The Magic of the Gay Male Ensemble Performance - Electric Lerature

Contents:

• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
• THE MAGIC OF THE GAY MALE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
• 'CARBONARO EFFECT' STAR REVEALS HOW BEG GAY CHANGED HIS WORLD VIEW
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars strength ach, Kev Maxen, has e out as gay — makg him the first male ach a U.

THE MAGIC OF THE GAY MALE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

While Maxen is believed to be the first male ach to have e out publicly as gay, there have been a few female ach U. When to players, there have only been 16 the history of the NFL to e out as gay or bisexual as of September 2022, per Outsports. Here’s a list of bisexual, gay and LGBT occult personali—om ancient mythology to the morn era.

In one rnchy tale, Set and Hos, both claimants to Osiris’ throne, e gay sex as a means to tablish superry over each other. In Greek myths, the gods exprs their virily heterosexual as well as homosexual relatnships.

'CARBONARO EFFECT' STAR REVEALS HOW BEG GAY CHANGED HIS WORLD VIEW

Some passag are pecially homoerotic or ht at LGBT inty:. His fame shield him om accatns of sodomy, but his wrgs suggt that he was a closeted homosexual, or at least had homoerotic tennci. ” He was also acced of homosexual practic several German-language journals.

-- 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 suatns.It'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."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report. Nothg seems to rally theatre fans que like a play starrg, and about, attractive, plited gay men.

But beneath the erotilly charged marketg mpaigns featurg solemn, turtleneck-clad or partially nu actors draped over one another, ’s worth nsirg why, time and aga, we turn to a llective group of gay peers to tell our stori theatre. When I thk about the non of important morn theatre, the most proment gay reprentatn the form of shows wh an ensemble of gay characters: those I mentned above, as well as The Boys the Band and Love! This has led me to wonr: is a choral st stcture necsary for an thentic reprentatn of gay liv and stori—or is mere cince?

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

So far the non of theatre, appears that gay men are most tthfully reprented when gayns is the flt, rather than a token, an exceptn, or a novelty to be exploed for plot. This is bt—and perhaps exclively—te for gay men. Is an isolated gay character’s emotnal pth more limed than when several gay men go through somethg together?

Or is jt a nvenient marketg tool—stead of tryg to appeal to both straight and gay dienc, the plays go all- on the reliable dience of gay male theatre fans by fillg billboards wh only gay fac?