Meet Steve Howey, the Straight Actor Who Came Out as Gay

Contents:

• STEVE NASH SAYS GAY NBA PLAYER WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE
• STEVE NASH: GAY NBA PLAYER WOULD NOT BE 'BIG ISSUE'
• STEVE NASH: HAVG AN OPENLY GAY NBA PLAYER WOULD BE NO BIG AL
• STEVE NASH: BASKETBALL READY FOR AN OPENLY GAY PLAYER

STEVE NASH SAYS GAY NBA PLAYER WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE

The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) muny remas a hot topic the Uned Stat. The LGBT movement emerged as early as the 1870s, but homosexual rights groups didn't appear until after World War II September 1945.

To add onto the topic of the Warrrs, print Rick Welts me out as gay an terview wh the New York Tim 2011. Homophobia is somethg that shouldn't have a place sports bee LGBT folks n be fans, media members, employe and executiv too. " We, as a untry, need to une and not jt bee of the tragic gay nightclub shootg Orlando, Florida, that occurred last summer.

STEVE NASH: GAY NBA PLAYER WOULD NOT BE 'BIG ISSUE'

We have a thg gog on now — people discrimatg agast homosexualy this untry. I love the homosexual people. God bls the gay people.

His fay reportedly had mixed emotns towards the announcement, but he still changed the game, beg the first Divisn I men's basketball player to e out as gay and play gam. He also received praise om Colls and former NFL fensive end Michael Sam, who beme the first openly gay football player. Denver Nuggets power forward Kenh Faried has been a gay rights supporter for a long time.

In 2011, mors surfaced, claimg that Selby was gay after an alleged email to another man was leaked. Selby later nied those claims, sayg “Bh, I am jt cur, not gay.

STEVE NASH: HAVG AN OPENLY GAY NBA PLAYER WOULD BE NO BIG AL

When then-Phoenix Suns print and CEO Rick Welts me out as gay May 2011, former NBA pot guard Steve Nash pledged his support favor of the LGBT muny. Nash said the vio, "A growg number of profsnal athlet are speakg out support of gay and lbian upl gettg married, I'm proud to be one of them. Asi om his open support for gay rights, he also ns the Steve Nash Foundatn, which helps children who are affected by poverty, illns, abe or neglect, and creat opportuny for tn, play, and empowerment, Phoenix, Arizona, and Brish Columbia, Canada.

After the 2012-13 NBA season me to an end, Colls me out as gay. 98 to honor the murr of the late Universy of Wyomg stunt Matthew Shepard, who was gay.

STEVE NASH: BASKETBALL READY FOR AN OPENLY GAY PLAYER

He told Good Day LA, "I thk gay marriage, same-sex marriage is them go through what we go through.

In his hman year at Villanova, he first me out as gay to his teammate and roommate Mike Villa before nfsg to his parents three months later. Amaechi was the first former NBAer to publicly e out as gay after retirg om the league.

Sce then, he has been regard as one of the world's most high-profile gay athlet. Prevly, Amaechi talked about gays the NBA an terview wh Stland on Sunday. There's hardly any Hispanic players, no Asian-Amerins, so that there's no openly gay players is no real surprise.

Last year, the NBA moved s 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, North Carola, due to the state's law that lims anti-discrimatn protectns for lbian, gay and transgenr people. Steve Nash Gay? The Phoenix Suns star pot guard Steve Nash recently me out for gay marriage New York State (he liv Manhattan).

Yterday a short Q&A the New York Tim, he addrsed other gay issu, specifilly if the NBA is ready for an openly gay player. What prompted the qutns (seen below) was the announcement earlier this month by Rick Welts, the CEO of the Suns, that he is gay and has been livg the closet his entire reer wh the NBA. Rick Welts, the Suns' chief executive, recently announced that he was gay.

Ready for an openly gay player?

Nash's ments were siar to on recently ma by Charl Barkley, who suggted profsnal athlet may be more acceptg of an openly homosexual teammate that many would thk. I'd rather have a gay guy who n play than a straight guy who n't play.

Is Steve Nash Gay?

Steve Nash is not gay, he has been married twice, and he has five children om his marriag. The issue of homosexualy sports has recently bee a hot topic.

Homophobic slurs by players and ach like Joakim Noah, Kobe Bryant, and Roger McDowell have been acpanied by a load of negative publicy and almost sparked a rallyg cry support of the gay muny. While many will argue the aforementned people did not tend for the terms to be hateful toward gay people, their actns show a lack of awarens toward a sensive issue. On the flip si, we have had athlet like Sean Avery speak out support of the gay muny while teams like the San Francis Giants joed the “It Gets Better” gay movement wh a support vio.

Former Villanova star Will Sheridan also recently revealed he is gay. He also revealed that his homosexualy was not an issue for any of his Wildt teammat or ach. Acrdg to Steve Nash, NBA players would react to a gay teammate the same way Sheridan’s teammat reacted.

Charl Barkley even emphatilly stated that everyone has played wh gay teammat before and that has nothg to do wh the kd of teammate they are. For Shamels star Steve Howey, speakg out for what he knows is right has bee an art form, one that is unpredictable but always strik a December, the Texas-born actor me out on Twter, he says, to fight the stigma behd sayg the words "I'm gay. " His tweet, which read simply "I'm gay and proud, " sparked dialogue and a fair amount of nfn about the straight, married father of tws -- but he isn't bothered by fans thought Howey, who plays gay Netflix's Game Over, Man!, might have been textg character, but he sists, "My whole pot was to be a champn, a supporter, of the movement.