Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay.
Contents:
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- COMG OUT AT WORK: WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A GAY P NEW JERSEY
- PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
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Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. Jam Tracy me out as gay to his police joed the Englewood Cliffs police partment 2002, but 10 years passed before he revealed his secret. “I was gettg lls om gay police officers all over the untry sayg thgs like ‘Hey, thanks for the publicy and gettg out there', ” he said.
”It's not always easy to be a p who is gay, but each step forward helps pave the way for a better future work environment, Tracy ntu below galleryWell before Tracy ever put on the police uniform, Wtwood police Officer Larry Schwartz helped pave the way for gay officers.
Schwartz remends other gay ps get volved and take the time to fd peers and seek help if there are road for officers who e out as gay to lleagu has not always been smooth.
COMG OUT AT WORK: WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A GAY P NEW JERSEY
“It’s part of the tnal program bee people might not nsir themselv homophobic or racist, but have unrlyg patterns that are, ” Tracy said.
PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
I thk the laws [crimalizg nsensual gay sex] create a system of homophobia.
— Andrew Williams (psdonym), a 28-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent, January 11, 2023.