Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen out as gay a first for US-based pro leagu | AP News

Contents:

• MANLY SEA EAGL ACH APOLOGIS FOR HANDLG OF GAY PRI JERSEYS AS SEVEN REFE TO PLAY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• GAYT PLAC IN NEW JERSEY FOR 2020

MANLY SEA EAGL ACH APOLOGIS FOR HANDLG OF GAY PRI JERSEYS AS SEVEN REFE TO PLAY

”Ian Roberts, the former Manly player who 1995 as a Sea Eagle beme the first NRL player to publicly e out as gay, said he was “heartbroken” at the suatn but later weled the club’s apology. He wasn’t the first gay man to play gby league – I’ll give the tip – he was the first to have urage to e out and pave the way for others to do so. Manly Sea Eagl ach D Hasler has apologised over the club's handlg of the cln of rabow lours on the club jersey, sayg was a "signifint mistake" pots:Seven players will boytt Thursday's game over the gay pri shirtHasler says the club's executn of the iative was "poor"Manly will face the Roosters on Thursday wh a greatly dispted siSeven players are boyttg their NRL match on Thursday over their team's cisn to wear a gay pri jersey.

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

(AAP: Dan Himbrechts and Jam Gourley)Ian Roberts, a Manly legend and the first NRL player to e out openly as gay  1995, praised the "thenticy and scery" of Hasler and Cherry-Evans's said was "wonrful" the club would still wear the pri jersey this week and that he had been nsulted about the plan several weeks ago. " Ian Roberts was the first openly gay player the NRL.

In 1995, Ian Roberts beme the first gby league player to e out as gay. As an olr gay man, this isn’t unfaiar.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

"It has been reported the players ncerned won't be attendg the match for fear of vlent NRL's cln policy, perhaps more than any other sport, lists the many aspects and labels that n divi muni:"The NRL is mted to beg an clive anisatn that is open to all members of the Atralian muny regardls of age, race, relign, lour, scent, natnaly, ethnic orig, genr, sexualy, maral stat, stat as a parent, disabily or HIV/AIDS stat or other attribut that n lead to people feelg exclud or isolated" league is the sport, and Manly is the club, where Atralia's first profsnal male footballer me out as a gay man back 1995.

Ian Roberts was the first openly gay player the NRL when he me out 1995.

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

MELBOURNE, July 28 (Rters) - Manly Sea Eagl players who boytted Thursday's match agast Sydney Roosters rather than play a pri jersey have agreed to wear the shirt om next season as long as they are nsulted the procs, owner and chairman Stt Penn told Atralian players - Josh Aloiai, Jason Saab, Christian Tuipulotu, Josh Schter, Hmole Olak'atu, Tolut Koula and Toafofoa Sipley - stood down om the Natnal Rugby League match rather than wear the jersey, which has rabow bands replacg the team's whe strip, symbolisg cisn to boytt, which Manly ach D Hasler said was taken on "relig and cultural" grounds, drew cricism om LGBTQ groups and the club's first openly gay player Ian said the players' ma issue was not the jersey self but the lack of nsultatn regardg their stance.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

"They add that police had received no formal reports of threats ma toward players, most of whom are Polynian Christians, have been brand bigots and homophobic on social media. Not a peep of prott about welg gay people to gby league – that go too far.

No man is beg pelled to n around wh the words “I like gay sex” on his is simply a msage that everyone is wele gby rejectg , the players are treatg those youngsters wh srn.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

They should not face sanctn or refal to wear a jersey sign imposed on them by their club, while disappotg, is distct om what Fol did, gog out of his way to post putrid, nontatnal msag to gay people.

GAYT PLAC IN NEW JERSEY FOR 2020

“WARNING homosexuals, HELL AWAITS YOU, ” for example. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. 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. LGBTQIA+ reprentatn men's sportAlthough roughly one 25 Atralians intify as part of the LGBTQIA+ muny, there are currently no openly gay male players the NRL, a group that totals more than 500 people across 17 is not unique to gby league: Atralia's top five domtic men's petns – the AFL, NRL, Big Bash, A-League Men and NBL – jt one active player, Josh Cavallo of Alai Uned, is openly trend extends to men's sports leagu elsewhere the world, wh only a handful of current athlet such as Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Rairs and Le Prokop of the Nashville Predators open about their sexuali.