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In an terview wh CNN on Friday, former offensive tackle Kwame Harris admted he's gay and said he wished he would have acknowledged when he was playg.

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MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

Carl Nassib is the first to ever play a down as openly gay, but the rt are still trailblazers. * 49ers gay player *

The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly.

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

Hurst emphatilly says he would support a gay teammate, as the team ved members of 49ers Pri to attend trag mp. * 49ers gay player *

16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster. Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired.

THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB

‘NFL 360’ profil five LGBTQ people wh a sports background, cludg three openly gay football players, on the impact of Nassib g out. * 49ers gay player *

The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn.

In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay. “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.

FORMER 49ERS PLAYER KWAME HARRIS TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY

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It wasn’t that long ago that players felt ee to openly exprs hostily to havg gay teammat.

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FORMER RAIRS, 49ERS OL KWAME HARRIS ADMS HE'S GAY

Kev Maxen, Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach, is the first male ach a major U.S. men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * 49ers gay player *

There are no openly gay players on the 49ers or anywhere the NFL, though the 49ers do have an openly gay assistant ach, Katie Sowers.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

The 49ers do have a historic legacy the gay sports movement.

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. The subject was the impact of Carl Nassib g out as gay the NFL for the Las Vegas Rairs.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Matea offensive leman Jake Strer, who is gay, is one of five current or former LGBTQ athlet profiled. “When I returned to football my sophomore year after g out was bee I knew that if I qu football was jt the begng of thgs I would qu or hold myself back om bee I was gay, ” Strer told Outsports.

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49ers expand LGBTQ outreach, Mrice Hurst shar love for gay iends - Outsports .

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