Four years ago this month, Chris Burns beme the first ach NCAA Divisn 1 men’s basketball to e out as gay an exclive say on Outsports.
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- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- BRYANT'S CHRIS BURNS, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH, REFLECTS A YEAR AFTER G OUT
- 'IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME FOR THIS:' BRYAN RUBY BE ONLY ACTIVE PRO BASEBALL PLAYER TO BE OUT AS GAY
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- BRYANT UNIVERSY MEN’S BASKETBALL'S CHRIS BURNS IS D1'S FIRST OUT GAY ACH
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
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All month long, Outsports is revisg key moments gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer sports history as part of LGBTQ history month. It was four years ago this month that Chris Burns — then an assistant ach for men’s basketball at Bryant Universy — me out as gay an exclive say for Outsports. Burns had held the secret that he’s gay om everyone llege basketball, until fally sharg his thoughts about his relatnships, fear, muny and fdg his tth.
Basketball gave me a very secure inty at a young age, which was ccial, but as I grew olr, beme a juxtaposn between the aclas of my on-urt succs and the fear created by beg gay. In high school, there were always the locker room and hallway homophobic words that everyone is acctomed to. I kept my head down and foced on my inty as a good hoops player to keep attentn away om my secret inty as a gay kid growg up ral New Hampshire.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * bryant gay coach *
The basic homophobia entrenched so much of sports was still there obvly, but was never directed straight at me. Meetg Anthony, and fdg the person I thought was the one other gay guy basketball, meant everythg to me. As I met other gay men sports, and other gay men wh siar terts to me, I found so many people that I felt I uld nnect wh on a level that ma our sexual orientatn somewhat cintal.
I found people the muny whom I didn’t have to spend my time relatg to jt bee we were gay, but bee we liked the same kds of thgs. I met so many people there - gay people sports - who ma me fally realize that this day would e. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to 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. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.
BRYANT'S CHRIS BURNS, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH, REFLECTS A YEAR AFTER G OUT
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * bryant gay coach *
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. I., is the only openly gay ach Divisn I men's basketball. In reflectg over the the past 12 months, I nnot beg to say how life-changg the rponse om all walks of life — gay and straight, old and young, men and women — have reached out to show support and share their story.
I want to always be a rource to anyone need — to be the person I need when I was ’s Mike Krzyzewski applds first openly gay hoops ach Chris BurnsI so strongly regret how long took me to get to Oct. The stggle certaly helped shape who I am today, and I’m so very lucky that the person who me out of this is someone the kids I ach, the people I work wh, my iends and fay, and most important of all myself, is proud gay ach Chris Burns: Love mt prevail wake of Orlando tragedy.
'IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME FOR THIS:' BRYAN RUBY BE ONLY ACTIVE PRO BASEBALL PLAYER TO BE OUT AS GAY
Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * bryant gay coach *
Yet 's Ruby's hidn part of his inty that he now believ n have the biggt impact, partially bee 's so foreign to the worlds of baseball and untry is a gay man, the only active profsnal baseball player at any level to be publicly out.
" FOLLOW THE MONEY: MLB player salari and payrolls for every major league teamHis g out follows a summer which Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib and Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop also me out as gay. “As a untry mic songwrer, at first I thought beg gay was a huge weakns, ” said Ruby, who will be showsed the upg documentary, "Out Nashville. Love songs don’t need to be gay or straight.
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
After g out publicly, Bryant Univ. men's basketball assistant ach Chris Burns found that the players were able to be more open wh him bee he was more open wh them as an out gay man. * bryant gay coach *
”Ruby told his fay and close iends he was gay four years ago, then his teammat this summer.
BRYANT UNIVERSY MEN’S BASKETBALL'S CHRIS BURNS IS D1'S FIRST OUT GAY ACH
I've been a baseball player sce I was seven or eight, way before I knew I was gay.
"When Bryan told me he was gay I was shocked actually, " Lren Ruby said of the revelatn when Bryan was 21.