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.
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- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS HAVE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL COACH
- THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
- NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS HAVE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL COACH
In his new Netflix realy seri, the former football player, who me out as gay earlier this year, is followed by meras as he opens up about his sexualy to iends and fay, and nonts the fallout om his public breakup wh Cassie Randolph. Former Bachelor Colton Unrwood said that he's "always known he was different," tellg both his mother and father while g out that he knew he was gay sce he was 6 or 7 years old, acrdg to his new Netflix documentary, Comg Out Colton. Colton admted to Onyeka Ehie, who peted on his season, that he "wouldn't be out" if weren't for The Bachelor. * football gay series *
Dennis is a 28-year-old gay man who plays on a Wt Hollywood softball team wh his close, tty pals. Intertgly, this film was directed by gay producer Greg Berlanti (hband of gay soccer player Robbie Rogers) and stars actor John Mahoney who lived the glass closet until his 2017 ath.
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When Iceland’s bad-boy football star Ottar Thor out as gay, his entire life flat quicker than a punctured soccer ball. But when he’s given a choice to return to the pro-sports closet or start playg on a smaller gay lol team, Thor has to choose between a glamoro life or an thentic one. The director, Michael Akers, -wrote the screenplay om terviews wh wheelchair-g gay men, and ’s one of the few films existence to al wh gay men and disabili.
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. * football gay series *
As Conor’s teammat prsure him to abandon Ned, Ned fds himself creasgly sick of his school’s homophobic snobbery, brgg both boys to a breakg pot that uld end their iendship. Cocky and cunng Jason — played by gay actor Rsell Tovey— seems termed to get unr A’s earnt exterr. The doceri' central figure addrs how the homophobia his high school locker room ntributed to the shame and fear that led him to keep his sexual orientatn a secret.
Durg s send episo, tled "Football, " Unrwood speaks wh gay athlet and viss his high school ach to discs the toxicy and homophobia he experienced the locker room. "When I heard them be okay wh homophobic slurs or a joke that had to do wh homosexualy, jt drove me further to the closet. His "gay gui, " as some ial reports referred to him) meet wh three gay ex-NFL players who look back on their time the league and g out.
As a member of the same draft class, Unrwood remembers Sam beg the first openly gay football player to be drafted the NFL and seeg the backlash he faced real time. " After he tails the homophobia he wnsed the locker room, explag that this stage his life was when he cid to do everythg he uld to keep his sexual orientatn a secret, Unrwood's nversatn wh his ach basilly to a close.
NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO
"Comg Out Colton" vers Unrwood’s checkered history and plited journey as an out gay man. * football gay series *
Before Unrwood was the fence-jumpg virg who had a post-realy-seri breakdown, he was a gay kid a locker room who jt wanted to play the game well.
Related ntent: Atralian pro soccer player Josh Cavallo publicly out: 'I'm proud to be gay'Stars celebrate newly out Bachelor alum Colton UnrwoodThe Bachelorette Atralia sts first openly bisexual lead. 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. “To fast forward to my last football game my senr year and have end wh ‘NFL 360’ there to clu me a story celebratg the first openly gay football player NFL history is still really unbelievable to me.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
The Natnal Football League clared, "Football is gay," a vio shared on Twter on Monday rponse to player Carl Nassib's g out. * football gay series *
EST, we see scen of Strer’s last game as a Matea Mtang, terspersed wh him speakg about beg gay football and what Nassib’s g out meant to him. 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. “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.