Jeff Rohrer — Retired Dallas Cowboys Lebacker — Com Out as Gay, Reveals He's Gettg Married

Contents:

• THE DALLAS COWBOYS’ LONG GAY & BI HISTORY: 3 OUT ATHLET, SOME GLORY HOLE, A GAY DATG SE & MORE
• GAY FORMER DALLAS PLAYER JEFF ROHRER AND HIS HBAND WELED AT COWBOYS RNN
• THIS GAY UPLE IS FEATURED ESPN’S NEW SERI ABOUT DALLAS COWBOY FANS
• GAY FORMER DALLAS COWBOY JEFF ROHRER IS MARRYG HIS BOYIEND THIS SUNDAY
• JEFF ROHRER — RETIRED DALLAS COWBOYS LEBACKER — COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S GETTG MARRIED
• TONY CASILLAS: I PLAYED WH GAY DALLAS COWBOYS PLAYERS THE '90S
• MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, CUT OM DALLAS COWBOYS

THE DALLAS COWBOYS’ LONG GAY & BI HISTORY: 3 OUT ATHLET, SOME GLORY HOLE, A GAY DATG SE & MORE

To be sure, the Bucs have their own history wh the LGBTQ muny, namely a really gay former logo, a tight end Rob Gronkowski who’s profsed his love for the gays, and the last team RK Rsell played for a regular-season game before g out. Yet the Cowboys have a ep, rich history wh gay athlet and the LGBTQ muny that we want to highlight head to the NFL season kickoff. The Cowboys have had at least 3 gay or bi players.

GAY FORMER DALLAS PLAYER JEFF ROHRER AND HIS HBAND WELED AT COWBOYS RNN

Durg his time wh the team, owner Jerry Jon said him beg gay is “a ad issue. Troy Aikman mors, and his own thoughts on choosg to be gay. It’s no secret that gay mors have swirled for years around quarterback-turned-TV-mentator Troy Aikman.

Aikman threw fuel on the fire 2015 when he sentially said that he’s chosen to not date men, claimg that beg gay is “a liftyle people choose. Michael Irv leads on acceptance of gay people, same-sex marriage.

Years before the legalizatn of same-sex marriage or Michael Sam g out, “The Playmaker” Michael Irv talked about his love for his gay brother and his acceptance of same-sex marriage eply powerful ways. Then-Cowboys top receiver Dez Bryant talked about his mother beg gay 2010, sayg that he had stggled wh but had eventually e around to beg “fortable” wh .

THIS GAY UPLE IS FEATURED ESPN’S NEW SERI ABOUT DALLAS COWBOY FANS

Why ed to hook up gay wboys wh other gay wboys. When the URL was up for ctn about 15 years ago, some people who wanted to create a gay datg se won the bid.

GAY FORMER DALLAS COWBOY JEFF ROHRER IS MARRYG HIS BOYIEND THIS SUNDAY

Two gay Cowboys fans were ESPN hs.

JEFF ROHRER — RETIRED DALLAS COWBOYS LEBACKER — COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S GETTG MARRIED

For a uple of years, one of Outsports most-trafficked stori was a post about two gay Cowboys fans beg highlighted by ESPN.

Jeff Rohrer didn’t thk he uld e out as gay to his Dallas Cowboys teammat the 1980s.

Now the former Cowboys lebacker, who me out as gay and married his hband a few years ago, knows his former teammat accept him and his hband for who they are. Gay former Yale football player Jeff Rohrer attends the Yale-Harvard game wh his hband, Joshua Ross.

TONY CASILLAS: I PLAYED WH GAY DALLAS COWBOYS PLAYERS THE '90S

Other former Cowboys have publicly exprsed their support for gay rights, cludg Hall of Famer Michael Irv. It’s powerful to see the NFL club emed “Ameri’s team” so posively support a gay former player.

MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, CUT OM DALLAS COWBOYS

While perceptns of homophobia the NFL persist, the current and former players are monstratg the league is welg. ESPN’s new seri ‘We The Fans: Dallas’ will feature a gay uple about to be married, who have bond over their love for the Dallas Cowboys. Tim Sehon and Jt McCurry, an terracial gay uple om Arlgton, Texas, are diehard Cowboys fans.

McCurry was teased regularly as other kids high school, cludg his teammat, thought (rrectly) that he was gay.

Sehon, on the other hand, wasn’t spected of beg gay on his high school football team. “She already knew I was gay, ” McCurry said, “but she’s a very good Christian and jt me gettg ready to go toward her wh that, put me an awkward moment bee I didn’t know what to expect om her.