Jags' Maxen is first male Amerin pro sports ach to e out as gay - ESPN

Contents:

• GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO CONVERSN THERAPY ARE SHARG THEIR TRMATIC STORI, AND IT'S A REMR WHY IT NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED
• CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
• GAY PEOPLE WHO WERE IN HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAG ARE SHARG THEIR STORI, AND THEY WERE INCREDIBLY HONT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH COM OUT AS GAY IN A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO CONVERSN THERAPY ARE SHARG THEIR TRMATIC STORI, AND IT'S A REMR WHY IT NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED

But we live a heteronormative culture which rults many gay and queer people beg sent to nversn therapy or choosg to go themselv.

"I went to a gay nversn mp at 17 years old. On the send or third day I was given some, hdsight, credibly lghable gay eroti and was allowed to return to my room.

CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER

I chose to go bee of my ternalized homophobia. I was motivated by Bible College teachgs whose founr was secretly groomg and sexually harassg his younger youth mister and employee to a homosexual relatnship while teachg and preachg the 'Sun' of homosexualy.

I had a 'pray the gay way' ssn that was the form of an exorcism. They had, of urse, found gay porn my browser history.

GAY PEOPLE WHO WERE IN HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAG ARE SHARG THEIR STORI, AND THEY WERE INCREDIBLY HONT

I went to a seri of speech geared toward the youth of the church where one speaker talked about how watchg porn would lead you down an evable path that ends by you beg a homosexual and then a child molter (which obvly isn't te). I was told that sexualy was a s, specifilly, homosexualy was a s the same tegory as murr bee perverted the tools for the creatn and stctn of life.

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

My very shy mom even bought a book about gay Mormons and gave to other moms that she SUSPECTED of havg gay sons. I went through a year and change of nversn therapy bee my parents are jt homophobic as n be. I remember specifilly there was a strong attempt to try and nnect gay thoughts to jail time my head, that msed wh me for a ltle.

It sure didn't turn me straight, but did give me some ternalized homophobia, too. In some class, they would rip to homosexualy alongsi thgs like pedophilia and necrophilia as all beg somewhat equally horrific.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Homosexualy was seen as beg even worse than necrophilia bee was someone else beg 'tricked' and 'asslted' by someone who claimed to re. They believed and tght that homosexuals were scum for beg so selfish and so nceed to thk they had the right to steal the nocence of someone else by makg them go to hell.

They said homosexuals were ltful eaks who n't ntrol themselv.

Even worse, they said gay people force themselv on someone else bee there is no way TWO adults n nsent to sex if they are the same genr.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

I was part of an onle muny of other gay people tryg to nvert, and some of the people that muny claimed to have succsfully nverted.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

My parents thought was fe that I was gay (my mom more so than my dad) and didn't want to take me to a Christian unselor, but I was adamant. His procs was based on the ia that I was gay bee my relatnship wh my dad was aquate and bee I hadn't been affirmed my masculy when I was younger.

I was skeptil then and is lghable now how ltle he unrstood what gay people want. And fally, "I went to a 'special psychologist' or 'psychiatrist, ' but he was a 'former gay man' who had sce turned his life over to God. I was mostly dog this to appease my parents, as they were unr the imprsn beg gay (well, bisexual my se) was a choice, and that I uld change if I wanted to.