We will always celebrate Derek Carr’s embrace of an openly gay teammate - Outsports

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• FAN AT RAIRS GAME TO SUPPORT OPENLY GAY DE CARL NASSIB: 'WHEN HE ME OUT, STCK A CHORD'
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS
• LET’S CELEBRATE DEREK CARR’S EMBRACE OF AN OPENLY GAY TEAMMATE, CARL NASSIB
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY HISTORIC NFL MOMENT
• GAY RAIRS FAN
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT
• RAIRS DE CARL NASSIB’S JERSEY NO. 1 AFTER ANNOUNCG HE’S GAY
• LAS VEGAS RAIRS' CARL NASSIB SAYS REACTN TO G OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER 'CREDIBLE'
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• GAY AND BI FORMER NFL PLAYERS EXCED TO SEE CARL NASSIB TAKE THE FIELD FOR RAIRS
• RAIRS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, FIRST ACTIVE PLAYER NFL HISTORY
• GAY RAIR MEM?
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN FIRST MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

FAN AT RAIRS GAME TO SUPPORT OPENLY GAY DE CARL NASSIB: 'WHEN HE ME OUT, STCK A CHORD'

94, and was worn by Andrew Erazos, a self-intified gay man payg tribute to another gay man. 94 for the Las Vegas Rairs, on Monday was playg his first regular-season NFL game sce he beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay. The Las Vegas Rairs are releasg Carl Nassib, the fensive end who ma history last year as the first openly gay active player NFL history.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS

“The Rairs, the NFL, have monstrated that they support this man as a gay man, ” Zeigler said, addg that Nassib’s succsful rerd will help him quickly fd a new team. ” Former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan, who me out as gay June 2017, after his time the league, said Nassib’s reer monstrat that players do not need to promise their LGBTQ inti sports. As LGBTQ sports fans, we’ll always remember Carr fondly for how he treated an openly gay teammate.

When then-Rairs leman Carl Nassib me out as gay the summer of 2021, his teammate Carr spoke several tim about supportg Nassib even though he said he was not sure how everyone on the team felt.

Some of Carr’s referenc to Nassib’s beg gay as a “liftyle” showed ignorance, but the sum total of his ments over several terviews h the right note.

LET’S CELEBRATE DEREK CARR’S EMBRACE OF AN OPENLY GAY TEAMMATE, CARL NASSIB

An NFL roster has 53 players, om diverse backgrounds and wh many wh strong Christian beliefs (some om nomatns where beg gay may have been preached agast om the pulp), so wasn’t a slam dunk that Nassib would be as wele as he was.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY HISTORIC NFL MOMENT

His beg gay was — a good sense — a non-story and we have people like Carr to thank for that. Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib on Monday beme the first active NFL playerto e out as gay. I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.

Acrdg to Outsports, 15 NFLers have e out after their reers end, while former Universy of Missouri star Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted to the NFL 2014. Only until recently, thanks to my fay and iends, pecially Connor, Cason, and Francis, did seem possible for me to say publicly and proudly that I’m gay.

GAY RAIRS FAN

Nassib may be unrstated, but clearly his support helped Gudzas, who turned 25 earlier this week, bee more fortable wh his gay inty. This relatnship is very much takg place public, which isn’t guaranteed the gay muny, even after people e out. In llege, I was keen to meet up for dat, but stopped short of gog to gay bars or parti.

It’s the most wholome gay Halloween photo I’ve seen on my Instagram feed — that’s for sure. The NFL’s first gay uple appears to be a perfect match, and ’s great they’re showg themselv to the world.

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT

Gay sports upl do exist, and this one is givg plenty to se about as we head towards the holiday season. Nassib’s nversatn wh Waller was illumatg and marks the first time he spoke at length about his life as the only out gay active NFL player.

While we’ve wrten about the lack of a media circ that surrounds Nassib, he said ’s still been a challenge — and this was before Jon Gn’s homophobic emails leaked. “Beg the only out gay guy the NFL is a ltle strsful.

As he said, “What other f— gay du has to e out to his entire f— bs?

RAIRS DE CARL NASSIB’S JERSEY NO. 1 AFTER ANNOUNCG HE’S GAY

It took one week for Nasib to abolish the ridiculo “distractn myth, ” showg teams n w wh out gay players (the Rairs are 5-3 and tied for first the AFC Wt). As turns out, the straight head ach was a much bigger distractn than the gay player.

LAS VEGAS RAIRS' CARL NASSIB SAYS REACTN TO G OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER 'CREDIBLE'

The team’s foc has sce improved after the news surfaced about gay team lear Rich Bisaccia. Several surfaced emails om Jon Gn also showed racist, misogynistic, and homophobic ments.

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY

Carl Nassib, the first openly gay player the NFL, was also a fan. Monday’s game saw Nassib bee the first openly homosexual player the league. I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay.

GAY AND BI FORMER NFL PLAYERS EXCED TO SEE CARL NASSIB TAKE THE FIELD FOR RAIRS

He me to natnal attentn as a star of the Browns' "Hard Knocks" appearance 2018, givg fancial advice to teammat and offerg his take on the existence of Missouri lebacker Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted NFL history 2014, when the Rams took him 249th overall. Carl Nassib -- the NFL's only openly gay player -- will be showg his support for the LGBTQ+ muny on Sunday...

RAIRS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, FIRST ACTIVE PLAYER NFL HISTORY

The Rairs pass sher -- who me out as gay earlier this year -- revealed the unique footwear this week...

Nassib officially beme the first openly gay player to ever play a regular season NFL game back September... Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib savored a “special night” Monday as he beme the first openly gay NFL player to feature a regular season game.

GAY RAIR MEM?

Earlier this year, 28-year-old Nassib, who has played for three teams over five years the NFL, beme the first active player the history of the league to announce that he is gay.

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

Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib’s jersey has been a hot mody wh fans after his monumental announcement Monday that he is gay.

Nassib’s announcement marks the first time there’s an openly gay player active the NFL.

-- Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib, the first openly gay active player the NFL, said Friday that the reactn has been "credible" his first public ments sce his announcement on Instagram on June, 28, talked about how much better he feels on the field sce the announcement, the receptn he received om Rairs teammat upon his arrival at trag mp and how he hop his announcement has helped others. Carl Nassib, a fensive leman wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay. He said a statement acpanyg the vio that he had agonized over the cisn to announce he was gay for 15 years.