Leadg English gby referee out as gay: 'You n't ask others to love you until you've fully loved yourself' | PkNews

Contents:

• WWE REFEREE SHAWN BENT OUT AS GAY ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY
• 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
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO E OUT AS GAY
• CRAIG NAPIER AND LLOYD WILSON: STTISH REFERE E OUT AS GAY BID TO 'CHANGE CLIMATE' FOOTBALL
• FOOTBALL REFERE OUT AS GAY TO SHOW THAT THE BETIFUL GAME IS FOR EVERYONE
• LEADG ENGLISH GBY REFEREE OUT AS GAY: ‘YOU N’T ASK OTHERS TO LOVE YOU UNTIL YOU’VE FULLY LOVED YOURSELF’
• THIS GAY HOCKEY REFEREE LOV THE GAME. HOMOPHOBIA TELLS HIM THE GAME DON’T LOVE HIM BACK.
• PRO SOCCER REFEREE OUT AFTER GAY SLUR ED DURG CHAMPNSHIP MATCH
• FOR GAY HOCKEY PLAYER AND REFEREE, ‘ON THE ICE WAS WHERE I FELT EE’
• TOP FOOTBALL REFEREE FIANTLY OUT AS GAY AFTER PLAYER ED VILE HOMOPHOBIC SLUR THE MIDDLE OF A MATCH
• VIO: PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE OUT AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN
• STTISH REFEREE CRAIG NAPIER OUT AS GAY

WWE REFEREE SHAWN BENT OUT AS GAY ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY

WWE referee Shawn Bent took Natnal Comg Out Day to heart Monday when he me out publicly as gay beamg fashn. I did my bt to supprs any and all homosexual thoughts before and after that for a long time.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

“I was nvced that I would never be succsful if people knew I was gay. Bent’s msage me alongsi imag of him celebratg at Come Out Wh Pri Orlando wh others while wearg the “We Are All Human” shirt ma famo wrtlg circl by former WWE wrtler Jake Atlas, who is also gay. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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.

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. -- 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. Adriana GarciaJul 9, 2022, 06:29 AM ETBrazilian referee Igor Benevenuto has bee the first FIFA-ranked referee football history to e out as gay. Benevenuto, 41, announced durg a Globoporte podst that he is gay and exprsed his joy that he is fally ready to be a statement to GloboEsporte, FIFA said: "FIFA wel and supports referee Igor Benevenuto and his cisn to e out.

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

Sttish refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson have e out as gay a bid to see a "climate change" football after beg spired by Jake Daniels and Josh, 32, a tegory one referee, be the first openly gay figure Sttish men's profsnal football sce Jt Fashanu played for Airdrie and Hearts the mid-1990s, several years after announcg his was quickly followed g out by fellow official Wilson, who officiat Stland's lower a vio on the Sttish Football Associatn's Twter acunt, Napier said he wanted to help remove the "stigma" and "fear" that others his posn may feel about revealg their sexualy. Daniels be UK's first openly gay profsnal men's player. Ryan Atk, who beme the first man refereeg England's profsnal leagu to e out as gay, says Sttish officials Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson will feel 'relief' after g out.

Wilson believ football is "prepared and ready" for more people to e out publicly as gay and "good roads" are beg ma as the game be more clive. "Napier and Wilson said they were spired by Jake Daniels, who beme the first active profsnal men's player the UK to e out as gay sce Fashanu 1990 an exclive terview wh Sky Sports last month, and Josh Cavallo, the Alai Uned player who also prevly revealed he is gay.

Napier said: "There will be people who might say this don't need to be the news, a gay sportsperson don't need to be on the back pag or on social media. Josh Cavallo is one of the only publicly gay male profsnal footballers. "Atk: 'They n now be their thentic selv'Ryan Atk, the first referee to e out as gay five years ago, told Sky Sports News: ''I thk that a lot of is relief and I thk there is a massive weight off your shoulrs.

IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO E OUT AS GAY

''We also show that actually 's ok to be a gay man profsnal football.

Football refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson have both e out as gay an effort to make the Sttish scene more LGBTQ-clive. Weeks after Jake Daniels beme the first English male profsnal footballer to e out as gay three s, the two Sttish refere have ed Pri Month to e out and send a msage to other football figur. On the same day, lower league referee Lloyd Wilson also me out as gay nversatn wh mental health chary Back Onsi.

CRAIG NAPIER AND LLOYD WILSON: STTISH REFERE E OUT AS GAY BID TO 'CHANGE CLIMATE' FOOTBALL

Acrdg to The Guardian, the refere are the first out gay participants men’s Sttish football sce Jt Fashanu, the English player who, after g out 1990, went on to play for Airdrie and then Hearts 1993 and 1994. Fashanu was the first profsnal football player to have e out publicly anywhere the UK, but his reer was tragilly cut short by homophobia after he took his own life 1998. English gby referee Craig Maxwell-Keys has e out publicly as gay three years after he first told fay and iends about his sexualy.

