A Gay Sports Fan's Rponse To 49er Chris Culliver - CBS San Francis

Contents:

• 49ERS EXPAND LGBTQ OUTREACH, DT MRICE HURST SHAR LOVE FOR HIS GAY IENDS
• THIS GAY 49ERS FAN IS LIVG THE DREAM AS A DJ FOR HIS FAVORE TEAM
• GAY 49ERS FAN PRAIS TEAM FOR EMBRACG LGBTQ MUNY
• A GAY SPORTS FAN'S RPONSE TO 49ER CHRIS CULLIVER
• GAY 49ERS FANS KISSG BAR SPORTS ILLTRATED PHOTO ARE OM SAN DIEGO

49ERS EXPAND LGBTQ OUTREACH, DT MRICE HURST SHAR LOVE FOR HIS GAY IENDS

“I’m livg my dream, ” he says, standg outsi Splash, the inic gay bar downtown San Jose that he manag and that often hosts 49ers watch parti. Some of his gay iends don’t unrstand his love for a sport associated wh an aggrsively mascule ial.

It wasn’t that long ago that players felt ee to openly exprs hostily to havg gay teammat. Wh football, also don’t matter if you’re gay or straight or any genr, relign or sex.

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THIS GAY 49ERS FAN IS LIVG THE DREAM AS A DJ FOR HIS FAVORE TEAM

Q When former Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to publicly e out as gay, was amazg to see his team, the NFL and other major players tweetg out statements about how proud they were of him …. As the San Francis 49ers held a special Diversy & Incln Day at trag mp last Thursday — vg members of the LGBTQ fan group 49ers Pri to attend the team’s Communy Corner — newly acquired DT Mrice Hurst opened up about his support for LGBTQ people, cludg the possibily of havg a gay teammate. Hurst said he would be “extra supportive” of any athlete who me out as big, gay or queer.

Cis Mejia spends his nights managg seven gay nightclubs around the Bay Area and Pacific Northwt. Appropriately, will be held the Castro, San Francis’s legendary gayborhood.

The same go for bookg gay super fan DJs for non-Pri events. There are no openly gay players on the 49ers or anywhere the NFL, though the 49ers do have an openly gay assistant ach, Katie Sowers. The 49ers do have a historic legacy the gay sports movement.

GAY 49ERS FAN PRAIS TEAM FOR EMBRACG LGBTQ MUNY

A DJ, too, the 40-year-old his gleamg new Ford pickup — pated a bright 49ers red, of urse — to hl mic equipment for 49ers parti and of his gay iends don’t unrstand his love for a sport associated wh an aggrsively mascule ial. It wasn’t that long ago that players felt ee to openly exprs hostily to havg gay he believ that the culture of profsnal football is changg for the better, led — not surprisgly — by the 49ers and the LGBTQ-iendly Bay Area.

A GAY SPORTS FAN'S RPONSE TO 49ER CHRIS CULLIVER

Q When former Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to publicly e out as gay, was amazg to see his team, the NFL and other major players tweetg out statements about how proud they were of him …A It was a big moment. 7 NOW) -- Growg up gay small town Ameri, wh fay members, classmat and even some teachers who often spoke wh ignorant, visceral hate for homosexuals left me wh ep and everlastg srs. What he did, when he said "We a't got no gay people on the team.

… Nah, n't be … the locker room man, " was to reenforce every gay person's biggt fear. Related Content:49ers CB Culliver Offers New Apology For Anti-Gay CommentsKCBS Sports Fans: The Culliver AffairDaily Madn: Culliver's Super Bowl Distractn. Years ago San Francis Supervisor Harvey Milk urged gay people om across the natn and around the world to 'e out of the closet' bee he knew then what I know today.

Thoands of people don't realize that they have known and loved, been related to and possibly given birth to one or more gay people their liv. It was taken durg the NFC champnship game at a San Francis gay bar named—wa for —Hi Tops. "So, obvly, 's great bee 's a picture of gay sports fans.

GAY 49ERS FANS KISSG BAR SPORTS ILLTRATED PHOTO ARE OM SAN DIEGO

But also: It's a photo of gay sports fans! Gay sports bars have bee kd of a thg. And yet I know maybe one gay sports fan.

The gays I go to the bars wh know of Serena Williams and Mark Sanchez and basilly no one else.