Jaguars' Kev Maxen First Male Coach to Come Out as Gay U.S. Sports

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL ACH OUT AS GAY, BEE ‘I DON’T WANT TO DIE WH THE LIE’

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I’m gay. I didn’t thk about beg gay or that part of me as much.

I worked so hard to shut off that si of my life, that I built up a sort of self-homophobia.

I don’t know why I assumed beg gay was wrong, but I tried to jt be “normal” (that is, straight).

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

Beg gay weighed on my md, day and night, more and more.

The note explaed that I was gay. I didn’t want to be known as the “Gay Basketball Coach.

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JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars strength ach, Kev Maxen, has e out as gay — makg him the first male ach a U.

While Maxen is believed to be the first male ach to have e out publicly as gay, there have been a few female ach U.

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

When to players, there have only been 16 the history of the NFL to e out as gay or bisexual as of September 2022, per Outsports.

-based profsnal league to e out as gay. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. -- 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.

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

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