Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ...
Contents:
- ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
- PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
- 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
- EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
- 9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
* sports players who are gay *
Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players.
Who is the most famo gay athlete? Football star Michael Sam ma headl 2014 when he beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL. But he fely wasn’t the first homosexual athlete to fd succs.
Olympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay. NBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013. He was the first active athlete to e out as gay any of the major Amerin sports.
PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ
Kev Maxen is now the first openly gay male ach the NFL. * sports players who are gay *
His announcement provoked mixed reactns om his fellow players and the you surprised that so many profsnal athlet are gay?
Olympic soccer player Megan Rapoe me out as gay 2012. She has been a relatnship wh Atralian soccer player Sarah Walsh for three 38Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Reddg, CaliforniaTeams: Chigo Red StarsTennis great Billie Jean Kg beme the first proment female profsnal athlete to e out as gay back 79Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: USA, Long Beach, CaliforniaOlympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay.
He married his partner Johnny Chaillo 63Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: USA, California, El CajonWNBA player Sheryl Swoop announced that she was gay 2005. " In 2011, she revealed that she was currently datg a man and believed that beg gay was a choice. Age: 52Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Texas, USA, BrownfieldTeams: Hoton Comets, Uned Stat women's natnal basketball team, Texas Tech Lady Rairs basketballNBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Kev Maxen, a ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major US-based profsnal league to e out as gay. | ITV Natnal News * sports players who are gay *
He is the first active athlete to e out as gay any of the major Amerin sports.
His announcement provoked mixed reactns om his fellow players and the 44Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Northridge, Los Angel, CaliforniaTeams: Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks, Washgton Wizards, Memphis Grizzli, Brooklyn NetsAmerin soccer player Abby Wambach is openly gay. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan. Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23.
Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. It is a fact, that there are untls men and women playg and participatg profsnal sports today, who are homosexual and hi om public knowledge. Simply bee of the jtifiable fear, of what might happen to them if fans, ach, teammat and y sponsors disvered the profsnal athlet have ‘e out’ as gay?
JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
For the first time, pro baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer has an out gay male player unr ntract. * sports players who are gay *
Wh the NFL Draft followg shortly after, Sam beme the first openly gay man to be drafted to the NFL when he was selected by the St.
Louis 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player drafted to the opened up about the journey that saw him step away om football for some time before g back to the game he lov wh the Barcelona Dragons.
“Sce Febary and my big announcement, this has been a whole [lot of] speculatn of the first openly gay football player, but you know what? A former fensive end for both the Cowboys and the Bucneers, Rsell was the talk of the town 2019 when he announced via an say on ESPN, that he was Vegas Rairs' Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to announce that he is gay. Defensive end Carl Nassib announced he was gay via a social media post, before also explag that he had donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project - an anizatn that foc on suici preventn LGBTQ youth.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN FIRST MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
“I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” Nassib said the vio. Nassib is the first openly gay active player the Pl Colls - BasketballProvg that this is not limed to any specific sport, let’s jump to the NBA where 2013, Jason Pl Colls ma history by beg the first person to openly e out any of the four major profsnal sports.
EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
And I’m gay. “I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport.
Yet, as you’ve surely noticed by now, a large part of what people talk about when to the former star, is not her prows on the urt, but rather her 2005 admissn that she is gay.
” After beg an openly gay woman the league, Swoops would go on to retire Rogers - SoccerInto the world of soccer we go, where we fd Robbie Rogers who played profsnally England up until 2013 when he announced he was gay and leavg the sport. Homophobia sports is no joke.
9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
I remend the book “Comg out to play” by Robbie Rogers, one of the very few football (soccer for some of you) players to e out as gay. Are people g to see you bee you’re gay?
’” Incintally, Rogers joed the Los Angel Galaxy jt a few months later, makg him the first openly gay man to play a major profsnal league the Uned Rapoe - SoccerIf you’re readg this article, then chanc are you probably know of Megan Rapoe. While we’re hopg you know of her, bee of the fact that she ptaed the women’s US Natnal Soccer Team to a FIFA World Cup tle 2019, ’s highly likely you’ve heard her name relatn to her beg openly gay and very vol about LGBTQ rights. “I thk female athlet, general, are at the foreont of every prott general bee we’re gay, we’re women, we’re women of lor, we’re sort of everythg all at one time, ” Rapoe said back 2019.
”Sue Bird - BasketballThough we’ve ma our way back to the WNBA wh Bird, we thought worthwhile to mentn that 2017 she me out as gay and moreover, disclosed that she was datg the above-mentned Megan her 20 years wh the WNBA, Sue Bird says she’s seen players engage more on social issu, like BLM, and that the league has “embraced who we are. In 2020 Bird and Rapoe got Burke - BaseballOften referred to as the first gay man MLB, Glenn Burke joed the league 1977 where he played for the Los Angel Dodgers. What’s tertg to note, is that while playg, everyone on the team knew Burke was gay, however, the general public did years later 1980, Burke left the game for good and ma a move to San Francsi, where jt two years later he would publicly e out as gay 1982.