Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn.
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WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
* lgbt in sports *
In addn to molg the value of nondiscrimatn, there are notable exampl of tim when profsnal sports anchis and llege athletic partments have taken public stanc the service of equaly for women, people of lor, and—more recently—lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr, or LGBT, people. Both scriptns were intil except that the team’s players and ach “ma public statements supportg diversy profsnal sports, cludg support for athlet of all typ of backgrounds” one scriptn (Hypothetil A), while they “ma public statements supportg diversy profsnal sports, cludg support for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr athlet” the other (Hypothetil B). Recently, the players and ach ma public statements supportg diversy profsnal sports, cludg support for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr athlet.
When Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop me out this week, was the first time an active player unr ntract to an NHL team had ever publicly acknowledged they were gay.
Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * lgbt in sports *
Overnight, Prokop's announcement doubled the number of out gay athlet currently playg the untry's four major men's sports — football, basketball, baseball and hockey. They also highlighted the arth of openly gay players the hypermascule world of U.