The St. Louis Rams selected Michael Sam the seventh round of the NFL draft Saturday — makg him the first openly gay player to be drafted to the league.
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- GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER KICKED OFF TEAM FOR 'LYG' ABOUT KISS
- GAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER SAYS KISSG A 65-YEAR-OLD MAN GOT HIM DISMISSED FROM TEAM
- NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK CELEBRATED BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND
GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER KICKED OFF TEAM FOR 'LYG' ABOUT KISS
A gay football player North Dakota claims he was dismissed om the team bee beme known that he was a homosexual, but school officials claim that he was removed om the team for nduct trimental to the team. * gay football kiss *
When Michael Sam beme the first openly gay football player drafted to the NFL 2014, he celebrated wh a “kiss heard round the world” that was natnally televised on draft night.
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GAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER SAYS KISSG A 65-YEAR-OLD MAN GOT HIM DISMISSED FROM TEAM
Not long after Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL, some ma clear his reactn was not wele. * gay football kiss *
The straight-washed trailer above only hts at the gay storyle buried this film’s send half. When Iceland’s bad-boy football star Ottar Thor out as gay, his entire life flat quicker than a punctured soccer ball. But when he’s given a choice to return to the pro-sports closet or start playg on a smaller gay lol team, Thor has to choose between a glamoro life or an thentic one.
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NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK CELEBRATED BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND
Michael Sam, the Universy of Missouri football player who me out as gay Febary, three months advance of the NFL draft, was drafted this eveng by the St. Louis Rams. He reacted the way any athlete would: by kissg his signifint other. * gay football kiss *
John Sutter: Vile reactn to the kiss shows gay people aren't tly accepted. Sally Kohn: Get over : Gay people kiss bee kissg people you love is normal.
Michael Sam over the weekend beme the first openly gay player to be drafted to the NFL.