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• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH COM OUT AS GAY IN A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• MICHELLE TUMOLO IS AN OPENLY GAY LACROSSE SUPERSTAR
• RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
• GAY SPORTS LEAGU NYC: ATHLETIC CLUBS FOR EVERY GAY JOCK
• SC FEATURED STORY ON YOUNG, GAY LACROSSE PLAYER RONAT WH VIEWERS
• COURAGE GAME TO SUPPORT GAY 12-YEAR-OLD LACROSSE PLAYER THIS WEEKEND PHILALPHIA

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY 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.

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. McCoy for The New York TimHis Sexualy Don’t Defe Him, but It Can Set Him ApartEric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. Three years earlier, while he was studyg journalism at Michigan State Universy, he had publicly e out as gay an say he wrote for the time of the say, he braced for a backlash, but nothg materialized.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH COM OUT AS GAY IN A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

He worked his way up om ternships to full-time broadstg jobs, and while anyone wh an ter nnectn uld learn he was gay, nobody asked, and he did not say so aga publicly. It was paful at the time — the worst thg that had happened to him as a gay man, he said — but has reced far enough to his memory that did not e to md an hourlong terview about his experienc as a gay broadster. As far as Bach knows — and as far as many of his unterparts wh other teams are aware — there are no other openly gay broadsters the sport.

McCoy for The New York TimBorn to BroadstLong before he knew he was gay, Bach knew he wanted to be a sports father was a ach, and a love of sports ran through the fay. ”)He began to accept that he was gay durg his sophomore year of high school, but wh that acceptance me worry.

As a multisport athlete, Bach was often locker rooms filled wh chos of homophobic slurs and gay jok. ’”By the start of his sophomore year at Michigan State, Bach was ready to tell his parents that he was gay, tchg his father off guard but nfirmg what his mother had prevly assumed.

MICHELLE TUMOLO IS AN OPENLY GAY LACROSSE SUPERSTAR

He did each job to the bt of his abily, and his sexualy never me, he has found that there’s a difference between beg a gay man baseball and beg pletely fortable as one. That uncertaty mak him feel self-nsc a way he believ is mon for gay people mostly straight spac. “I feel like that’s the burn a lot of gay people live wh — tryg to be perfect for straight people, ” he job requir equent teractn wh the players and the achg staff — addn to his duti as play-by-play announcer, Bach also is the ma public relatns ntact for the team — and he said he hadn’t fully relaxed any of them.

The environment is not hostile, but Bach never fets that he is the only openly gay person the room.

Mrer/Frericksburg NatnalsThat feelg is somewhat “self-flicted, ” Bach said, but he believ the solutn is to brg more openly gay people to sports and create a safe environment for those who are already there but have felt necsary to hi their League Baseball has touted self as a place of clivy.

RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS

Billy Bean, an openly gay former player, was named the league’s first ambassador for cln 2014 and has sce been promoted to senr vice print and special assistant to Commissner Rob Maned. In Febary, Anrson Comás, a mor leaguer the Chigo Whe Sox anizatn, me out as gay wh a post on Instagram, and the announcement was met wh public support om his club and some people around the cints suggt there is more work to be done.

GAY SPORTS LEAGU NYC: ATHLETIC CLUBS FOR EVERY GAY JOCK

The Boston Red Sox lled up a mor leaguer, Matt Dermody, who had posted an anti-gay msage on Twter 2021, and Anthony Bass, a reliever for the Toronto Blue Jays, reposted a vio on social media that lled for boytts of L. “Those of that are this very small mory sports have to keep on havg the nversatns, keep on workg really ick’ hard to earn your spot this space, ” he aspir to be a gay person at home a big-league booth. McCoy for The New York TimA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 27 of the New York edn wh the headle: A Gay Broadster Climbs the Ladr, But It’s Been Lonely.

Jacksonville Jaguars' Kev Maxen has ma the public statement "to be vol support of people livg how they want to live, but I also want to jt live and not feel fear about how people will react"; Maxen is the first male ach a major Amerin sports league to e out as gay. Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major Amerin sports league to e out as gay.

