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• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• ESPN IS GAY-FRIENDLY
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• ESPN'S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ REVEALS HE IS GAY—AND ENGAGED!— EMOTNAL BLOG POST
• MY HIDN JOURNEY: A PROFSNAL SOCCER PLAYER REVEALS HE IS GAY
• ESPN'S SARAH SPA LLS RAYS PLAYERS ‘BIGOTS’ FOR NOT WEARG GAY PRI PATCH
• HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

It wasn't until I left Wake Fort [Universy] that I really began to [e to terms] wh my league legend Ian Roberts: I always knew [beg gay] wasn't embraced by the greater society so I kept secret.

ESPN IS GAY-FRIENDLY

I me out at the Gay Gam 1994, welg the athlet and sayg, "It's great to be out and proud. " Another time, the owner of the team told me that my sexualy was agast the team's beliefs, so wouldn't look good to have a gay soccer player the Before I went pro, I said if I have to change how I look, how I drs, then I don't want [beg a pro].

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Sce publicly g out 2015, Gutierrez, who works as an NBA reporter and mentator for ESPN, has emerged as one of the most proment openly gay figur sports media. One day, then-Marls closer Anton Alfonse teased Gutierrez for wearg an earrg his upper ear rtilage, suatg was a gay fashn statement.

ESPN'S ISRAEL GUTIERREZ REVEALS HE IS GAY—AND ENGAGED!— EMOTNAL BLOG POST

“It was not worth to me to have to fend myself when somebody who liked me, prumably, is tellg me to my face that that’s not ol, and that’s gay, ” Gutierrez said.

MY HIDN JOURNEY: A PROFSNAL SOCCER PLAYER REVEALS HE IS GAY

Each day, whether ’s on the ESPN airwav or his social media feed, Gutierrez normaliz beg gay sports, and simply the world.

ESPN'S SARAH SPA LLS RAYS PLAYERS ‘BIGOTS’ FOR NOT WEARG GAY PRI PATCH

“Hearg a man say ‘boyiend’ or ‘partner’ or ‘hband’ or terjectg a gay joke where they weren’t expectg , or a gay sex joke.

HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.