Ners CB Culliver says gay players wouldn't be weled

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The NFL has never had an openly gay active player, but if there was one, 49ers rnerback Chris Culliver said he wouldn't want that player on his team. * chris culliver gay *

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francis 49ers rnerback Chris Culliver is ntug his outreach to the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny more than a year after his anti-gay remarks leadg up to the Super Bowl. The San Francis Bay Tim announced Thursday that Culliver nducted his first terview wh an LGBT media outlet, sharg how he changed his thkg. Culliver, who missed the 2013 season bee of a torn anterr cciate ligament his left knee staed durg trag mp, unrwent sensivy trag and began dog other outreach work. Culliver has worked wh "The Trevor Project," an anizatn that provis crisis and suici terventn to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth. "I tly appreciate the staff at the Trevor Project for allowg me to grow and tg me on the issu affectg the LGBTQ muny," Culliver said Thursday a statement to The Associated Prs. "I have learned so much and ma some really great iends. I will ntue my mment to the anizatn and to their youths and stand firm wh hope that one day that all dividuals regardls of sex, race, or creed will be treated wh digny and rpect om all." Durg Super Bowl media day 2013 at the Superdome New Orleans, Culliver rpond to qutns om edian Artie Lange by sayg he wouldn't wele a gay player the locker room. He also said the 49ers didn't have any homosexual players and, if they did, those players should leave. He later apologized, facg a large group of Super Bowl media members for nearly an hour. "Chris has grown immensely om his words and has mted to ntue to grow as a human, particularly around matters around the LGBTQ muny," his publicist, Theodore Palmer, said Thursday. "He believ that every dividual has a right to love the way they choose to love and celebrate the differenc of others on a daily basis." In fact, Culliver told the Bay Tim he hop to work on a project wh Universy of Missouri fensive end Michael Sam, who would bee the NFL's first openly gay player. Culliver also appld Nets center Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay NBA player last month. "I appld Michael and Jason for their urage," Culliver told the Bay Tim. "I have absolutely no problem playg and teractg wh someone om the LGBTQ muny and look forward to nnectg wh Michael soon on some projects." The 25-year-old Culliver, a third-round draft pick 2011 out of South Carola, ma 47 tackl wh two terceptns and a forced fumble durg the 2012 season while startg six gam for the Ners. They lost the Super Bowl that season to Baltimore. The San Francis Bay Tim, s 36th year of publitn, f self as the olst fully LGBT-owned and fund newspaper the Bay Area. It was the first newspaper California, and among the first the world, to be produced jotly and equally by gay men and lbians. ___ AP NFL webse: * chris culliver gay *

After 49ers rnerback Chris Culliver generated a furor at the Super Bowl by sayg that he wouldn't accept a gay teammate, he apologized and said that he hoped to "learn and grow" om the experience. * chris culliver gay *

SF 49ers CB Chris Culliver says openly gay players would not be weled on the team . * chris culliver gay *

San Francis 49ers rnerback Chris Culliver's non-apology apology for his much maligned ments on gay players the locker room won't w him any fans headg to the Super Bowl this weekend, but his offensive remarks already appear to have had an untend effect: NFL players are fally speakg out about sexual equaly football, a once hhed-up topic that is re-emergg on the eve of Super Sunday. * chris culliver gay *

San Francis 49ers rnerback Chris Culliver is ntug his outreach to the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny more than a year after his anti-gay remarks leadg up to the Super Bowl. * chris culliver gay *

The 49ers rnerback igned a maelstrom when he said gay players had no place on his team. Culliver and team later apologized for the ments. * chris culliver gay *