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

Contents:

• WAS FREDDIE MERCURY GAY?
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• FREDDIE GAY OBUARY
• CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
• NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?

WAS FREDDIE MERCURY GAY?

It is possible that his relatnships wh women were a way of protectg his public image at a time when homosexualy was socially unacceptable or outright crimal. When Mercury was born and for most of his life, homosexualy was treated as a mental illns, a s, or a crime. This extend to the legal stat of homosexuals; before 1967, gay men uld be sentenced to as long as two years prison.

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

In the fah, homosexualy was nsired a form of mon worship. He suggted the name “Queen” for the band, a rogatory term for gay men, and equently wore outfs on stage that were evotive of gay fashn at the time. At had spected that Mercury was gay rather than bisexual.

Mercury embraced the gay scen of ci such as New York and Munich while on tour, engagg numero one night stands. Throughout the 1980s, many gay men began fallg severely ill and mors spread of a “gay ncer” the muny.

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

FREDDIE GAY OBUARY

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. What the public may not know, however, is that Mercury’s high flamboyancy was once buried unr the eply rooted homophobia that once lived si of him.

To better unrstand Freddie Mercury’s ial ternalized homophobia, we first have to look back at his home life. ”Mercury as a childAs a part of their relign, people who follow Zoroastrianism believe that homosexualy is a form of vil worship, and therefore sful. It was eher one or the other: gay, or straight; and they ually preferred the ia of a bisexual man is foreign to many.

Bisexual men are often scribed as “nfed gay men, ” or, “men who are aaid to e out as gay.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

When g out to her, she replied, “No, Freddie, you’re gay.

It certaly wasn’t easy durg the 70’s and 80’s; homophobia was so eply tertwed wh Amerin and Brish culture.

NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY

Beg gay was seen bad enough, but to be gay durg the AIDS epimic was even is no five date as to when Freddie Mercury first ntracted AIDS. He stood as an in for young LGBTQ+ folk tryg to survive a homophobic/transphobic society. However, Mercury has given a large first step orr to make the chang for a safer, happier, and gayer world.

Freddie Gay. We are sad to announce that on May 20, 2023, at the age of 85, Freddie Gay (McGehee, Arkansas) passed away. Leave a sympathy msage to the fay on the memorial page of Freddie Gay to pay them a last was preceased by: his parents, Allen Gay and Mamie Gay; his former wife Betty Gay; his dghter Alysia Kg; and his grandson David is survived by: his wife Carolyn Sue Gay of Halley, AR; his children, Becky Whe (Dewayne) of Hot Sprgs, Allen Gay (Pear) of Chandler, AZ, Bill Gay (Dawn) of Hot Sprgs and Robby Waldp (Pam) of Colls, AR; his sister Patsy Chaillet (Alex) of Cherokee Village, AR; and his dghter Brenda Simpson (Charlie) of Bise, AR..

He is also survived by 12 grandchildren and numero great- and great-great li of flowers, the fay asks that donatns be ma to the Gion's Internatnal, the name of Freddie Gay, P. You’re gay. Bisexual people face the realy of bi-erasure on a near-daily basis, beg told that they’re eher “too gay” or “not gay enough, ” wh ltle to no attentn paid to their actual sexual inty.

KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

His stggle wh his own sexualy is explored at length throughout the film, along wh entire sectns dited to his dg-fueled benrs through gay clubs Berl, his plex romance wh his manager Pl Prenter, his nstant love and admiratn for At and his eventual AIDS diagnosis. Many labeled him as gay, some nied his queerns, and very few chose to validate his herent bisexualy.

Bohemian Rhapsody’s approach to those aforementned benrs gay clubs and the sger’s eventual diagnosis wh AIDS are accurate at bt, and at worst, sultg to Mercury’s life and the LGBTQ muny at large.

While Mercury’s former lover and assistant is often nsired a villa real life for outg the sger a 1987 terview wh Brish tabloid The Sun, the film go to great lengths to make Prenter out to be the gay vil on Mercury’s shoulr, enuragg him at every turn to dulge a stereotypilly queer liftyle only to be later vilified for . When Mercury reportedly told At he was bisexual, she said, "No Freddie, you're gay.

IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?

Perhaps was gay shame, Mercury's ternalized homophobia echog society's belief that gay relatnships weren't "real" relatnships.

In a world where any man who has sex wh men is tomatilly nsired gay no matter how much he profs a love of women, uld Mercury tly have felt torn between the two sis of himself? He was rerdg artist the '70s and '80s, two s when the level of homophobia is difficult for anyone born after 1980 to fully prehend.

In particular, Bra and the USA were sry plac for gay people, and the onset of AIDS gave license to the relig fulmators and right-wg zealots. It's the first book to look tail at Mercury's battle wh HIV, not jt his stggle to keep his illns a secret (he announced he had AIDS only the day before he died), but also his sexual awakeng, his relatnships, and the aftermath of his ath, which was rife wh homophobia. The book tails that cultural homophobia and the way which affected Mercury's cisns around treatment and his public persona, even fluencg his cisn to stop appearg public.