A Gay Sports Fan's Rponse To 49er Chris Culliver - CBS San Francis

Contents:

• THIS GAY 49ERS FAN IS LIVG THE DREAM AS A DJ FOR HIS FAVORE TEAM
• A GAY SPORTS FAN'S RPONSE TO 49ER CHRIS CULLIVER
• 49ERS EXPAND LGBTQ OUTREACH, DT MRICE HURST SHAR LOVE FOR HIS GAY IENDS
• GAY 49ERS FAN PRAIS TEAM FOR EMBRACG LGBTQ MUNY
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• 36+ FUNNY 49ERS GAY MEM
• 49ERS ARE THE ONLY UNFEATED NFL TEAM, AND WH A GAY ACH ON STAFF
• ‘IT GIV ME GOOSE BUMPS’: WHY THE 49ERS’ FIRST-EVER APPEARANCE SAN FRANCIS’S PRI PARA IS A BIG AL FOR THE AREA’S GAY MUNY
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN FIRST MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

THIS GAY 49ERS FAN IS LIVG THE DREAM AS A DJ FOR HIS FAVORE TEAM

“I’m livg my dream, ” he says, standg outsi Splash, the inic gay bar downtown San Jose that he manag and that often hosts 49ers watch parti. Some of his gay iends don’t unrstand his love for a sport associated wh an aggrsively mascule ial. It wasn’t that long ago that players felt ee to openly exprs hostily to havg gay teammat.

Wh football, also don’t matter if you’re gay or straight or any genr, relign or sex. Q Do you have gay iends who wonr how you n like such a btal sport?

Q When former Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to publicly e out as gay, was amazg to see his team, the NFL and other major players tweetg out statements about how proud they were of him ….

A GAY SPORTS FAN'S RPONSE TO 49ER CHRIS CULLIVER

Cis Mejia spends his nights managg seven gay nightclubs around the Bay Area and Pacific Northwt. Appropriately, will be held the Castro, San Francis’s legendary gayborhood. The same go for bookg gay super fan DJs for non-Pri events.

”Sce 2005, the 49ers have donated almost $150, 000 to Bay Area groups like GLAAD (the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) and the San Francis LGBTQ Center; the team has also prevly sponsored and hosted the GLAAD Awards at Levi’s 2016, Ners CEO Jed York donated $75, 000 to the Equaly North Carola Foundatn, which was fightg the state’s Hoe Bill 2. 7 NOW) -- Growg up gay small town Ameri, wh fay members, classmat and even some teachers who often spoke wh ignorant, visceral hate for homosexuals left me wh ep and everlastg srs.

49ERS EXPAND LGBTQ OUTREACH, DT MRICE HURST SHAR LOVE FOR HIS GAY IENDS

What he did, when he said "We a't got no gay people on the team. … Nah, n't be … the locker room man, " was to reenforce every gay person's biggt fear.

GAY 49ERS FAN PRAIS TEAM FOR EMBRACG LGBTQ MUNY

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JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Years ago San Francis Supervisor Harvey Milk urged gay people om across the natn and around the world to 'e out of the closet' bee he knew then what I know today.

Thoands of people don't realize that they have known and loved, been related to and possibly given birth to one or more gay people their liv.

As the San Francis 49ers held a special Diversy & Incln Day at trag mp last Thursday — vg members of the LGBTQ fan group 49ers Pri to attend the team’s Communy Corner — newly acquired DT Mrice Hurst opened up about his support for LGBTQ people, cludg the possibily of havg a gay teammate. Hurst said he would be “extra supportive” of any athlete who me out as big, gay or queer.

36+ FUNNY 49ERS GAY MEM

“I thk we were one of the first teams when gay marriage was passed to tweet out ‘love ws’ and change our social acunt, ” he said.

The NFL is bracg self for the first openly gay player, Michael Sam, to jo s ranks. While Sam will not be the first gay player to play the NFL, he will be the first to do so openly and unashamedly. It seems to me that wh the number of players who have played well and have also been gay would allow people to ease up a ltle on the hatred, animosy, and tratn shown toward a potential gay player playg wh them on their team.

The San Francis 49ers fensive back, Chris Culliver, cid he would enlighten people to his perspective on a gay teammate durg media week before the Super Bowl New Orleans.

49ERS ARE THE ONLY UNFEATED NFL TEAM, AND WH A GAY ACH ON STAFF

We don't have any gays on the team.

Mnota Vikgs star nng back, Adrian Peterson also said that he "is not wh " terms of beg acceptg of gay players the NFL.

Former Vikgs punter, Chris Kluwe, was released om the team for what he believ are reasons lked to his support of gay marriage.

‘IT GIV ME GOOSE BUMPS’: WHY THE 49ERS’ FIRST-EVER APPEARANCE SAN FRANCIS’S PRI PARA IS A BIG AL FOR THE AREA’S GAY MUNY

Acrdg to ESPN, Peterson said that he nsired Kluwe a good iend, but that he do not believe that the Vikgs released him to due his views on gay marriage. So what is the big al about a gay player anyways?

Do they really thk they have never played wh a gay player before? Do they thk they don't enunter gay people on a day-to-day basis whether they are at the grocery store, the r wash, or the gym?

JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Some of the athlet thk they have never played wh a gay athlete, so they are nervo about how will work. The fact of the matter is, they will not be able to e homophobic slurs anymore, not whout potentially alienatg one of their teammat and makg him feel like an outsir. The NFL Network aired a documentary on the '93 Hoton Oilers earlier this year and was later revealed that there were two players on that team that were gay.

Everyone knew they were gay, nobody talked about , and they were one helluva team. The only thg that matters the NFL is wng, so if an openly gay player n ntribute to the team and help put up a W Febary, no one that locker room or ont office will re if he go home to a man or a woman at the end of his work day. There have been recent mors about Aaron Rodgers and Kerry Rhos beg gay players the NFL.

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

Manti Te'o was famoly asked if he was gay durg a Katie Couric terview.

All three of the athlet have emphatilly nied that they are gay their own separate ways, but 's a shame that they have to addrs the mors at all. While there is no clear evince that Te'o may be gay, his vehement nial of the accatn rang loud and clear, g some people to speculate that he may fact be gay, but is ashamed to adm .

Rodgers is acced of havg a homosexual relatnship wh his former assistant, but went on to ny the mor on ESPN statg, "I'm not gay.