Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen out as gay a first for US-based pro leagu

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Kev Maxen, Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach, is the first male ach a major U.S. men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

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

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay community sport *

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. 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. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still crimalized.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay. * gay community sport *

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Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down. Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

We met wh 2 reprentativ om the lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, tersex, asexual and other (LGBTQIA+) sport muny Rosar Co, Print of the Italian LGBTQI associatn Gay, and Project Manager for the LGBTI sector of AICS - Associazne Italiana Cultura Sport Branislav Fidler, Vice-Print of the Slovak LGBTIQ+ sport club Lotosové kvety They talked about existg challeng and barriers faced by the LGBTQIA+ muny when practicg sport, and how to overe them. * gay community sport *

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NFL STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US PROFSNAL SPORTS

An associate strength ach wh the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars recently me out as gay hop to spire others to live their tth. * gay community sport *

While beg LGBTQ is not a requirement to work at Outsports, Reimer is gay and he also ntribut edorial ntent for Outsports, which vers the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny fdgs, om years of verage:Every team MLB, the NBA and NHL has some kd of specific pri LGBTQ night, now that the last holdout – the Texas Rangers – had their first Pri event is not the se the NFL, where many teams, cludg the Green Bay Packers, haven't had a specific Pri game.

“There's a natnal Gay Flag Football league, and every year they have a Gay Bowl and the Patrts were the first NFL team to sponsor the Gay Bowl when me to Boston. ”And sce then, Reimer said has been mon that the host-cy NFL team has sponsored the Gay Bowl every year. "For a football anchise to host an LGBTQ summ, 's credible, " Greg Louganis, a former Olympic diver who me out as gay 1995 and is now an LGBTQ activist, told the October, the NFL donated money ($100, 000) to The Trevor Project on Natnal Comg Out Day once aga; 's a suici preventn and mental health anizatn for LGBTQ young Packers' diversy, equy and cln posn clus foc on LGBTQ+Of the ne home gam a year, the Packers follow along wh them that are guid by the NFL, such as: Salute to Service (ary support), A Ccial Catch (ncer), Inspire Change (social jtice), My Cse My Cleats, Fan Appreciatn and Play Football (youth football).

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Durg a prs nference Wednday afternoon, ARUP Blood Servic ma the announcement, makg the first donor center the state to accept donatns om the gay muny. “The are excg chang to the guil that have historilly impacted gay and bisexual men for four s.”.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report. -based profsnal league to e out as gay.

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. We met wh 2 reprentativ om the lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, tersex, asexual and other (LGBTQIA+) sport munyRosar Co, Print of the Italian LGBTQI associatn Gay, and Project Manager for the LGBTI sector of AICS - Associazne Italiana Cultura SportBranislav Fidler, Vice-Print of the Slovak LGBTIQ+ sport club Lotosové kvetyThey talked about existg challeng and barriers faced by the LGBTQIA+ muny when practicg sport, and how to overe them.

He not that sport is a not a safe space, cg some alarmg figur om the 2019 Outsport survey: nearly 90% of people nsir homophobia and particularly transphobia a problem sport. What’s more, 82% have wnsed homo-/transphobic language sport the last 12 months.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

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