Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer.
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- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- FOOTBALL IS 'GAY,' 'QUEER,' NFL SAYS VIO FOR PRI MONTH
- NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- NFL SAYS 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW MERCIAL THAT MAK CLEAR S SUPPORT OF LGBTQ+ MUNY
- IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
- GAY PRI CALENDAR
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
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In fact, the Giants, whom Washgton plays on Thursday, have supported the LGBTQ muny on multiple ocsns and John Mara Jr., son of Giants owner John Mara, is gay and set to be married to his boyiend. The onle event, which tak place on Saturday, is part of a wir Football v Homophobia mpaign and will brg together clubs, players, ach and supporters om around the world for a virtual get-together celebratg clive football culture.
FOOTBALL IS 'GAY,' 'QUEER,' NFL SAYS VIO FOR PRI MONTH
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NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO
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They protected me and om there, everyone football knew I was gay so I've never had a problem. The Washgton Football Team has partnered wh the lol LGBTQ+ sports umbrella anizatn Team DC to host a rare Pri Night durg their upg Thursday Night Football Game agast the New York place this Thursday, September 16, at FedEx Stadium the natn's pal, the Pri Night Out will clu performanc by the Gay Men's Chos of Washgton and the LGBTQ+ mic anizatn DC's Different Colby-Beich, vice print of gut experience and operatns for the Washgton Football Team told the Washgton Blathat the team had gone through a learship change and now sought a broar outreach than the past. Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib ed a post to Instagram to e out as gay durg Pri Month, the first active player signed to a regular-season roster to do so.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
The Natnal Football League clared, "Football is gay," a vio shared on Twter on Monday rponse to player Carl Nassib's g out. * gay pride football *
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NFL SAYS 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW MERCIAL THAT MAK CLEAR S SUPPORT OF LGBTQ+ MUNY
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay pride football *
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Throughout his NFL reer and time playg football at Cal, O’Callaghan hid he was gay, assumg everyone football would reject him if they knew. He didn’t thk he uld ever live as an out gay man.
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IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
“It’s a shame for people to reject the NFL for embracg the gay muny, ” Rohrer said. “The gay muny is a huge supporter of all sports, there are a lot of gay athlet every sport, football beg one of them. It mak no sense for people to be upset at the league for showg some pri and rpect for the ex-players the NFL who are gay.
GAY PRI CALENDAR
O’Callaghan was quick to pot out that, while ’s important to ntue to pot to rners of homophobic nonsense sports, this don’t mean a gay NFL player would be rejected by the league, s teams or most fans. “A lot of people are gog to say this is proof pro sports aren’t ready for gay athlet, but I thk ’s proof the NFL is ready, ” O’Callaghan said. 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. "In the vio, text appears readg "Football is gay, " "Football is lbian, " "Football is queer, " "Football is transgenr, " and a host of other thgs that the league says football is, endg wh "Football is for everyone. In a vio shared on Twter on Monday, the Natnal Football League clared, "Football is gay.
"In whe letters on a black background, the word "gay" was then replaced wh words cludg "lbian, " "betiful, " "queer, " "transgenr, " "power" and "life.