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• COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
• CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY
• I’M A GAY SOCCER PLAYER AND WOULD FELY PLAY FOR USMNT AT WORLD CUP SPE HOMOSEXUALY BEG ILLEGAL QATAR
• CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS
• I’M A GAY SOCCER PLAYER AND WOULD FELY PLAY FOR USMNT AT WORLD CUP SPE HOMOSEXUALY BEG ILLEGAL QATAR
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• REFEREE ENDS USMNT ROUT OVER MEXI EARLY AMID ANTI-GAY CHANTS
• MEXI FANS CHANT GAY SLUR ‘PUTO’ AT USMNT, E CONCACAF TO SPEND MATCH
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• BREAKING: SOCCER IS GAY
• 'IT WAS A MS': UGLY U.S.-MEXI MATCH HALTED AFTER 4 EJECTNS, BRAWLS AND ANTI-GAY CHANT
• USMNT-MEXI NATNS LEAGUE FAL HALTED FOR ANTI-GAY CHANT, FANS THROWG OBJECTS
• MEXI SOCCER FACED THE USA. FANS CHANTED ANTI-GAY SLURS. AGA

COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS

Moments earlier, an opposg player targeted Mart, an openly gay man, wh a homophobic slur, and as they gathered unr a tent at halftime, they discsed how to team was agreement: Somethg need to be done. "Flemmgs was later spend for six gam by the league, and he nied g an anti-gay slur toward Mart.

"Beg able to have a posive msage e out of a really tough suatn was the silver lg, " he the only openly gay men's profsnal soccer player the Uned Stat -- and one of the few who have ever e out globally -- Mart has e to embrace the signifince of what he reprents, pecially for the LGBTQ+ muny. Play1:48Coll Mart: Locker room support was all I needSan Diego Loyal midfielr Coll Mart says the support om his old teammat at Mnota Uned was a big help to him when he me out as gay. Around those years, havg to hi, havg to remd myself that like, 'Oh, my bt iend on the team, who jt lled another person a f----t, he isn't really homophobic, but he is jt tryg to be hurtful to that person.

CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY

"Mart is not unique that he didn't have ach who were willg to step to put an end to homophobic language when was ed.

I’M A GAY SOCCER PLAYER AND WOULD FELY PLAY FOR USMNT AT WORLD CUP SPE HOMOSEXUALY BEG ILLEGAL QATAR

"Cyd Zeigler, who scrib himself as a gay sports wrer, h out at the backlash, scribg as "crazy" that Amerins would turn their back on the team bee of this tweeted: "LOL the 'Amerins' who are now sudnly hopg the US los at the #WorldCup bee the team has some rabow flags around the facily Qatar.

Image hatg your untry jt bee s soccer team might not hate gay people. Carl Nassib Is The First Active NFL Player To Come Out As Gay "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " he said an Instagram vio. Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib said on Monday that he would not have been able to publicly e out as gay whout the support of the NFL and his teammat.

CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS

" "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said an Instagram vio he posted on his verified Instagram acunt.

" Nassib is by no means the first gay football player the NFL, but he is the first openly gay active player the league to play the regular season. Michael Sam me out as gay followg his succsful llege reer and before the 2014 NFL draft, makg him the first publicly gay player to be drafted the NFL.

WHEN US soccer star Coll Mart me out as gay 2018, he was overwhelmed by the outpourg of support om fans and teammat. 6Coll Mart, 27, me out as gay 2018Cred: Instagram @cm7md.

I’M A GAY SOCCER PLAYER AND WOULD FELY PLAY FOR USMNT AT WORLD CUP SPE HOMOSEXUALY BEG ILLEGAL QATAR

6He says he WOULD play for the USMNT Qatar if lled-up - spe the untry's laws banng homosexual relatnshipsCred: Instagram @cm7md. When he ma the brave cisn to e out, Mart was the only openly gay male athlete high-level US sport. But male homosexualy remas a crime the untry, wh jail sentenc for same-sex relatnships as high as SEVEN years.

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

"I thk that I would try to honor the muny a certa way - the gay muny - and I would do rpectfully. "I would make sure that is known that a gay player is participatg at the World Cup, and that there's no issue wh and that I need to be rpected. He ntued: "I thk 's not jt the gay muny that is ncerned wh the host untry beg acceptg and I thk there's been a tonne of different issu that have arose om holdg the World Cup Qatar.

But the Maryland-native was lighted when 17-year-old Blackpool star Jake Daniels beme the first Brish footballer to publilly e out as gay sce 1990. "When I was the MLS, one of the thgs I loved was that before every game, proment players would get on the big screen, and they would say homophobia is not gog to be accepted the stadium and racism is not gog to be accepted the stadium.

“I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” the fensive leman for the Las Vegas Rairs said a vio posted to his Instagram acunt Monday. And while someone g out 2021 might not feel like a big al, wh that simple statement, Nassib beme the first openly gay active player NFL that simple statement, Nassib beme the first openly gay active player NFL history. Though there are many openly queer women profsnal sports, the same nnot be said for homophobia of men’s sports culture has been well documented.

