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

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• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH COM OUT AS GAY IN A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• RSIA'S NEW NEO-NAZI SPORT: TERRORIZG GAY YOUTH ONLE

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

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JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH COM OUT AS GAY IN A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

-- 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. At my school, the very place that I first observed queer cursy, I was sred to e out, fearg my own physil and emotnal safety.It wasn’t jt the school locker room where I heard homophobic remarks.

RSIA'S NEW NEO-NAZI SPORT: TERRORIZG GAY YOUTH ONLE

Gay people are an abomatn and are gog to Hell if they don’t get right wh God.” The statements led to untls hours of reflectn, and a terrifyg fear that God might strike me down at any moment. My father would say, “Stop actg like a ltle bch.” Years later he warned: “If you turn out gay, I’ll fuck you up.” But by then I had already lost rpect for him.

It was a good thg I didn’t see my father often.Image me, a young black gay Christian male, tryg to rencile my sexualy wh school, home, and church life.

What happens to a black gay Christian who liv a hoehold that hat him; who really believed that he was gog to Hell. Perhaps was the support of iends, nts, and those around me that ma me not want to feel ashamed about myself anymore, even if that meant God damng me to Hell.By the begng of senr year, I went om “I’m gay” to whoever asked, to “Can you stop sayg faggot please?” every time I heard the word.

Only after he released me om the lock of his ey, did he ntue the nversatn about the sort of “good women” we should seek.A month later, I cid to no longer participate the mentorship program, and every time I was asked why, I ma exc about beg too by.In time, I retreated to my fantasy world, where I was not sixteen and gay a homophobic environment, but a world where I was olr, the future, when I would arrive to a betiful home om a long day at work, and be weled by a hband who lov me and bears my burns on his shoulrs.