Kev Maxen, Jaguars assistant strength ach, out as gay

Contents:

• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE
• OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
• WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
• NASHVILLE’S GAY RUGBY TEAM STRIPS DOWN, SHOWERS UP FOR 2016 CALENDAR: PHOTOS
• THE GAY VERSN OF SI'S SWIMSU ISSUE
• WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE
• GAY SNOWBOARR MAK VIO, 'GERMAN SSAGE,' THE NU SHOWG HIS SKILLS
• KACEY ENFIELD EXPLAS HIS UNIQUE JOURNEY OM HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STARDOM TO GAY PORNOGRAPHY
• SISTER TACTICS ED BY GAY PORN SE ALL ATRALIAN BOYS THAT SNARED NRL STAR KURT CAPEWELL
• GAY TEEN ASKS STRAIGHT FOOTBALL TEAM PTA TO HOMEG
• RUGBY PLAYER GRABS OPPONENT’S CROTCH AND A GAY FORMER PLAYER MAK A JOKE OF
• TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
• GAY ATHLET
• I WAS TEAM DESANTIS BEFORE HIS DISGTG ANTI-GAY AD
• THUNR ROSTER CNCH: VETERAN FORWARD RUDY GAY WAIVED

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.

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A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. The late rapper’s rerd label released one of his albums dubbed “Grandsos” last week, and this week there’s a viral vio of Kg Von admtg to the police officers that he was gay, and social media is gog nuts. The vio first posted by DJ Akamiks saw Kg Von requtg that police officers put him protective ctody bee he was gay and hence uld be attacked a regular jail cell.

However, on Tuday, footage went viral of the “Took Her to the O” rapper claimg to be gay so that he uld be moved to PC, durg a stt behd bars. Sunday’s “Great Midwtern Trendkill” event wasn’t the first time out gay pro wrtler AC Mack stepped to a Naptown All-Pro Wrtlg rg, but will be his last.

He is an out gay Black man the South who thrived, buildg human nnectns whose strength manifted the emotnal rponse by the ACTION fanbase when he announced he was leavg -rg petn last month. To mark their 20th anniversary as the UK's first gay gby team, the Kgs Cross Steelers stipped down and posed for a new book to be published by die 'ze Meat. All the players were photographed by Meat's founr, Adrian, who started Meat 2010, said that he was "tired of the body shamg that go on wh the gay muny.

ATHLET WHO ARE GAY

"Alex Smh, Chairman of the Kgs Cross Steelers said: "Dpe so much progrs over the last 20 years, n still be very difficult to be an out gay man, ma even more so by a lot of unhelpful noise around how to be, act or look wh the muny. "He add: "For two s, our club has helped hundreds of men - big, small, gay or straight - realize the great maxim about gby: that is a game for people of all shap and siz - tly a sport for everyone.

Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021.

She has been a relatnship wh Atralian soccer player Sarah Walsh for three 38Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Reddg, CaliforniaTeams: Chigo Red StarsTennis great Billie Jean Kg beme the first proment female profsnal athlete to e out as gay back 79Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Long Beach, California, Uned Stat of AmeriOlympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay.

He married his partner Johnny Chaillo 63Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: El Cajon, California, Uned Stat of AmeriWNBA player Sheryl Swoop announced that she was gay 2005.

EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED

Age: 52Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Brownfield, Texas, Uned Stat of AmeriTeams: Hoton Comets, Uned Stat women's natnal basketball team, Texas Tech Lady Rairs basketballNBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013. His announcement provoked mixed reactns om his fellow players and the 44Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Northridge, Los Angel, CaliforniaTeams: Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks, Washgton Wizards, Memphis Grizzli, Brooklyn NetsAmerin soccer player Abby Wambach is openly gay. Our list of ne feature-length LGBTQ sports documentari that provi behd-the-scen glimps of heroism and homophobia athletics was such a h, we’re followg up wh a look at feature-length narrative LGBTQ sports films.

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. 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.

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. Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice.

NASHVILLE’S GAY RUGBY TEAM STRIPS DOWN, SHOWERS UP FOR 2016 CALENDAR: PHOTOS

Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. Instead, Wembanyama will jo the team Las Vegas for Summer Spurs' first game Las Vegas is set for Friday, July 7 agast the Charlotte 26 RUDY GAY TRADED TO HAWKS FOR JOHN COLLINSA former member of the San Anton Spurs has a new home.

When Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop me out this week, was the first time an active player unr ntract to an NHL team had ever publicly acknowledged they were gay. Overnight, Prokop's announcement doubled the number of out gay athlet currently playg the untry's four major men's sports — football, basketball, baseball and hockey.

Gay male athlet face cultural barriers Part of the reason for the lack of out gay players men's profsnal sports uld be that there are jt fewer of them the game.

THE GAY VERSN OF SI'S SWIMSU ISSUE

"Gay men are a fe rource, so they n't exist great numbers every quarter, " Magrath told "Gay men are overreprented some areas, and as a nsequence are gog to be unrreprented sports. Magrath helped thor a study that found that male athlet who me out as gay while still playg sports were largely met wh acceptance by their teammat. NBA player Jason Colls, who me out 2013 while he was still playg the league, later told NPR " went great" when he scribed the perd after announcg he was gay.

