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• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY HISTORIC NFL MOMENT
• RAIRS DE CARL NASSIB COM OUT AS GAY, MARKG BIG LGBTQ W DURG PRI MONTH
• NFL SHAR PRI-THEMED LOGO, SAYS STANDS WH LGBTQ+ MUNY BY KELLY HAY PUBLISHED JUNE 3, 2021 UPDATED 1:43PM EQUY AND INCLN FOX 10 PHOENIX SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD THE HISTORY OF JUNE BEG PRI MONTH EVERY JUNE, THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND ALLI CELEBRATE WHAT HAS BEE NEW YORK - THE NATNAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EMBRACED THE START OF PRI MONTH THIS WEEK BY SHARG S FAMED LOGO RABOW LORS A SHOW OF "SUPPORT AND SOLIDARY" WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.⁣ "WE STAND WH LGBTQ+ PEOPLE THIS MONTH AND YEARLONG WH A MMENT TO OUR PLAYERS, OUR FANS AND OUR STAFF TO LIVE PROUDLY AND THENTILLY," THE NFL SAID WEDNDAY A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ADDG "HAPPY PRI MONTH!" IN A PHOTO OF S PRI-THEMED NFL SHIELD, ALL 32 TEAMS’ LOGOS WERE ALSO DISPLAYED RABOW LORS.  THE SAN FRANCIS 49ERS ANNOUNCED MONTH-LONG PLANS TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH THROUGHOUT JUNE, CLUDG A GENRLS CLOTHG LE WHICH 100% OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BENEF LOL LGBTQ+ ANIZATNS.  ON JUNE 22, THE TEAM WILL HOLD THE 2021 49ERS PRIDE LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM SPORTS PANEL FEATURG PROFSNAL ATHLET AND SPORTS PERSONALI LIKE KIMBERLY CHEXNAYR, FALLON FOX AND KURTIS GABRIEL. THE PANEL WILL DISCS THE NORMALIZATN OF LGBTQ+ ATHLET AND THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENC AS OUT AND ALLIED PERSONS SPORTS, THE TEAM SAID. THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS TEAMED UP WH FELLOW SPORTS TEAMS THE CY TO DRIVE SUPPORT FOR LOL LGBTQ+-OWNED SMALL BS AND GENR-CLIVE YOUTH SPORTS. "WE'RE PROUD TO PROMOTE ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENS," THE TEAM WROTE A POST.  FORMER NFL PLAYER RYAN O’CALLAGHAN, WHO PLAYED WH THE NEW ENGLAND PATRTS AND KANSAS CY CHIEFS, ME OUT AS GAY A 2017 STORY PUBLISHED BY OUTSPORTS — A SPORTS NEWS SE FOCG ON LGBT ISSU AND PERSONALI. HE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT THE NFL’S SUPPORT OF PRI MONTH IS IMPORTANT WNG HEARTS AND MDS AMID SOME NEGATIVE MENTS ONLE. "THE RPONSE SHOWS PEOPLE’S LACK OF UNRSTANDG AND IGNORANCE," O’CALLAGHAN SAID. "I’M GLAD THE NFL DO . SMALL GTUR LIKE THAT ADD UP." O’CALLAGHAN HID HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN THROUGHOUT HIS FOOTBALL REER. HE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT HE HAD CID TO PLAY THE SPORT, CLUDG LLEGE AT THE UNIVERSY OF CALIFORNIA—BERKELEY, A LARGE PART TO HI HIS SEXUALY.⁣ RELATED: BIN PROCLAIMS JUNE AS "LGBTQ+ PRI MONTH," EXPOUNDG S CREATN AND HISTORY PRI MONTH, WHICH IS NOW CELEBRATED BY LGBTQ+ MUNI AND ALLI ALL OVER THE WORLD, STEMS OM THE TRAGEDY OF THE STONEWALL RTS.  IN JUNE OF 1969, PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS OF A POPULAR GAY BAR NEW YORK CY, LLED THE STONEWALL INN, STAGED AN UPRISG DURG A ROUTE POLICE RAID, ACRDG TO THE NYC LGBT HISTORIC S PROJECT. THE DAYS-LONG NFLICT MARKED THE BEGNG OF A MORN MOVEMENT TO OUTLAW DISCRIMATORY LAWS AND PRACTIC AGAST LGBTQ AMERINS. THE FIRST PRI PARAS WERE HELD A YEAR AFTER THE UPRISG, ATTRACTG THOANDS OF PARTICIPANTS. TODAY, THOANDS OF PRI PARAS, MARCH AND FTIVALS ARE HELD AROUND THE WORLD. THE MONTH-LONG CELEBRATN AIMS TO BOTH UPLIFT THOSE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND SERV AS A PH TO ACHIEVE EQUAL JTICE AND OPPORTUNI. PRINT JOE BIN ON TUDAY OFFICIALLY CLARED JUNE 2021 AS "LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH" AFTER SIGNG A PROCLAMATN. RELATED: CELEBRATE PRI MONTH 2021 WH THE LGBTQ MOVI AND SHOWS THAT ARE EE TO STREAM THIS STORY WAS REPORTED OM CCNATI. BREAKING NEWS
• LAS VEGAS RAIRS LEMAN CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• GAY AND BI FORMER NFL PLAYERS EXCED TO SEE CARL NASSIB TAKE THE FIELD FOR RAIRS
• GAY PRI CALENDAR
• RAIRS FENSIVE END CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• RAIRS DL CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER
• RAIRS’ FENSIVE END CARL NASSIB MAK HISTORY AS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER ON ACTIVE NFL ROSTER