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St Louis Rams selected him 2021, Carl Nassib, then wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player to e out publicly. The NYC gaybros is a muny server meant for posive, iendly, social teractns between and is meant to be welg to all. Here are the All-County and All-League honors, selected by the TEAMAttack: Connor Gorman, Don Bos, junrAttack: Brenn Kelly, Bergen Catholic, senrAttack: Koleton Marquis, Don Bos, junrAttack: Ben Roberts, Tenafly, junrMidfielr: Will Consoli, Glen Rock, junrMidfielr: Bryan Creamer, Ramsey, senrMidfielr: Nicholas Muller, Bergen Catholic, junrMidfielr: W Peene, Ridgewood, senrMidfielr: John Santoro, Northern Highlands, senrMidfielr: Robert Simone, Don Bos, sophomoreDefenr: Cole Cunngham, Ridgewood, junrDefenr: Chris DeBellis, Ramapo, senrDefenr: Charlie Johnson, Northern Highlands, junrDefenr: Connor Kehm, Don Bos, junrDefenr: Gee Talari, Bergen Catholic, senrGoalie: Mason Bellger, Param, junrGoalie: Danny Coleman, Northern Highlands, senrTeam of the Year: Don BosCoach of the Year: Brendan Gorman, Don BosSECOND TEAMAttack: Brian Buono, Northern Highlands, junrAttack: Noah Carti, Ramapo, senrAttack: Ethan Gs, Glen Rock, senrAttack: William Mseo, Ridgewood, junrMidfielr: Ethan Cronk, Ridgewood, senrMidfielr: Jack Kastens, Mahwah, senrMidfielr: Frankie Monte, St.

SC FEATURED STORY ON YOUNG, GAY LACROSSE PLAYER RONAT WH VIEWERS

Joseph, junrMidfielr: John Dunphey, Ridgewood, junrDefenr: Damien Blando, Don Bos, senrDefenr: Jared Cohen, Pasck Valley, senrDefenr: Robbie Travers, Ramapo, junrDefenr: Declan Ward, NV/Old Tappan, senrGoalie: Jack Berg, Dwight-Englewood, senrGoalie: Dmond Von Tobel, Pasck Valley, senrHONORABLE MENTIONMason Carfello, Don Bos, junr; Drew Goln, Wtwood, junr; Steven Sciao, Mahwah, sophomore; Matthew Thurston, Ridgewood, senr; Evan Nicholas, Bergen Tech, senr; Matt Wortman, Tenafly, senr; Charlie Race, River Dell, senr; Peter Voorhis, Param, senr; Tanner Gay, Indian Hills, hman; Christopher Holloway, NV/Old Tappan, senr; Dillon Kelly, Ramsey, sophomore; Patrick Balatbat, Waldwick, senr; Kyle Feltman, Northern Highlands, junr; Nate Lewis, Pasck Valley, sophomore; Jam Nunnery, Ramapo, senr; Col Redman, Glen Rock, FIRST TEAMAttack:Casey Fagan, Wt Milford, senrRJ Vogt, Pompton Lak, senrAidan Bolger, Wt Milford, junrMidfield:Coll Rovere, Wayne Valley, junrZach Maksimiak, Pompton Lak, junrJohn Cantilli, Wayne Hills, senrDylan Connors, Wt Milford, junrDefense:Cole Wolford, Wayne Valley, sophomoreZach Relovsky, DePl, senrTheo Bolger, Wt Milford, sophomoreAt Knapp, Wayne Hills, junrGoalkeeper:Dan Daly, Wayne Hills, senrOpen:Le Ceneri, Clifton, junrConnor Kennedy, Lakeland, senrCoach of the Year: Gary Stoll, Wt MilfordSECOND TEAMAttack:Vcent Stoffel, Lakeland, junrJt Dembicki, Wayne Valley, senrMatt Kimberl, Pompton Lak, senrMidfield:Gibs Nils, Wayne Valley, senrRicky Iapoce, Wayne Hills, senrMarcello Santora, Lakeland, junrMichael Cook, Eastern Christian, sophomoreDefense:Le Krsaty, Wayne Hills, junrWill Schimmel, Pompton Lak, junrZanr Masanko, Wt Milford, junrGreg Klepacki, DePl, senrGoalkeeper:Jayn Betron, Wayne Valley, senrOpen:Jake Lombardo, Wayne Valley, senrMatt Dellapi, Wt Milford, senrJoe Celentano, Passaic Valley, senrHONORABLE MENTIONJab Maldonado, CliftonNick Martez, CliftonMatt Luehs, DePlCharlie Szuma, DePlSean Post, Eastern ChristianStephen Frank, Eastern ChristianDeclan Smh, HawthorneBrandon Beltran, HawthorneJake Querrazzi, LakelandAnton Santora, LakelandZanr Timothy, Passaic ValleyDamian Kribs, Passaic ValleyStefano Ciaravo, Passaic TechShawn Hutchon, Passaic TechDillon MacDonald, Pompton LakShane Evancho, Pompton LakDan Alicea, Wayne HillsLogan McFadn, Wayne HillsBraedon Phillips, Wayne ValleyJeff Robson, Wayne ValleyAshton Stymacks, Wt MilfordRyan Kirwan, Wt MilfordALL-NJILLGibbs DivisnFIRST TEAMAttack:Koleton Marquis, Don Bos, junrConnor Gorman, Don Bos, junrMatt McCrk, Mounta Lak, senrBrenn Kelly, Bergen Catholic, senrMidfield:Brandon Stuart, Don Bos, junrJohn Santuro, Northern Highlands, senrCa Schuckman, Mounta Lak, junrFrankie Monte, St. Joseph, senrW Peene, Ridgewood, senrNick Muller, Bergen Catholic, junrDefense: Connor Kehm, Don Bos, junrGee Talari, Bergen Catholic, senrBilly Smh, Mounta Lak, senrChris Debellis, Ramapo, senrGoali:Kai Dimaculangan, Don Bos, senrShane Nachishen, Mounta Lak, senrFOGO: Robert Simone, Don Bos, sophomoreLSM:Cole Cunngham, Ridgewood, junr Ryan McClghl, Mounta Lak, senr SECOND TEAMAttack:Noah Carti, Ramapo, senrBrian Buono, Northern Highlands, junrWill Mseo, Ridgewood, junr Tristan Plotts, Mounta Lak, senrMidfield:Ken Morrissey, Northern Highlands, senrOwen Fetto, St.

