Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen out as gay a first for US-based pro leagu

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Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay.

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While the team avoid qutns about the abive relatnship between Mart and some of his teammat, other team sourc reveal Mart left bee he is gay and his teammat don’t like him. If Mart really is gay, the behavr of his teammat is an ditor of the NFL’s tolerance of gay players the locker room.

Jason Colls’ Ex-Fiancee Had No Ia He Was Gay. Robert Griff III Says Gay NFL Players Should Come Out. Happy Valent Day:)- Richie Ingno (@68INCOGNITO) Febary 14, 2014The other harassed player was "subjected to homophobic name-llg and improper physil touchg, " while the assistant traer, who was born Japan, was subjected to racial slurs.

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"It was not difficult to nclu that the assistant traer and Player A were harassed, but the qutns raised Mart's se were more plex, nuanced and difficult, " the report the se of Player A, the report said, Dolphs offensive le ach Jim Turner "was aware of the nng 'joke' that Player A was gay, and on at least one ocsn, he participated the tntg. "The report ntued, "Wh the recent announcement by Michael Sam, a fensive leman om the Universy of Missouri who is expected to be selected the 2014 NFL draft, that he is gay, is even more urgent that a tolerant atmosphere exist throughout the league. The equent e of homophobic sults unrm this goal.

Defensive end Nassib ma history on Monday by beg the first NFL player to publicly e out as gay. I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " the 28-year-old said as he shared the news via a vio he posted on Instagram.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

"The anchise's support is particularly signifint as the Rairs have a player on their roster who was spend for misnduct after repeatedly addrsg teammat wh homophobic and racially rogatory 2013, the NFL Players Associatn (NFLPA) vtigated Richie Ingno's role the alleged harassment of teammate Jonathan of the Miami Dolphs, Ingno signed wh the Rairs as a ee agent May the end of October 2013, Pro Football Talk and the Associated Prs reported Mart, a send-round draft pick the 2012 NFL Draft, had left the Dolphs facili due to "emotnal" reasons. "That the other offensive leman was subjected to homophobic name-llg and improper physil touchg and that Mart was tnted on a persistent basis wh sexually explic remarks about his sister and his mother and at tim ridiculed wh racial sults and other offensive ments. In this story:Jacksonville JaguarsJaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen beme the first publicly-known male ach Amerin men’s profsnal sports to e out as gay Thursday.Maxen spoke wh Outsports to share his journey and why he’s choosg to e out publicly.“I don’t want to feel like I have to thk about anymore,” Maxen said.

I want to be vol support of people livg how they want to live, but I also want to jt live and not feel fear about how people will react.”Maxen, who has been wh his partner Nick for over two years, exprsed that the ntued support om the people around him helped him feel fortable to share his news.“It wasn’t until recently—and wh the immense love and support of my fay, my iends, lleagu and peers, and the urage and sacrifice om my partner—that I realized I have the right and rponsibily to love and be loved, and that maybe sharg this will hopefully give someone else the strength to accept their own life and take ntrol of their own story,” Maxen said.Maxen also noted that he reached out to Carl Nassib, who is the only known gay NFL player the league right now, back Feb. If a player me out as gay, ’s a safe bet he would be wele by the Dolphs anizatn. Dolphs general manager Mike Tannenbm also said that a gay player would be accepted.

“Some people may [already] be gay but they don't e out and disclose . There uld be more gay players the NFL than we know right now.

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A uple of Dolphs players have been publicly supportive of havg a gay teammate. Walt Aikens, fensive back: “I really don’t know if that [beg gay] has anythg to do wh anybody’s abily to play football. "OK, he's gay, he lik what he lik.

As for the Rairs, I n’t fd a current player who has said anythg pro or n about havg a gay teammate or LGBT issu. For example, when punter Marquette Kg was asked at this year’s Pro Bowl Orlando about the killgs at the Pulse gay nightclub there months earlier, he said he don’t pay attentn to global events and all he watch are rtoons. When the Rairs played Mexi Cy last year, Mexin Rairs fans chanted a gay slur a half-dozen tim agast the opponent, the Hoton Texans.

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Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen out as gay a first for US-based pro leagu.

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