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY

Carl Nassib, a fensive leman wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay.

I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. He said a statement acpanyg the vio that he had agonized over the cisn to announce he was gay for 15 years.

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT

Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay NBA player when he sued up for the Brooklyn Nets 2014, was cheerg Nassib on social media.

“As an acplished athlete who is now the first out gay active player the NFL, Carl Nassib’s story will not only have a profound impact on the future of LGBTQ visibily and acceptance sports, but sends a strong msage to so many LGBTQ people, pecially youth, that they too n one day grow up to be and succeed as a profsnal athlete like him, ” the statement said. Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon add to the chos of people proud of him, and the former NFL and CFL quarterback add that he played wh some guys who were gay but didn’t feel fortable g out. In 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be selected the NFL draft when the St.

He me out as gay earlier the offseason and the procs beme the first openly gay player to play the regular NFL season. He had the opportuny to show the world that beg a gay player has no bearg on how good a footballer turns out to be. Many people still have the misnceptn that gay men are physilly dimished pared to straight men.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS

Anyone who saw Carl Nassib's performance yterday would have been speedily disabed of that n only hope that the performance Carl Nassib exhibed pav the way for more gay players to embrace who they are.

I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. He me to natnal attentn as a star of the Browns' "Hard Knocks" appearance 2018, givg fancial advice to teammat and offerg his take on the existence of Missouri lebacker Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted NFL history 2014, when the Rams took him 249th overall. The Las Vegas Rairs are releasg Carl Nassib, the fensive end who ma history last year as the first openly gay active player NFL history.

“The Rairs, the NFL, have monstrated that they support this man as a gay man, ” Zeigler said, addg that Nassib’s succsful rerd will help him quickly fd a new team. ” Former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan, who me out as gay June 2017, after his time the league, said Nassib’s reer monstrat that players do not need to promise their LGBTQ inti sports.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY HISTORIC NFL MOMENT

Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib on Monday beme the first active NFL playerto e out as gay.

RAIRS DE CARL NASSIB COM OUT AS GAY, MARKG BIG LGBTQ W DURG PRI MONTH

Acrdg to Outsports, 15 NFLers have e out after their reers end, while former Universy of Missouri star Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted to the NFL 2014. Only until recently, thanks to my fay and iends, pecially Connor, Cason, and Francis, did seem possible for me to say publicly and proudly that I’m gay.

