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NFL SHAR NEW VIO THAT SAYS ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’

Two gay former NFL players talk about the importance of the league’s support, as most fans seem to unrstand the gture. * nfl lgbt *

The NFL has released a new vio that clar “football is gay” durg Pri Month. The vio one week after Las Vegas Rairs player Carl Nassib me out as gay on social media, makg him the first active NFL player to do so.

The vio  a week after Las Vegas Rairs player Carl Nassib me out as gay on social media.

In the NFL’s new vio, whe text cross the screen, readg, “Football is gay. CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY.

NFL SHAR PRI-THEMED LOGO, SAYS STANDS WH LGBTQ+ MUNY BY KELLY HAY PUBLISHED JUNE 3, 2021 UPDATED 1:43PM EQUY AND INCLN FOX 10 PHOENIX SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD THE HISTORY OF JUNE BEG PRI MONTH EVERY JUNE, THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND ALLI CELEBRATE WHAT HAS BEE NEW YORK - THE NATNAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EMBRACED THE START OF PRI MONTH THIS WEEK BY SHARG S FAMED LOGO RABOW LORS A SHOW OF "SUPPORT AND SOLIDARY" WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.⁣ "WE STAND WH LGBTQ+ PEOPLE THIS MONTH AND YEARLONG WH A MMENT TO OUR PLAYERS, OUR FANS AND OUR STAFF TO LIVE PROUDLY AND THENTILLY," THE NFL SAID WEDNDAY A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ADDG "HAPPY PRI MONTH!" IN A PHOTO OF S PRI-THEMED NFL SHIELD, ALL 32 TEAMS’ LOGOS WERE ALSO DISPLAYED RABOW LORS.  THE SAN FRANCIS 49ERS ANNOUNCED MONTH-LONG PLANS TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH THROUGHOUT JUNE, CLUDG A GENRLS CLOTHG LE WHICH 100% OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BENEF LOL LGBTQ+ ANIZATNS.  ON JUNE 22, THE TEAM WILL HOLD THE 2021 49ERS PRIDE LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM SPORTS PANEL FEATURG PROFSNAL ATHLET AND SPORTS PERSONALI LIKE KIMBERLY CHEXNAYR, FALLON FOX AND KURTIS GABRIEL. THE PANEL WILL DISCS THE NORMALIZATN OF LGBTQ+ ATHLET AND THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENC AS OUT AND ALLIED PERSONS SPORTS, THE TEAM SAID. THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS TEAMED UP WH FELLOW SPORTS TEAMS THE CY TO DRIVE SUPPORT FOR LOL LGBTQ+-OWNED SMALL BS AND GENR-CLIVE YOUTH SPORTS. "WE'RE PROUD TO PROMOTE ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENS," THE TEAM WROTE A POST.  FORMER NFL PLAYER RYAN O’CALLAGHAN, WHO PLAYED WH THE NEW ENGLAND PATRTS AND KANSAS CY CHIEFS, ME OUT AS GAY A 2017 STORY PUBLISHED BY OUTSPORTS — A SPORTS NEWS SE FOCG ON LGBT ISSU AND PERSONALI. HE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT THE NFL’S SUPPORT OF PRI MONTH IS IMPORTANT WNG HEARTS AND MDS AMID SOME NEGATIVE MENTS ONLE. "THE RPONSE SHOWS PEOPLE’S LACK OF UNRSTANDG AND IGNORANCE," O’CALLAGHAN SAID. "I’M GLAD THE NFL DO . SMALL GTUR LIKE THAT ADD UP." O’CALLAGHAN HID HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN THROUGHOUT HIS FOOTBALL REER. HE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT HE HAD CID TO PLAY THE SPORT, CLUDG LLEGE AT THE UNIVERSY OF CALIFORNIA—BERKELEY, A LARGE PART TO HI HIS SEXUALY.⁣ RELATED: BIN PROCLAIMS JUNE AS "LGBTQ+ PRI MONTH," EXPOUNDG S CREATN AND HISTORY PRI MONTH, WHICH IS NOW CELEBRATED BY LGBTQ+ MUNI AND ALLI ALL OVER THE WORLD, STEMS OM THE TRAGEDY OF THE STONEWALL RTS.  IN JUNE OF 1969, PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS OF A POPULAR GAY BAR NEW YORK CY, LLED THE STONEWALL INN, STAGED AN UPRISG DURG A ROUTE POLICE RAID, ACRDG TO THE NYC LGBT HISTORIC S PROJECT. THE DAYS-LONG NFLICT MARKED THE BEGNG OF A MORN MOVEMENT TO OUTLAW DISCRIMATORY LAWS AND PRACTIC AGAST LGBTQ AMERINS. THE FIRST PRI PARAS WERE HELD A YEAR AFTER THE UPRISG, ATTRACTG THOANDS OF PARTICIPANTS. TODAY, THOANDS OF PRI PARAS, MARCH AND FTIVALS ARE HELD AROUND THE WORLD. THE MONTH-LONG CELEBRATN AIMS TO BOTH UPLIFT THOSE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND SERV AS A PH TO ACHIEVE EQUAL JTICE AND OPPORTUNI. PRINT JOE BIN ON TUDAY OFFICIALLY CLARED JUNE 2021 AS "LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH" AFTER SIGNG A PROCLAMATN. RELATED: CELEBRATE PRI MONTH 2021 WH THE LGBTQ MOVI AND SHOWS THAT ARE EE TO STREAM THIS STORY WAS REPORTED OM CCNATI. BREAKING NEWS

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Sam intified as gay a time when certa stat had bans on same-sex marriage.