FOOTBALL REFERE OUT AS GAY TO SHOW THAT THE BETIFUL GAME IS FOR EVERYONE

Watchg others g out as gay gby was ‘a source of support and fort. The 12U hockey ach yellg at me om the bench durg a tournament I was officiatg was referrg to a small pri sticker I put on my helmet after seeg one on the helmet of my favore official, Dre Barone, an out gay AHL (at the time ECHL) official. It wasn’t the first time I had experienced homophobia hockey – That happened well before the locker room durg my playg days.

Acrdg to gay hockey referee Tyler, this helmet sticker upset a lot of people. However, hate and homophobia are still there the game.

LEADG ENGLISH GBY REFEREE OUT AS GAY: ‘YOU N’T ASK OTHERS TO LOVE YOU UNTIL YOU’VE FULLY LOVED YOURSELF’

While USA Hockey has updated l to clu harsher penalti for homophobic and racist language before, durg, and after gam, is still there.

More recently, a 12-year-old player was makg homophobic ments to me om the bench while I skated by, and after the third time I gave the bench a penalty. “You’re beg soft bee you’re gay, ” the ach told me.

THIS GAY HOCKEY REFEREE LOV THE GAME. HOMOPHOBIA TELLS HIM THE GAME DON’T LOVE HIM BACK.

When that same player received another penalty om me (at the time I didn’t realize that was the same player), I got another homophobic tira om the ach. “You’re targetg him bee you’re gay and he ma those ments, ” the ach said.

Hockey has ma stris terms of workg on some of s culture problems, but I thk homophobia is still an issue that needs a lot of attentn. Associatns n do their part by makg sure there are clear l agast homophobic, racist and discrimatory actns and ments, and by followg through on punishment of those who break those l. Whenever I enunter homophobia hockey, I am remd that I love the game, and I want to give back, but sometim feels like the game don’t love me back.

Tom Harald Hagen has e out publicly as gay after he officiated a match which a gay slur was ed by a player. “It’s time to say I’m gay, ” Hagen told Glomdalen (article is behd a pay wall).

PRO SOCCER REFEREE OUT AFTER GAY SLUR ED DURG CHAMPNSHIP MATCH

The terview was published jt a day after Hagen officiated the pro league’s champnship match, durg which a player lled an opposg ach a gay slur, acrdg to Fanatik. Glomdalen’s g out is siar to that of NBA referee Bill Kennedy, who me out publicly after allegedly beg the target of gay slurs and threats thrown at him by Rajon Rondo.

For gay hockey player and referee, ‘on the ice was where I felt ee’. Gordie Mchard wrtled wh the hyper-masculy of hockey but learned to broan the fn wh the help of a popular gay fellow referee. I’m also gay.

FOR GAY HOCKEY PLAYER AND REFEREE, ‘ON THE ICE WAS WHERE I FELT EE’

It wasn’t the first time I’d heard the cel e of “faggot” and “gay. I was fairly sure by then that I was gay.

TOP FOOTBALL REFEREE FIANTLY OUT AS GAY AFTER PLAYER ED VILE HOMOPHOBIC SLUR THE MIDDLE OF A MATCH

Asi om him beg very easy to get along wh, he was also gay. I certaly didn’t know how to navigate the gay datg landspe.

I share my story hop that if you read and you need to fd the self-empowerment to be OK wh beg gay, I’ve been there. Leadg Norwegian football referee Tom Harald Hagen has e out publicly as gay and revealed his sexualy has “always been a pletely natural” part of his life. Hagen, 42, opened up about his sexualy an terview wh Norwegian newspaper Glåmdalen after he refereed a match where a player reportedly ed a homophobic slur.

Hagen, who has been refereeg the Norwegian top football league sce 2008, was at a match between Kristiansund and Valerenga football clubs on Sunday (25 October) when player Flamur Kastrati allegedly ed a homophobic slur agast opposg ach Dag-Eilev Fagermo. “I feel is important to make safe, cludg the fact that I am gay.

VIO: PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE OUT AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN

Norwegian referee Tom Harald Hagen said we ‘have to get rid’ of homophobia football.

The referee said was a “slightly sry thg” to e out the media, but he said he was spurred on after the homophobic slur was reportedly ed on the pch.

Homophobia and racism rema mon problems football, acrdg to recent statistics om UK advocy anisatn Kick It Out.

STTISH REFEREE CRAIG NAPIER OUT AS GAY

In a highly unual but credibly posive move, a referee that has officiated at Premier League level right down to amatr league has e out as an openly gay far too long now, anyone nnected wh football has evintly kept their sexualy to themselv for fear of beg st asi and ignored, perhaps by team-mat and those the game more a day and age where all forms of discrimatn are owned upon, ’s hugely disappotg to fd that g out is still a big al for gay Liverpool set to sufferJam Adck was speakg to BBC Sport and was clearly – and rightly – proud to say he was an openly gay man workg of this moment, also appears that he hasn’t enuntered any ill will, showg that, perhaps, thgs are movg the right directn.?? “I’m proud to be an openly gay man football.

Now the referee is openg up for the first time about his sexualy, and beg gay the sport.