NFL SHAR PRI-THEMED LOGO, SAYS STANDS WH LGBTQ+ MUNY BY KELLY HAY PUBLISHED JUNE 3, 2021 UPDATED 1:43PM EQUY AND INCLN FOX 10 PHOENIX SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD THE HISTORY OF JUNE BEG PRI MONTH EVERY JUNE, THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND ALLI CELEBRATE WHAT HAS BEE NEW YORK - THE NATNAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EMBRACED THE START OF PRI MONTH THIS WEEK BY SHARG S FAMED LOGO RABOW LORS A SHOW OF "SUPPORT AND SOLIDARY" WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.⁣ "WE STAND WH LGBTQ+ PEOPLE THIS MONTH AND YEARLONG WH A MMENT TO OUR PLAYERS, OUR FANS AND OUR STAFF TO LIVE PROUDLY AND THENTILLY," THE NFL SAID WEDNDAY A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ADDG "HAPPY PRI MONTH!" IN A PHOTO OF S PRI-THEMED NFL SHIELD, ALL 32 TEAMS’ LOGOS WERE ALSO DISPLAYED RABOW LORS.  THE SAN FRANCIS 49ERS ANNOUNCED MONTH-LONG PLANS TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH THROUGHOUT JUNE, CLUDG A GENRLS CLOTHG LE WHICH 100% OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BENEF LOL LGBTQ+ ANIZATNS.  ON JUNE 22, THE TEAM WILL HOLD THE 2021 49ERS PRIDE LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM SPORTS PANEL FEATURG PROFSNAL ATHLET AND SPORTS PERSONALI LIKE KIMBERLY CHEXNAYR, FALLON FOX AND KURTIS GABRIEL. THE PANEL WILL DISCS THE NORMALIZATN OF LGBTQ+ ATHLET AND THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENC AS OUT AND ALLIED PERSONS SPORTS, THE TEAM SAID. THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS TEAMED UP WH FELLOW SPORTS TEAMS THE CY TO DRIVE SUPPORT FOR LOL LGBTQ+-OWNED SMALL BS AND GENR-CLIVE YOUTH SPORTS. "WE'RE PROUD TO PROMOTE ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENS," THE TEAM WROTE A POST.  FORMER NFL PLAYER RYAN O’CALLAGHAN, WHO PLAYED WH THE NEW ENGLAND PATRTS AND KANSAS CY CHIEFS, ME OUT AS GAY A 2017 STORY PUBLISHED BY OUTSPORTS — A SPORTS NEWS SE FOCG ON LGBT ISSU AND PERSONALI. HE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT THE NFL’S SUPPORT OF PRI MONTH IS IMPORTANT WNG HEARTS AND MDS AMID SOME NEGATIVE MENTS ONLE. "THE RPONSE SHOWS PEOPLE’S LACK OF UNRSTANDG AND IGNORANCE," O’CALLAGHAN SAID. "I’M GLAD THE NFL DO . SMALL GTUR LIKE THAT ADD UP." O’CALLAGHAN HID HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN THROUGHOUT HIS FOOTBALL REER. HE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT HE HAD CID TO PLAY THE SPORT, CLUDG LLEGE AT THE UNIVERSY OF CALIFORNIA—BERKELEY, A LARGE PART TO HI HIS SEXUALY.⁣ RELATED: BIN PROCLAIMS JUNE AS "LGBTQ+ PRI MONTH," EXPOUNDG S CREATN AND HISTORY PRI MONTH, WHICH IS NOW CELEBRATED BY LGBTQ+ MUNI AND ALLI ALL OVER THE WORLD, STEMS OM THE TRAGEDY OF THE STONEWALL RTS.  IN JUNE OF 1969, PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS OF A POPULAR GAY BAR NEW YORK CY, LLED THE STONEWALL INN, STAGED AN UPRISG DURG A ROUTE POLICE RAID, ACRDG TO THE NYC LGBT HISTORIC S PROJECT. THE DAYS-LONG NFLICT MARKED THE BEGNG OF A MORN MOVEMENT TO OUTLAW DISCRIMATORY LAWS AND PRACTIC AGAST LGBTQ AMERINS. THE FIRST PRI PARAS WERE HELD A YEAR AFTER THE UPRISG, ATTRACTG THOANDS OF PARTICIPANTS. TODAY, THOANDS OF PRI PARAS, MARCH AND FTIVALS ARE HELD AROUND THE WORLD. THE MONTH-LONG CELEBRATN AIMS TO BOTH UPLIFT THOSE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND SERV AS A PH TO ACHIEVE EQUAL JTICE AND OPPORTUNI. PRINT JOE BIN ON TUDAY OFFICIALLY CLARED JUNE 2021 AS "LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH" AFTER SIGNG A PROCLAMATN. RELATED: CELEBRATE PRI MONTH 2021 WH THE LGBTQ MOVI AND SHOWS THAT ARE EE TO STREAM THIS STORY WAS REPORTED OM CCNATI. BREAKING NEWS

Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib released a vio on social media Monday statg he's gay, makg him the first active NFL player to reveal that they're gay.

I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " the 28-year-old Nassib said. After two seasons wh the Tampa Bay Bucneers, he signed wh the Rairs 2020 for a three-year al worth $25 Universy of Missouri lebacker Michael Sam 2014 beme the first openly-gay player to be drafted by an NFL team when the Rams selected him.

Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib set a precent earlier this year by beg the first active player NFL history to e out as gay — and now he’s one of the first players NFL history to dite a pair of ctom cleats to an LGBTQ+ reported by OutSports, Nassib and Cleveland Browns fullback Johnny Stanton both signed cleats LGBTQ+ lors for the NFL’s annual My Cse My Cleats iative, which was found 2016 to help players fundraise for their favore . I appreciate the [Cleveland Browns] for supportg me the e to end homophobia and transphobia sports, ” Stanton wrote on the bt of what’s queer.

LAS VEGAS RAIRS LEMAN CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

In fact, the Rairs legendary offensive tackle, former head ach and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame is a b surprised that has taken this long for an active player to e out as gay.

Shell said he thks Davis and other players on the team durg his era would have accepted a gay teammate bee the Rairs were such a close-kn fay and everyone was enuraged to be their te selv.

“We heard thgs that a uple or a few of the guys may have been (gay) over the years, ” Shell said. Former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan, who played wh the New England Patrts and Kansas Cy Chiefs, me out as gay a 2017 story published by Outsports — a sports news se focg on LGBT issu and personali.

GAY AND BI FORMER NFL PLAYERS EXCED TO SEE CARL NASSIB TAKE THE FIELD FOR RAIRS

In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of a popular gay bar New York Cy, lled the Stonewall Inn, staged an uprisg durg a route police raid, acrdg to the NYC LGBT Historic S Project.

Print Joe Bin on Tuday officially clared June 2021 as "Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month" after signg a proclamatn.

GAY PRI CALENDAR

“I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” Nassib said his vio msage om his home Wt Chter, Pennsylvania. Burke has been a major proponent of LGBTQ rights for more than a sce his late son Brendan me out as gay.

“Proud to support Carl and his cisn to e out as the first active gay player the NFL, ” Burke said. “Congrats to Carl Nassib on g out that’s a big step, I thk that most players are ncerned if you n play or not, ” Merriman a post sayg he was proud of Nassib, Hall of Famer Warren Moon said he played wh several gay football players a storied pro reer that spanned om 1978 to 2000 but none were “fortable enough to go public.

RAIRS FENSIVE END CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

”More than a dozen NFL players have e out as gay after their reers were Universy of Missouri fensive star Michael Sam was the first openly gay football player ever selected the NFL draft, gog the seventh round to the then-St. Carl Nassib is gettg more fortable on the football field every day as he adjts to life as the NFL’s first openly gay active player.

RAIRS DL CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER

“Today, I feel better, ” Nassib said on Friday morng his first ssn wh media members sce his June announcement that he is gay. However, the 28 year old spent his first five NFL seasons — cludg 2020, his first as a Rair — not sharg wh his ach, teammat and the public that he is gay.

“It will be emotnal, hugely emotnal, ” Kopay, 79, said of what he’s expectg Monday night as he ss at his home Los Angel watchg Nassib take the field for the Las Vegas Rairs as the first openly gay player NFL history on an active roster. Kopay has waed a long time to see an openly gay player actn, havg end his ne-year NFL reer 1972 and then g out as gay 1975. In all, there have been 16 gay or bi players NFL history, and 10 have played a regular season game.

RAIRS’ FENSIVE END CARL NASSIB MAK HISTORY AS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

At some pot Monday night, Nassib will bee the first to do wh the entire world knowg he’s gay. Jeff Rohrer, a former Dallas Cowboys lebacker who me out as gay 2018, also reflected on the impact of this moment. “Carl’s first game the NFL as an openly gay man is a landmark for the league, ” Rohrer said.

“Although this story is historil and important to all of the LBGTQ muny … I agree wh Carl that the bt days are still to e when a human beg beg gay no matter what they do... What spir Rohrer is that those opposed to someone gay playg openly the NFL are part of a shrkg base that is growg ever smaller at a fast pace. “Me g out changed a lot of mds on gay acceptance.

“He’s done so much for gay muny. Our gay events gui ntas a full round-up of the biggt and.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER ON ACTIVE NFL ROSTER

Ever sce Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay, the support around the league for him has been extraordary, pecially om his teammat. Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay on Monday, beg the first active player the Natnal Football League to do so. "Jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said an Instagram vio.

In 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by the NFL but was cut by the St.

Rairs fensive leman Carl Nassib ma history on Monday eveng, g out as the first active NFL player to e out as gay.