COURAGE GAME TO SUPPORT GAY 12-YEAR-OLD LACROSSE PLAYER THIS WEEKEND PHILALPHIA

DCurc DivisnFIRST TEAMAttack:Casey Fagan, Wt Milford, senrPeter Voorhis, Param, senrChristian Dropp, Fair Lawn, senrBen Roberts, Tenafly, junrMatt Wortmann, Tenafly, senrMidfield:Aidan Bolger, Wt Milford, junrDylan Connors, Wt Milford, junrMichael Falek, Tenafly, junrGav Coe, Tenafly, senrCharlie Race, River Dell, senrDefense:Theo Bolger, Wt Milford, sophomoreLogan Connolly, Param, senrRonan Lbert, River Dell, senrGreg Klepacki, Pequannock, senrDeclan Ward, NV/Old Tappan, senrGoali:Mason Bellger, Param, junrBrian Hagens, Pequannock, senrFOGO: Le Deneri, Clifton, junrLSM: Tyler Behnke, Param, senr SECOND TEAMAttack:Ashton Stymacks, Wt Milford, junrBrody Schnezer, Param, senrJab Maldonado, Clifton, junrFn Kristan, River Dell, sophomoreMatt Le, DePl, senrMidfield:Matt Joyce, Param, senrHoln Goldberg, Tenafly, senrMax Bykov, Fair LawnJoe Manco, Param, senrDefense:Zanr Masanko, Wt Milford, junrEthan Dicturel, Tenafly, sophomoreDan Smh, Pequannock, junrMichael Crismale, River Dell, junrBrendan Rhee, NV/Old TappanCharlie Zumida, DePl, senrGoalie: Eric Jung, Tenafly, junrFOGO: Matt Dellapi, Wt Milford, senrLSM: Sal Postiglne, Pequannock, hman HONORABLE MENTIONMatt Fcla, Fair Lawn jr. DCullen DivisnFIRST TEAMAttack:Jon Ruff, Wtwood, junrJake Brlow, Dwight-Englewood, senrJack Shah, Indian Hills, junrJt Abramowz, Dwight-Englewood, senrMidfield:Josh Zdanowicz, Park Ridge, senrGav Malhame, Dwight-Englewood, senrEvan Nicholas, Bergen Tech, senrLiam Peabody, Wtwood, junrBrendan Kelley, Pasck Hills, junrPatrick Balatbat, Waldwick, senrDefense:Charlie Goertz, Pasck Hills, senrJason Levy, Wtwood, senrJon Paton, Bergen Tech, junrLia Blake, Indian Hills, senrGoali:Drew Goln, Wtwood, junrJack Berg, Dwight-Englewood, senrFOGO: Ort Figol, Bergen Tech, senrLSM: Nick Guele, Pasck Hills, senr SECOND TEAMAttack:Shane Gay, Indian Hills, junrBrian Kennedy, Park Ridge, junrJohn Stewart, Pasck Hills, sophomoreKirk Simeonidis, Wtwood, sophomoreMidfield:Anthony Pietropaolo, Indian Hills, junrMax Chow, Dwight-Englewood, sophomoreNazar Fedorko, Bergen Tech, sophomoreTom O'Neill, Pasck Hills, senrSteve Veneziano, Wtwood, senrNoah Chang, Wtwood, senrDefense:Tobias Ballter, Wtwood, junrNeil Belarmo, Bergen Tech, junrBen Tsner, Dwight-Englewood, junrMatt DeMar, Wtwood, senrGoali:Anthony Urana, Waldwick, senrJosh Hans, Indian Hills, junrFOGO: Tanner Gay, Indian Hills, hmanLSM: Grant Kissel, Indian Hills, senr HONORABLE MENTIONAnthony Sabatella, Wtwood so.

