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Contents:
- MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
- 49ERS EXPAND LGBTQ OUTREACH, DT MRICE HURST SHAR LOVE FOR HIS GAY IENDS
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- THIS GAY 49ERS FAN IS LIVG THE DREAM AS A DJ FOR HIS FAVORE TEAM
- FORMER RAIRS, 49ERS OL KWAME HARRIS ADMS HE'S GAY
- FORMER 49ERS PLAYER KWAME HARRIS TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY
- THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
Carl Nassib is the first to ever play a down as openly gay, but the rt are still trailblazers. * gay 49ers player *
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. The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn.
49ERS EXPAND LGBTQ OUTREACH, DT MRICE HURST SHAR LOVE FOR HIS GAY IENDS
Hurst emphatilly says he would support a gay teammate, as the team ved members of 49ers Pri to attend trag mp. * gay 49ers player *
In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay. “I’m livg my dream, ” he says, standg outsi Splash, the inic gay bar downtown San Jose that he manag and that often hosts 49ers watch parti. Some of his gay iends don’t unrstand his love for a sport associated wh an aggrsively mascule ial.
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * gay 49ers player *
It wasn’t that long ago that players felt ee to openly exprs hostily to havg gay teammat.
Wh football, also don’t matter if you’re gay or straight or any genr, relign or sex. Q Do you have gay iends who wonr how you n like such a btal sport?
THIS GAY 49ERS FAN IS LIVG THE DREAM AS A DJ FOR HIS FAVORE TEAM
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Q When former Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to publicly e out as gay, was amazg to see his team, the NFL and other major players tweetg out statements about how proud they were of him …. There are no openly gay players on the 49ers or anywhere the NFL, though the 49ers do have an openly gay assistant ach, Katie Sowers.
FORMER RAIRS, 49ERS OL KWAME HARRIS ADMS HE'S GAY
The 49ers do have a historic legacy the gay sports movement. As the San Francis 49ers held a special Diversy & Incln Day at trag mp last Thursday — vg members of the LGBTQ fan group 49ers Pri to attend the team’s Communy Corner — newly acquired DT Mrice Hurst opened up about his support for LGBTQ people, cludg the possibily of havg a gay teammate. Hurst said he would be “extra supportive” of any athlete who me out as big, gay or queer.
FORMER 49ERS PLAYER KWAME HARRIS TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY
-- 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 '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. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.
Cis Mejia spends his nights managg seven gay nightclubs around the Bay Area and Pacific Northwt. Appropriately, will be held the Castro, San Francis’s legendary gayborhood.
The same go for bookg gay super fan DJs for non-Pri events.
THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
When former 49ers and Rairs offensive leman Kwame Harris was alleged January to have asslted a former boyiend, was logil to nclu that Harris, though he had never publicly e out of the closet, is gay.