Ahman Green talks publicly for the first time to Outsports about his gay brother and lbian sister.
Contents:
- EX-PACKERS LEMAN AND LGBTQ+ ADVOTE ESERA TUAOLO RELIEVED AND PROUD TO SEE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER
- THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
- FORMER GREEN BAY PACKER AHMAN GREEN TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY BROTHER AND LBIAN SISTER
- GREEN BAY PACKERS QB AARON RODGERS: GAY PLAYERS ARE STILL AAID OF THE NFL
- CHARL WOODSON'S PERFECT RPONSE TO THE GAY PLAYER QUTN
- GREEN BAY PACKERS STAR AARON RODGERS SAYS THE NFL GETS RID OF GAY PLAYERS
- 45 YEARS AGO, LOMBARDI ACCEPTED A GAY PLAYER
EX-PACKERS LEMAN AND LGBTQ+ ADVOTE ESERA TUAOLO RELIEVED AND PROUD TO SEE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER
Players on 22 NFL teams have already had an out gay teammate, cludg six players wh the Arizona Cardals. * green bay packers gay player *
"Twenty years of speakg and gog out there and tg people on homophobia sports and the LGBTQ muny, the big qutn has been, 'When will the first active NFL player e out? "That's when Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib told the world that he was gay, a revelatn that will make him the first openly gay active player the NFL when he sus up 2021.
He revealed he was gay 2002 an terview wh HBO's Real Sports, makg him the third former NFL player to e out.
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THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
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Dpe Outsports chroniclg lerally dozens of piec of evince to the ntrary, there’s a ntued belief amongst some that NFL players would overwhelmgly reject a gay player if he me out.
So we set out to figure out how many current NFL players have already played on the same team wh an out gay teammate. We found 39 current NFL players, who were on a roster for the 2020 season, who have already had an out gay teammate. In addn, dozens of other players have played agast an opponent they knew to be gay.
FORMER GREEN BAY PACKER AHMAN GREEN TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY BROTHER AND LBIAN SISTER
Those gay athlet are all still alive today. The 39 current NFL players have played wh at least five gay or bisexual men who were out to their team while they were on the same team. The Arizona Cardals have the most players we know have played wh an out gay teammate.
At least six of the players on the Cardals’ 2020 roster — about 10% of the team, — has already had a gay teammate they knew of. And they have llectively played llege wh all five out gay players. Wh that experience, solid veteran learship, a ach Kliff Kgsbury who has ld gay football player Stt Frantz, and a ont office that has monstrated an embrace of LGBTQ people, is easy to make the se that an out gay player wh the Cardals would be weled.
Of urse many other NFL players have played wh a gay or bi teammate before they me out (e. The are the current NFL players to have played wh an out gay or bi man on their team (wh that team and their current team listed):. If you thk I’ve missed a current NFL player who’s played wh an out gay or bi teammate, be sure to leave the rmatn the ments below.
GREEN BAY PACKERS QB AARON RODGERS: GAY PLAYERS ARE STILL AAID OF THE NFL
It also has a long history of gay baseball, basketball, golf and every other sport, and enavor of mankd. We jt haven’t heard about gay people very often bee most felt prsured to keep their sexualy is changg, thankfully.
CHARL WOODSON'S PERFECT RPONSE TO THE GAY PLAYER QUTN
Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay this week and the rponse was almost universally ’s worth notg as we mark Pri Weekend. Young people — and olr folks — are creasgly gettg a clear msage that we accept and embrace our gay relativ, iends and neighbors. I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay.
The team went 7-5-2, but Lombardi was stricken wh lon ncer and died the summer of 1970, havg laid the foundatn for years of succs his achg reer, he was aware that he had gay players on his teams.
GREEN BAY PACKERS STAR AARON RODGERS SAYS THE NFL GETS RID OF GAY PLAYERS
Runng back Dave Kopay and tight end Jerry Smh were closeted gay players the 1960s. He said at one pot, there may have been as many as a dozen gay players on the team. Lombardi knew Smh was gay; secrets are hard to keep a small aterny like the NFL.
45 YEARS AGO, LOMBARDI ACCEPTED A GAY PLAYER
Lombardi reced other gay players, and ma clear to his assistant ach and players that any signs of prejudice or homophobia would mean immediate dismissal. His younger brother Harold “Hal” Lombardi, was gay, and the famo ach loved him great ach’s dghter, San Lombardi, said he didn’t re about his players’ lor or sexualy.
Also: A dozen NFL players tell Outsports they would support a gay teammate. I went to the event on a missn: Talk to NFL players about gay athlet and homophobia.