Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib be first active NFL player to e out as gay

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• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS
• LAS VEGAS RAIRS LEMAN CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY HISTORIC NFL MOMENT
• CARL NASSIB MAK RAIRS ROSTER, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NFL HISTORY
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, SAYS HE’S DATG SOMEONE ‘AWOME’
• RAIRS FENSIVE END CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS OPENLY GAY

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT

I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. He me to natnal attentn as a star of the Browns' "Hard Knocks" appearance 2018, givg fancial advice to teammat and offerg his take on the existence of Missouri lebacker Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted NFL history 2014, when the Rams took him 249th overall. Carl Nassib, a fensive leman wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay.

I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY

He said a statement acpanyg the vio that he had agonized over the cisn to announce he was gay for 15 years. Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay NBA player when he sued up for the Brooklyn Nets 2014, was cheerg Nassib on social media. “As an acplished athlete who is now the first out gay active player the NFL, Carl Nassib’s story will not only have a profound impact on the future of LGBTQ visibily and acceptance sports, but sends a strong msage to so many LGBTQ people, pecially youth, that they too n one day grow up to be and succeed as a profsnal athlete like him, ” the statement said.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon add to the chos of people proud of him, and the former NFL and CFL quarterback add that he played wh some guys who were gay but didn’t feel fortable g out. In 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be selected the NFL draft when the St. The Las Vegas Rairs are releasg Carl Nassib, the fensive end who ma history last year as the first openly gay active player NFL history.

“The Rairs, the NFL, have monstrated that they support this man as a gay man, ” Zeigler said, addg that Nassib’s succsful rerd will help him quickly fd a new team.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS

” Former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan, who me out as gay June 2017, after his time the league, said Nassib’s reer monstrat that players do not need to promise their LGBTQ inti sports. “I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” Nassib said his vio msage om his home Wt Chter, Pennsylvania. Burke has been a major proponent of LGBTQ rights for more than a sce his late son Brendan me out as gay.

“Proud to support Carl and his cisn to e out as the first active gay player the NFL, ” Burke said. “Congrats to Carl Nassib on g out that’s a big step, I thk that most players are ncerned if you n play or not, ” Merriman a post sayg he was proud of Nassib, Hall of Famer Warren Moon said he played wh several gay football players a storied pro reer that spanned om 1978 to 2000 but none were “fortable enough to go public. ”More than a dozen NFL players have e out as gay after their reers were Universy of Missouri fensive star Michael Sam was the first openly gay football player ever selected the NFL draft, gog the seventh round to the then-St.

LAS VEGAS RAIRS LEMAN CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib on Monday beme the first active NFL playerto e out as gay. Acrdg to Outsports, 15 NFLers have e out after their reers end, while former Universy of Missouri star Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted to the NFL 2014.

Only until recently, thanks to my fay and iends, pecially Connor, Cason, and Francis, did seem possible for me to say publicly and proudly that I’m gay.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY HISTORIC NFL MOMENT

Carl Nassib ma the fal 53-man roster for the Las Vegas Rairs on Tuday, ensurg the NFL will see s first openly gay player on the field when the Rairs host the Baltimore Ravens Week 1 on Sept. Nassib is one of 16 gay or bi men to play NFL history and will be the first to play a regular season game while out.

Carl Nassib, the first openly gay active NFL player, has revealed that he is datg an “awome guy. Nassib said he realized he was gay four years ago, but held off on g out until he had tablished his football reer. “Comg out as gay is somethg that for awhile I wanted to do and jt wanted to wa for the right moment, ” he said.

Acrdg to Nassib, beg the NFL’s only gay active player is “strsful.

CARL NASSIB MAK RAIRS ROSTER, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NFL HISTORY

“I really don’t thk too often gog through life as a gay man. But when the msage is sent by the NFL’s first openly gay player, do have meang.

Nassib, 30, me out as gay June 2021 while wh the Las Vegas Rairs. For about a year after g out, Nassib was very guard about his private life and beg gay, givg very few terviews bis some Q&A wh beat reporters.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, SAYS HE’S DATG SOMEONE ‘AWOME’

What once seemed nceivable — a gay NFL player celebratg his boyiend’s birthday — is now nsired cute and enarg, as wnsed by the 56, 000 lik Nassib’s Instagram post got, along wh hundreds of ments. Carl Nassib, a fensive end for the Las Vegas Rairs, has e out as gay a historic, 28, on Monday said he ma the announcement to crease visibily, and dog so, ma history as the first openly gay active player the athlete, speakg om his home Wt Chter, Pennsylvania, said he fally felt fortable enough to "get off my cht. "Other NFL players have e out as gay after retirg, but none have done so while actively playg.

RAIRS FENSIVE END CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

Michael Sam was the first openly gay NFL draftee 2014, but, acrdg to NBC Sports, was not on a regular season roster and never played a game after he was drafted onto the St. Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib me out today, makg him the NFL’s only openly gay player. “I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” Nassib said a vio he posted on his verified Instagram acunt.

”Nassib also announced that he is donatg $100, 000 to the Trevor Project, a nonprof anizatn that foc on suici preventn programs for LGBT openly gay player has ever played a regular-season NFL game.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS OPENLY GAY

Michael Sam me out as gay before the 2014 NFL draft, was drafted by the Rams and played for them the preason, but he did not make a regular season roster.