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Contents:

• MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
• THERE HAVE BEEN 11 KNOWN GAY PLAYERS NFL HISTORY
• RAIRS DE CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO DO SO
• 7 GAY NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS
• ALL POSNS NEW GAY NFL WILL BE REFERRED TO AS ‘TIGHT END’
• REMEMBERG JERRY SMH, A GAY NFL STAR WHO NEVER GOT HIS DUE
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT

MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

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.

THERE HAVE BEEN 11 KNOWN GAY PLAYERS NFL HISTORY

Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn.

RAIRS DE CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO DO SO

In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay. Part of this Washgton Pri Night Out will clu performanc by the LGBTQ DC’s Different Dmmers and the gospel ensemble of the Gay Men’s Chos of DC.

Washgton has had more former players e out than any other team, cludg David Kopay, the trailblazg first NFL player to e out publicly as gay. In fact, the Giants, whom Washgton plays on Thursday, have supported the LGBTQ muny on multiple ocsns and John Mara Jr., son of Giants owner John Mara, is gay and set to be married to his boyiend.

7 GAY NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS

The announcement today by former Patrts and Chiefs offensive leman Ryan O'Callaghan that he is gay brgs to seven the number of NFL known gay players NFL history who have played a regular season game. In addn, four other players who me out as gay were NFL trag mps, some playg preason gam. Kopay played wh two teammat who were gay: tight end Jerry Smh and nng back Ray McDonald.

Gay players have long been the NFL. Legendary Packers and Redsks ach Vce Lombardi — who had an openly gay brother — knew that some of his players were gay.

ALL POSNS NEW GAY NFL WILL BE REFERRED TO AS ‘TIGHT END’

In the Outsports article on O’Callaghan g out, longtime NFL executive Stt Pli says he has unseled gay NFL players before. Perkz/@rlnassib/@rkrelentls)When Kansas State offensive tackle and NFL hopeful Stt Frantz me out to the natn as gay, he shared that his teammat (to whom he'd e out earlier) had warmly received the news, a sign the most alpha of locker rooms may fally be ready for equaly.

Here's a list of players llege and pro ball who have proved you n be gay or bi and still n the gntlet. Roy "Sugar Bear" Simmons, an offensive leman for the New York Giants and Washgton Redsks, beme the send NFL player ever to publicly reveal he was gay.

So Coach Vce Lombardi knew McDonald was gay when he took over learship of the team 1969, but ma clear there would be no discrimatn his locker room, those close to the legend say.

REMEMBERG JERRY SMH, A GAY NFL STAR WHO NEVER GOT HIS DUE

Cornerback Wa Davis, who played preason wh the Tennsee Tans, Seattle Seahawks and Washgton Redsks and spent two seasons wh NFL Europe teams Berl Thunr and Barcelona Dragons, me out as gay 2012, nearly a after his retirement. He would later nfirm his sexualy on CNN and s down wh ESPN to discs the challeng of growg up gay Jamai and playg football while closeted.

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT

He later cled to sign wh the Tennsee Tans and Dallas Cowboys before g out as gay at 24, he told Philalphia Magaze revealed to the magaze that he'd dated a male cheerlear at Purdue who had threatened to out him then. He would later move to San Francis and jo the Fog, a gay gby team, and pen a g-out blog post 2015.