet featured.