After Michael Sam beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL 2014, then-Miami Dolphs safety Don Jon tweeted "horrible, " rultg penalti and a spensn. There are key differenc the cultur of men's and women's athletics While few active players the major men's sports leagu have e out, many female profsnal athlet have said publicly that they're gay, om U. Robbie Rogers, Tom Daley, Michael Sam, Gareth Thomas -- the athlet are pavg new ground the world of sports as openly gay, out-and-proud players.

At both the llegiate and profsnal level, sports have historilly been the last ontier for LGBT acceptance, and homophobia still ns rampant locker rooms and on playg fields across the Uned Stat and Europe. Gay athlet and anti-bullyg activists like Ben Cohen, former pro English gby player, are fightg to change the game and create more clive spac for LGBT players everywhere.

WELE TO THE ‘GAY GAM,’ AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE ACTIVISM IS ENURAGED AND EVERYONE’S AN ATHLETE

Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so. "He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay. The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract.

The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone. Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher.

GAY SNOWBOARR MAK VIO, 'GERMAN SSAGE,' THE NU SHOWG HIS SKILLS

[The McDonald’s] spot foc on buildg safe plac for the LGBTQ+ muny and featur team members om the Varsy Gay League, the origal Queer+ recreatnal sports league that reprents over 40, 000 LGBTQ+ athlet across the U. As part of our celebratn of Pri Month, the Rams will be spotlightg four LA non-profs/small bs supportg the LGBTQ+ muny, aimg to raise awarens of those anizatns' seri kicks off wh the Varsy Gay League, the natn's origal Queer+ recreatnal sports leagu. Rather, I worked to program the entire night around celebratg LGBTQ+ Pri, om pregame kickball the outfield by the Varsy Gay League, to the ribbon boards and sreboards proudly proclaimg LGBT Pri Night around the stadium.

Cy Councilmember Pl Koretz and the Los Angel Dodgers raised $16, 000 on Gay Pri weekend to be ed to improve secury at Posettia money, which exceed VGL’s ial goal of $10, 000 was donated to the Los Angel Parks Foundatn c/o Posettia Parks Friends. For our annual celebratn of sports, the Los Angel Bla reached out to LA’s very own Varsy Gay League and asked players and team lears to nomate their choic for the most outstandg athlet among their ranks. One of the easit ways I ma iends was by jog Varsy Gay League, an LGBTQ-clive weekend kickball league… I wouldn't have believed you if you told me that four months would be enough time to fd iends I adore, a roommate I'm obssed wh, someone to fall love wh, someone to break my heart, and oodl of cliché Cali drama to get swept up — but I'd have been wrong.

Other than the ual romantic beats, Mar serv praise for highlightg the mercial elements of sports sponsorship, and how even an age of greater acceptance, athlet still have to ntend wh homophobic attus that n rail their reer prospects. As did last year, the Nashville Grizzli gay and clive gby team jt released s 2016 fundraisg lendar and the gby beef is on display aga to raise money for the team and their hostg of next year's Bgham Cup! Named after Mark Bgham, who died the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Bgham Cup is the biggt tournament the world for gay and clive teams and this will be the first year has been hosted the South.

KACEY ENFIELD EXPLAS HIS UNIQUE JOURNEY OM HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STARDOM TO GAY PORNOGRAPHY

As Towleroad reported earlier this year, USA Rugby, the natnal erng body for the sport of gby unn the Uned Stat, has signed “a memorandum of unrstandg” wh Internatnal Gay Rugby ahead of next year's Bgham Cup Nashville. Sports reprented clu swimmg, divg, volleyball, bodybuildg, soccer, Asie Rul Football, gby and first two photos the gallery are openly gay Olympic divers Tom Daley and Asie Matthew Mcham (2nd om left the group photo). Gay fact: If you’re out at a gay bar, event, or cisg, guys wearg black leather, neoprene, or bber wh yellow trim means that they are to watersports.

They draw over 10, 000 athlet and sometim seven or eight tim as many spectators, said Shiv Pl, vice print of external relatns for the Feratn of Gay Gam. Above all, though, the Gay Gam are an event for queer and trans people to gather safely, play sports they love and be themselv whout fear of tolerance. The Gay Gam uld be an act of prott then, too, Wadll cid, an event durg which LGBTQ people uld play the same sports they watched durg the Olympics and achieve the same kd of glory he had at the 1968 Olympics.

SISTER TACTICS ED BY GAY PORN SE ALL ATRALIAN BOYS THAT SNARED NRL STAR KURT CAPEWELL

HIV/AIDS awarens has been baked to the Gay Gam sce s ceptn: In addn to banng discrimatn based on genr, sexualy, race and other tras, the Gay Gam wouldn’t allow any participant to be turned away based on their HIV stat.

