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WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * national gay professional profile *
Carl Nassib ma history 2021 by beg the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL.
In 2021, Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay.
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In June 2021, NFL fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay a vio posted to his Instagram, addg he donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, an anizatn that foc on suici preventn LGBTQ youth after he stggled wh his sexualy for 15 years. "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said the vio.
Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn. * national gay professional profile *
Le Prokop beme the first NHL player to e out as gay. "Acrdg to USA Today, no NHL player — active or retired — had e out as gay.
Michael Sam was the first openly gay man to be drafted to the NFL. In 2014, Michael Sam me out as gay an terview wh ESPN and ma history that same year. Louis Rams, beg the first openly gay man to ever be drafted to the NFL.
"Sce Febary and my big announcement, this has been a whole [lot of] speculatn of the first openly gay football player, but you know what? Soccer star Megan Rapoe is openly gay. The athlete quickly ma a name for herself a seri of TV terviews, where she voiced her support of women's rights and LGBTQ rights as an openly gay woman.