Jags' Maxen is first male Amerin pro sports ach to e out as gay - ESPN

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• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

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

The history and ongog engagement of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) Amerins sport and leisure cultur is varied and diverse, and often reflects the ebbs and flows of openns to genr and sexual diversy mastream culture.

Particularly profsnal and top-level sports, LGBTQ athlet have stggled wh beg publicly gay and/or transgenr, and how that f to mastream sport culture. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

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. The overall msage om the fdgs was that hostily toward gay men and lbians exists on nearly all teams and at all the se study s. Ironilly, this assumptn has enabled our muny to accept openly gay athlet ahead of other sports, many of which still stggle wh tense homophobia.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

More than half of gay, lbian or bisexual sport participants nceal their sexualy om their team/club and report feelg unwele. In this regard scholars have chewed ias about women and men as homogeneo tegori, and have regnized and examed difference and diversy people’s genred sportg experienc at the level of the subject and terms of stutnal polics and practice. -- 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 '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.

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS

Markets Enomics Indtri Tech AI Polics Wealth Pursus Opn Bsweek Equaly Green CyLab Crypto Report tails homophobia armed forc om 1967 to 2000UK to accept advice to rtore medals, exame pensn rightsRishi Sunak on July 19. Ratcliffe/BloombergJuly 19, 2023 at 7:05 AM EDTUpdated on July 19, 2023 at 8:46 AM EDTPrime Mister Rishi Sunak apologized for the UK’s historic treatment of gay veterans followg a damng report tailg electric shock nversn therapy, sexual asslts and blackmail suffered by personnel over s. The Parliamentary Assembly believ that homophobia sport should be bated on the same grounds as racism and other forms of discrimatn and mak specific remendatns to member stat, to sports anisatns and to the Commtee of Misters.

Gays and lbians pla that they are at a disadvantage when to their participatn sports activi both regular sports anisatns and at school.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

The Assembly believ that homophobia sport, both among participants and their relatns wh spectators, should be bated on the same grounds as racism and other forms of discrimatn. Clu homophobia and abive language directed at gays and lbians as grounds for accatn of discrimatn and harassment for sexual orientatn;. Make homophobic chantg and other homophobic abe an offence agast their nstutns, as is already beg done for xenophobic and racist chantg and other abe;.