REFEREE ENDS USMNT ROUT OVER MEXI EARLY AMID ANTI-GAY CHANTS

Ranks the worst when to homophobia athletics. Currently, there is only one openly gay player on a profsnal men’s team the “big five” Amerin sports: Soccer player Coll Mart of the USL Champnship League (Mart me out 2018 as a member of Major League Soccer’s Mnota Uned) NFL has existed for 101 years, and that time, there has never been a player on an active NFL roster who has publicly acknowledged his gayns.

This, of urse, don’t mean there haven’t been closeted gay players. In 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, when the St. (In 2015, he beme the first openly gay player the Canadian Football League when he spent a season wh the Montreal Alouett.

This is where misogyny to play, maniftg a culture of homophobia. To be a gay man is to face beg stereotyped as weak or effemate — the oppose of what a football player, or an athlete, is “supposed” to be. ““In llege, football was a great ver for beg gay, ” O’Callaghan told Outsports 2017.

MEXI FANS CHANT GAY SLUR ‘PUTO’ AT USMNT, E CONCACAF TO SPEND MATCH

” Davis remembers spendg $1, 500 at a strip club an attempt to nceal the fact that he was gay om his spe society’s evolvg attus, the sports world seems to be movg far slower to mornize and stigmatize. “I thk ’s safe to say there’s at least one on every team who is eher gay or bisexual, ” O’Callaghan speculated 2019. In se you hadn’t heard, is illegal to be gay Qatar.

While many pani and anizatns hold the rabow flag back their engagements the Middle East and wh other untri that prohib homosexualy, this is a big, bold statement.

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

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. PlayGomez slams 'embarrassg' anti-gay chants durg USMNT vs. Mexi was end early by the referee due to anti-gay chants.

BREAKING: SOCCER IS GAY

(1:24)Car HernanzJun 16, 2023, 01:46 AM ETThe Uned Stat men's natnal team's 3-0 w over Mexi the Conf Natns League semifal on Thursday was halted before the pletn of send-half stoppage time by the referee amid anti-gay chantg. Referee Ivan Barton, who had already hand out four red rds the game, psed the game the 89th mute bee of anti-gay chantg heard om the crowd at Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas.

Goalkeeper Matt Turner was once aga greeted by the anti-gay chant. "The Mexin Football Feratn (FMF) has stggled recent years wh curtailg the anti-gay chant that is typilly yelled durg opposg goal has issued f to the FMF bee of the actn of fans, which clud a $108, 000 sanctn January for the chant at the 2022 World FMF has ma attempts to eradite the discrimatory yells through avenu such as public service announcements, social media posts and pregame announcements om players.

-- 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. Update: The match has been spend, as Mexi fans would not stop chantg an anti-gay slur at the US Men’s Natnal Team.

'IT WAS A MS': UGLY U.S.-MEXI MATCH HALTED AFTER 4 EJECTNS, BRAWLS AND ANTI-GAY CHANT

Origal story: Mexi fans are yet still aga chantg an anti-gay slur at Amerin soccer players on U. This has been a regular occurrence for fans of Mexi, chantg anti-gay slurs at Team USA players or anyone else their favore team plays. US Soccer and others like CONCACAF seem to thk they n curb the anti-gay chant wh stadium announcements and veiled threats.

USMNT-MEXI NATNS LEAGUE FAL HALTED FOR ANTI-GAY CHANT, FANS THROWG OBJECTS

Prevly US Soccer announced that Mexi would be banned om iendli the Uned Stat if fans chanted the anti-gay slur. Durg match April and June of this year, Mexi fans did jt that, shoutg the anti-gay chant the Uned Stat. Kev Maxen is gay.

No NFL ach had ever publicly e out as gay, so Maxen, an assistant strength and ndng ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, kept quiet about his sexual that ma him angry — at himself. Men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Former San Francis 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers beme the NFL’s first ach to e out as gay 2017.

Acrdg to the article, Maxen ma his cisn to do so last year and reached out for advice om Carl Nassib, who 2021 beme the NFL’s first out gay active player as a member of the Las Vegas was Nassib who put Maxen ntact wh Outsports. As wh a uple of proment unmarried senators, Amerins have long spected that soccer might be gay.

MEXI SOCCER FACED THE USA. FANS CHANTED ANTI-GAY SLURS. AGA

On Monday, the US men’s natnal team unveiled a resign to the team’s logo that replac red strip the crt wh the rabow lors of the gay pri flag. Soccer’s cisn to e out of the closet ahead of the World Cup, and to live as s thentic self, was met wh shgs of “well, obvly” and “I always thought soccer might be gay sce that time I ught soccer tryg on my make-up and lipsyncg to Donna Summer.

The empty, banal, gture-signalg allegiance to rporate neoliberale is tend to reassure a ty set of LGBT activists who qutn the league’s participatn the upg FIFA World Cup Qatar, a untry where homosexualy is illegal.

The team, however, was quick to note the gay crt won’t be worn on the field but stead is displayed somewhere on their base Doha. Wtern pk shirts prefer to not acknowledge areas of the world where actual, horrifyg, opprsn agast homosexuals occurs, namely the Middle East.