GAY TEEN ASKS STRAIGHT FOOTBALL TEAM PTA TO HOMEG

The Gay Gam also succsfully lobbied the US ernment to briefly waive a prev ban on HIV-posive people enterg the untry so they uld pete the 1994 Gay Gam New York and the 1996 Olympics Atlanta, chang ma wh the help of the US Olympic Commtee. And unlike the “regular Olympics, ” at the Gay Gam, a same-sex figurg skatg pair n don matchg nim jumpsus a performance set to “Hopelsly Devoted to You.

RUGBY PLAYER GRABS OPPONENT’S CROTCH AND A GAY FORMER PLAYER MAK A JOKE OF

Participatn the Gay Gam steadily grew every year was held, and 1994, at the New York Gay Gam, the number of participants exceed the number of athlet at the 1994 Wter Olympics. The openg ceremony of the Gay Gam is still emotnal all the years later, Pl said, pecially when participants om untri where homosexualy is not accepted march the Para of Natns. To improve LGBTQ reprentatn profsnal sports, Schweighofer and Denison said, ach and lears youth sports should set a precent that homophobic language and discrimatn are unacceptable.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

Denison’s rearch fds that most LGBTQ athlet leave their sports as young people, a parture driven by a culture of homophobic language and stereotyp. And Rapoe 2018 said that, as a kid, she “would have loved to have more rmatn” about what meant to be gay and why g homophobic slurs was wrong. “Anytime you hear somebody say, ‘Oh, that’s gay, ’ or whatever, those thgs matter, ” said Rapoe, who didn’t e out to her teammat until llege.

Homophobic slurs ntue to be prevalent sports – a 2020 study om Out on the Fields, which studi LGBTQ cln sports, found that more than 80% of gay participants had heard them ed while playg. When ach and teammat e gay slurs equently, sends the msage that the language is harmls and OK to e – and solidifi the belief that all members of the team are heterosexual, Denison said. The same Out on the Fields study reported that over 81% of gay men unr 22 hid their sexualy to avoid rejectn by teammat or discrimatn by ach or officials, among other reasons.

“Boys and young men are tght to avoid anythg associated wh femy, most notably weakns, emotn, and homosexualy, ” said Schweighofer, whose work on LGBTQ cln sports has appeared the publitn of the Natnal Park Foundatn. On this week’s “Sports Kiki Podst, ” I chatted wh Enfield about his unique journey om high school baseball stardom to the world of gay pornography.

GAY ATHLET

EXCLUSIVEThe sister tactics employed by an Atralian gay porn webse to take advantage of vulnerable young men have been exposed by those whose vios are circulatg onle forever. "It's very important for me to be gog to Homeg wh Alexanr bee I'm settg an example for not only my school, but also my muny, " Peda told Instct, which is a gay men's liftyle magaze.

While some fans tweeted that they jt wnsed a sexual asslt, Gareth Thomas, a former Wal star who me out as gay 2009, ma a joke of his pacy as a match analyst. Thomas has been an amazg role mol for other gay players by and beyond, so he gets a pass on this beg nothg more than a bad attempt at humor on live TV that fell flat.

First, Tmp wh his whole "pee tape" sndal and now Jair Bolsonaro, the homophobic print of Brazil who tweeted an explic vio that featur -- amongst other thgs -- someone a jockstrap havg a b of a shower.

I WAS TEAM DESANTIS BEFORE HIS DISGTG ANTI-GAY AD

The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surroundg the players, not to nvce the rear that the athlet are gay. In fact, as society is now much more open to people no matter their orientatn, we have seen a ton more athlet, both active and retired, e out and adm that they are homosexuals, and 's absolutely a great thg.

THUNR ROSTER CNCH: VETERAN FORWARD RUDY GAY WAIVED

This list will look at some of the most high profile exampl of pro athlet who have had mors about beg gay surroundg them, but aga, none of those are nfirmed and even if they were nfirmed, they would be somethg to celebrate. Qutns about Aikman's sexual orientatn have been around for s and the mor was started by Skip Bayls, when, his book, he stated that Troy Aikman might be gay. Ltle did I know DeSantis was farther to the right on issu that meant the most to me and the more than 70 percent of Amerins who support gay has ma clear the past few weeks that he’s more terted appeasg Twter trolls who abhor any Amerin who intifi as LGBTQ+.

If Tmp was someone who don’t support the movement, DeSantis is an all-out gayns has nothg to do wh the fact that Florida is a boomg state an otherwise lacklter enomy. That beg said, DeSantis has ma abundantly clear that he do not support gay Amerins regardls of whether they support his nservative I first enuntered DeSantis durg his bold stance agast COVID mandat earlier this year, I was generally pleased wh the Florida ernor.

It beme evint that DeSantis was not the champn of dividual eedoms and rights that I had hoped anti-gay rhetoric and actns are not only eply hurtful to LGBTQ+ Amerins like myself but also tarnish the image of the nservative movement. DeSantis’ stance on LGBTQ+ issu not only ntradicts nservative valu but also reflects a severe disnnect om the majory of Amerins who support gay rights.