Gay marriage was not ferally protected until a year later 2015, when the US Supreme Court led on Obergefell v. When Sam publicly me out, he would bee the NFL’s first openly self-acknowledged gay player.

Durg an appearance durg a Missouri basketball game, where his 2014 team was regnized for their Cotton Bowl champnship, anti-gay protters om the Wtboro Baptist Church gathered to prott Sam. As prevly mentned, gay marriage is now ferally protected, but several other stris have been ma toward clivy for LGBTQ+ people.

NFL SAYS: ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY. FOOTBALL IS QUEER. FOOTBALL IS ACCEPTG.’

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

“Image beg gay…that why u suck at football, ” said another. The entire NFL fanbase may not be ready to accept gay men football, but the NFL self has recently e out to support s’ LGBTQ+ fans and players. ” The first phrase that appears is “Football is Gay.

Former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan, who played wh the New England Patrts and Kansas Cy Chiefs, me out as gay a 2017 story published by Outsports — a sports news se focg on LGBT issu and personali. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of a popular gay bar New York Cy, lled the Stonewall Inn, staged an uprisg durg a route police raid, acrdg to the NYC LGBT Historic S Project. Print Joe Bin on Tuday officially clared June 2021 as "Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month" after signg a proclamatn.

NEW NFL AD SAYS ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’ SUPPORT OF LGBTQ MUNY

The NFL has released a vio on TV and onle that unequivolly embrac the LGBTQ muny, statg that football is gay, lbian, queer, transgenr, betiful and other scriptors. That first le: Football is gay. Please, stop tellg me the NFL and Ameri aren’t ready for a gay football player.

For the league to release a vio sayg “football is gay” is revolutnary. For far too long people have held the belief that the NFL and the sport of football are anti-gay.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

The NFL on Monday released a new Pri Month ad sayg “Football is gay” support of the LGBTQ muny. The ad exactly a week after Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Rairs beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay. gay pri.

Throughout his NFL reer and time playg football at Cal, O’Callaghan hid he was gay, assumg everyone football would reject him if they knew. He didn’t thk he uld ever live as an out gay man. Another popular meme has been potg out that another team’s fans are so gay (bee beg gay is bad) that they mt love Pri month:.

THE 61 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS, 13 OWNERS AND 9 HEAD ACH SUPPORT GAY AND BI ATHLET

“It’s a shame for people to reject the NFL for embracg the gay muny, ” Rohrer said. “The gay muny is a huge supporter of all sports, there are a lot of gay athlet every sport, football beg one of them.

It mak no sense for people to be upset at the league for showg some pri and rpect for the ex-players the NFL who are gay. O’Callaghan was quick to pot out that, while ’s important to ntue to pot to rners of homophobic nonsense sports, this don’t mean a gay NFL player would be rejected by the league, s teams or most fans. “A lot of people are gog to say this is proof pro sports aren’t ready for gay athlet, but I thk ’s proof the NFL is ready, ” O’Callaghan said.

WHAT TO MAKE OF TONY DUNGY’S ANTI-GAY PRENT AND PAST, AND NBC’S CHOICE TO REMA SILENT

“It mak me sad bee I thk somethg like 70% of the Amerin public supports gay marriage, ” she said. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told MP. Promisg the ernment would implement the “vast majory” of Etherton’s remendatns, Wallace said he would fully update the Commons a formal bate about the issue after the about pensatn, Wallace said he hoped to fd “an elegant solutn that match the need and the requirements of those dividuals”, promisg to set this out after Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, was among mpaigners who weled the apology.

NFL SUPPORTS LGBTQ+ COMMUNI BY DECLARG 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' PRI AD

Starmer said one of his nstuents, Ken Wright, a former RAF service member who was “forced to leave the job he loved simply bee he was gay”, was the public gallery to hear the apology. One thg to note, se you’re thkg NFL players are big homophobic jocks, by 2013 we had intified 62 players who were ol wh .

Earlier this year we intified 61 current NFL players, 13 owners and 9 head ach support gay and bi athlet. New England Patrts signed pro-marriage-equaly amic briefThe Patrts, led by owner Robert Kraft, were the only NFL team to sign an amic brief supportg the ultimate cisn by SCOTUS to legalize gay marriage. NFL clud sex between men as part of AIDS awarens for playersThe league realiz that not all s players are only to women and clud gay sex s 2015 AIDS Awarens rmatn.

NFL CLAR THAT 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' MERCIAL SUPPORTG CARL NASSIB

When Missouri Tigers DE Michael Sam me out publicly as gay, his NFL future was put to qutn. People across the NFL share public support for Michael Sam g outMany people across the NFL, cludg current and former players, shared msag of support Michael Sam when he me out publicly as gay.

WATCH: ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’: NFL RELEAS PRO-LGBT AD

Louis Rams drafted Michael SamWhen the Rams drafted Sam 2014, cleared another hurdle for gay athlet lookg to play openly the league. Michael Irv appeared on Out magaze ver and talks about his gay brotherHall of Fame Cowboys wi receiver Irv didn’t shy away om his opportuny on the ver of gay magaze ‘Out’ when he and I talked about dog an article about him and his support for his gay brother, Vghn, 2011.

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