Ryan O'Callaghan, former New England Patrts leman, out as gay | NFL | The Guardian

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• EX-PATRTS LEMAN RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO ME OUT AS GAY, RELLS ROBERT KRAFT'S SUPPORT
• FORMER PATRTS AND CHIEFS TACKLE RYAN O’CALLAGHAN OUT AS GAY
• RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, FORMER NEW ENGLAND PATRTS LEMAN, OUT AS GAY

EX-PATRTS LEMAN RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO ME OUT AS GAY, RELLS ROBERT KRAFT'S SUPPORT

And there will be plenty of LGBTQ+ reprentatn on the sil as well when the New England Patrts play the Buffalo Bills on Saturday will be a historic game for the Patrts as the team will start a rookie quarterback a playoff game for the first time team history, but Mac Jon will not be the only person makg history what has already been a season of firsts for the NFL clared self officially gay this year shortly after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib me out via an Instagram post durg Pri Month. Nassib ma history as the league's first out, gay active player and he is expected to bee the first out player to take the field an NFL playoff game when his Las Vegas Rairs play the Ccnati Bengals on Saturday.

In fact, the Pats have three out gay cheerlears on their squad! Some homophobic New England Patrts fans hidg behd screen nam mocked the team on Twter for displayg the Pri flag at Gillette Stadium to kick off Pri Month.

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FORMER PATRTS AND CHIEFS TACKLE RYAN O’CALLAGHAN OUT AS GAY

The Patrts are not the only pro sports team that ril up the anti-gay crowd when they acknowledge Pri Month. Former NFL player Ryan O'Callaghan said New England Patrts owner Robert Kraft supported him when he publicly me out as gay two years ago and told him he will be "forever a Patrt. For (Kraft), who opens up to me about a gay iend, I am the most important person the world those few moments.

" O'Callaghan me out as gay 2017 after retirg om the league 2011. You n pick up Ryan O’Callaghan’s tobgraphy, My Life On The Le, which he talks about beg gay the NFL and his llisn urse wh suici, on Amazon by clickg here.

From a ep red rner of a blue state, the nflicted young man had cid high school that he would never — uld never — live as a gay man.

RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, FORMER NEW ENGLAND PATRTS LEMAN, OUT AS GAY

While the 6-foot-7, 330-pound offensive tackle didn’t f any of the gay stereotyp, he cid shortly after g out to himself junr high school that he uld never let anyone else on his darkt secret.