A Connecticut native has bee the first openly gay NFL ach.
Contents:
- LAPLANTE: “I’M SO OPENLY GAY BEE WE STILL HAVE SO FAR TO GO”
- TOP 10 GAY NFL PLAYERS WHO ARE TLY INSPIRATNAL
- THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
- HOW MANY OPENLY GAY MLB PLAYERS HAVE BEEN THERE? HONORG LGBTQ INS OF BASEBALL ON PRI NIGHT
- CT NATIVE BREAKS BARRIER AS FIRST OPENLY-GAY NFL ACH
- PREDATORS' LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, BE NHL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
- 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
LAPLANTE: “I’M SO OPENLY GAY BEE WE STILL HAVE SO FAR TO GO”
Very few NFL players have e out as gay - Most of the openly gay NFL players did so after they stopped playg. We list 10 gay players here. * openly gay poker player *
In fact I had a poker player a few days ago who was so exced to meet me and was almost tears, a fellow openly gay poker player.
To have happen on the same night as a shootg massacre targetg the gay muny left him eply nflicted but also gave him the chance to amplify his voice and his msage. “June is Gay Pri Month Ameri and last night at a gay dance club Orlando the largt shootg massacre US history occurred wh over 50 people losg their liv, ” Laplante said durg his speech.
“I'm proud to be a World Seri of Poker champn and I'm proud to be an openly gay man.
TOP 10 GAY NFL PLAYERS WHO ARE TLY INSPIRATNAL
The U.S. Open hosted s very first Pri, and out tennis player Nick Lee was there to ask: where are the other gay men? * openly gay poker player *
Laplante says that even though there has been progrs ma gay rights, you don't have to look far to see there's still a long way to go.
“Try to name an openly-gay pro football or basketball player who's currently playg, ” said Laplante. You n still get fired om your job , I want to say 34, stat for beg gay and you have no legal reurse. "The Texas Supreme Court jt led that pani don't have to give benefs to gay spo.
And now wh Donald Tmp the Whe Hoe, Laplante se even more reason to ntue fightg for gay and trans rights.
THERE ARE NO PUBLICLY OUT GAY PRO MALE TENNIS PLAYERS AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHY
* openly gay poker player *
“When you tell poker profsnals that you're gay they really don't re and some people tweeted me basilly sayg, 'We don't re what your sexual orientatn is so why are you even tellg ? "The reason I'm so openly gay is that we do still have so far to go. Amazgly though, of the thoands of men who have stepped onto the field, only a small handful have ever e out as gay.
HOW MANY OPENLY GAY MLB PLAYERS HAVE BEEN THERE? HONORG LGBTQ INS OF BASEBALL ON PRI NIGHT
gay NFL players haven’t felt fortable to e out while playg, and stead. still surroundg gay footballers. Here’s a list of 10 openly gay.
CT NATIVE BREAKS BARRIER AS FIRST OPENLY-GAY NFL ACH
Dave Kopay was one of the first sports stars to e out as gay. He is now an ambassador for the Feratn of Gay Gam and ns his fay’s bs California.
He is an important figure though, as 2014, he was the first openly gay NFL player to be drafted. By marryg Ross, he beme the first openly gay NFL player to enter a same-sex marriage – somethg that has not been seen aga sce. Kwame Harris knew he was gay om a young age but wasn’t supported by his fay.
PREDATORS' LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, BE NHL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
Sce g out, he has bee a board member at the Gay and Lbian Athletics Foundatn, pl he created an anizatn lled Hate Any Form is Wrong, which mpaigns agast homophobia. It was only after his ath that his fay nfirmed that he was gay. After retirg, he moved to Texas, where he opened a gay bar.
Dpe this bs venture, he never me out publicly as gay.
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
McDonald was one of the first ever gay players the NFL.
He died 2014, and the year after was ducted to the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame. IAmA Openly Gay Profsnal Poker Player.