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Contents:
- WHICH EAGL AND PHILLI ARE GAY?
- MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
WHICH EAGL AND PHILLI ARE GAY?
Kyle Tanguay is gay, out and proud, and he’s the first male cheerlear for the Eagl 40 years. * are there gay eagles *
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It’s kd of an amazg thg, I tell him, that there are currently 3, 400 men playg the four major sports—football, baseball, basketball and hockey—and not one is openly gay. The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly.
16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster. Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired.
MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
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