Vogt, Pompton Lak, senrEthan Coehlo, Dayton, senrNick Vanr May, Passaic Tech, senrMatt Kimberl, Pompton Lak, senrMidfield:Zach Maksimiak, Pompton Lak, junrMichael Cook, Eastern Christian, sophomoreDamian Kribs, Passaic Valley, hmanZanr Lipsey, Wt Orange, junrBrandon Beltran, Hawthorne, junrMike Kanarrek, Dayton, senrDefense:Will Schimmel, Pompton Lak, junrAnthony Apicella, Dayton, senrJoe Celentano, Passaic Valley, senrChris Parsons, Wt Orange, senrGoali:Pl Stillman, Dayton, junrJohnathon Ridley, Wt Orange, senrFOGO: Christian Zambrano, Wt Orange, senrLSM: Anthony Corigliano, Dayton, senrSECOND TEAMAttack: Andrew Gart, Wt Orange, senrStephen Frank, Eastern Christian, senr Elijah Smh, Dayton, junrJt Hayward, Newark East Si, junrMidfield:Frank Kalokis, Passaic Valley, senrNic Fasoli, Passaic Tech, hmanBrennan Foster, Pompton Lak, senrSavr Williams, Wt Orange, senrGav Dzikowski, Dayton, senrDallas Pollock, Passaic Tech, junrMichael Dix, Wt Orange, senrDefense:Stefano Ciaravo, Passaic TechJoseph Lurello, Dayton, junrDillon MacDonald, Pompton Lak, senrGoali:Ryan Almeida, Pompton Lak, senrJ.

Jabson DivisnFIRST TEAMAttack:Steven Sciao, Mahwah, sophomoreAidan Clark, Ramsey, junrEthan Gs, Glen Rock, senrVcent Stoffel, Lakeland, junrMidfield:Jack Kastens, Mahwah, senrBryan Craemer, Ramsey, senrColl Rovere, Wayne Valley, junrRichard Iopace, Wayne Hills, junrWill Consoli, Glen Rock, junrNate Lewis, Pasck Valley, sophomoreDefense:Cole Wolford, Wayne Valley, sophomoreNoah Lro, Ramsey, sophomoreAidan Kennedy, Glen Rock, senrJared Cohen, Pasck Valley, senrGoali:Dan Day, Wayne Hills, sophomoreDmond Von Tobel, Pasck Valley, senrFOGO: Dan Haag, Pasck Valley, senrLSM: Shane Cubala, Pasck Valley, senrSECOND TEAMAttack:Jt Dembicki, Wayne Valley, senrJosh Bos, Glen Rock, junrJake Querrazzi, Lakeland, senrJoe Christiano, Pasck Valley, senr Midfield:Jack Cantilli, Wayne Hills, senrRichard Sciao, Mahwah, sophomoreJack Alger, Glen Rock, junrMarcello Santora, Lakeland, junrGieppe Randazzo, Ramsey, senrGibson Nichols, Wayne Valley, junrDefense:At Knapp, Wayne Hills, junrAidan Boris, Mahwah, junrJab Magn, Ramsey, senrBrendan Sullivan, Glen Rock, junrGoali:Jaydon Betron, Wayne Valley, senrConnor Kennedy, Lakeland, senrFOGO: Jake Lombardo, Wayne Valley, junrLSM: Ryan Hornish, Glen Rock, senrHONORABLE MENTIONBrady Kennedy, Lakeland; Drew Bno, Glen Rock; Harrison Whe, Demart; Brandon Phillips, Wayne Valley; Le Krsaty, Wayne Hills; Will Cheyne, Ramsey; Nick Paskas, Pasck Valley; Jack Norberto, MahwahRizk DivisnFIRST TEAMJack Clifford, Pope John sr. It appears to be the first time Tumolo has openly discsed beg gay a media terview, though she is que open about on her social media.