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Contents:

• FORMER BROWNS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, MAKG NFL HISTORY
• FORMER BROWNS DE CARL NASSIB FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• FORMER BROWNS’ DE CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE IS GAY. WHY THIS IS NEWS......
• CLEVELAND BROWNS' BEN GAY GETS HIS LIFE BACK ON TRACK FOR THE SAKE OF HIS CHILD
• BROWNS PLAYOFF ACH MIKE PRIEFER ONCE SAID ‘NE’ THE GAYS, SAID WAS A JOKE
• BROWNS RELEASE POPULAR RUNNG BACK BEN GAY
• MICHAEL SAM SAGA MIGHT KEEP OTHER GAY NFL HOPEFULS OM G OUT, FORMER EXEC SAYS
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB, A FORMER BROWN, FIRST ACTIVE PLAYER NFL HISTORY TO E OUT AS GAY
• OLL BECKHAM JR. NOT BOTHERED BY PEOPLE SPECULATG HE IS GAY
• RAIRS FENSIVE END AND FORMER BROWNS DRAFT PICK CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY

FORMER BROWNS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, MAKG NFL HISTORY

From his home Wt Chter, Pennsylvania, fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to announce he is gay. The first openly gay player to be drafted to the NFL was Michael Sam, back 2014, although he retired om the league one year later and did not play a game.

His passn stems om the experienc of his uncle, Olympic hopeful Patrick Stanton, who didn’t feel fortable g out as gay until after his athletic reer was over. ” It’s nice when athlet say they would accept a gay teammate and not treat them differently.

FORMER BROWNS DE CARL NASSIB FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

“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. ”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.

Yterday, Nassib, a member of the Las Vegas Rairs’ fense, announced on his Instagram acunt that he was gay. He is not the first sports figure to be known as beg gay. In the history of the NFL, there hasn’t been a sgle announced gay player that has appeared a regular season game.

FORMER BROWNS’ DE CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE IS GAY. WHY THIS IS NEWS......

The first NFL player to be known as beg gay was nng back Dave Kopay who played om 1964-1972 wh one of his seasons wh the Green Bay Packers. Lombardi had a bld eye to both race and orientatn, and had a brother who was gay.

Lombardi was known for havg zero tolerance towards racial slurs as well as homophobic disparagement.

Kopay formerly announced beg gay his 1977 bgraphy The David Kopay Story. Tight end Jerry Smh, who played for the Washgton Redsks om 1965-1977, was later learned of beg gay after he retired. His double life as a star athlete pl a closeted gay man is portrayed the NFL Network documentary A Football Life – Jerry Smh.

CLEVELAND BROWNS' BEN GAY GETS HIS LIFE BACK ON TRACK FOR THE SAKE OF HIS CHILD

In recent memory, Michael Sam is famo for his announcement of beg gay. After pletg his llege football reer, Sam publicly announced that he was gay prr to the upg NFL draft.

Louis Rams and th beme the first publicly gay player to be drafted to the NFL.

Sam then played for the Montreal Alouett the CFL and beme the first openly gay player to play a regular-season game that league. The NFL appears to be fairly ready for a gay man to play to the regular season and beyond. In this story:Jacksonville JaguarsJaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen beme the first publicly-known male ach Amerin men’s profsnal sports to e out as gay Thursday.Maxen spoke wh Outsports to share his journey and why he’s choosg to e out publicly.“I don’t want to feel like I have to thk about anymore,” Maxen said.

BROWNS PLAYOFF ACH MIKE PRIEFER ONCE SAID ‘NE’ THE GAYS, SAID WAS A JOKE

I want to be vol support of people livg how they want to live, but I also want to jt live and not feel fear about how people will react.”Maxen, who has been wh his partner Nick for over two years, exprsed that the ntued support om the people around him helped him feel fortable to share his news.“It wasn’t until recently—and wh the immense love and support of my fay, my iends, lleagu and peers, and the urage and sacrifice om my partner—that I realized I have the right and rponsibily to love and be loved, and that maybe sharg this will hopefully give someone else the strength to accept their own life and take ntrol of their own story,” Maxen said.Maxen also noted that he reached out to Carl Nassib, who is the only known gay NFL player the league right now, back Feb. The Browns’ head ach on Sunday will be special teams ach Mike Priefer, who was spend by the Mnota Vikgs 2014 for makg an anti-gay ment to then-punter Chris Kluwe. Kluwe, long an advote for same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights, sued the team and reached a settlement 2014 after claimg he was released by the team for his views and specifilly sgled out Priefer for what he said was a history of anti-gay ments, cludg one sayg, “We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then ne until glows” durg a special teams meetg.

BROWNS RELEASE POPULAR RUNNG BACK BEN GAY

Durg a 2014 vtigatn, Priefer at first nied makg any anti-gay ments but then admted to sayg “ne” the gays 2012 after beg told that Vikgs long snapper Cullen Loeffler had rroborated the remark. In 2012, Priefer, fendg himself, said, “I personally have gay fay members who I love and support jt as I do any fay member.

CLEVELAND (AP) - The Cleveland Browns on Wednday released Ben Gay, the backup nng back wh a troubled past who beme an stant cult hero wh fans last ach Butch Davis said that he released Gay (pictured, above) bee the team had too many nng backs after selectg Boston College's William Green the first round of the NFL draft. "Ben Gay showed flash of the talents we knew he posssed, he gave versatily wh his nng and kick returng abili and he helped play a role on last year's team, " Davis Browns also signed offensive leman Shn O'Hara, fensive end Derrick Ham and lebacker Anthony Denman to one-year, 22, signed wh the Browns three days before trag mp last season. The NFL still hasn’t field an openly gay player durg a regular-season game.

MICHAEL SAM SAGA MIGHT KEEP OTHER GAY NFL HOPEFULS OM G OUT, FORMER EXEC SAYS

6 percent of Amerins as eher gay or lbian, ’s likely that closeted draft prospects or veteran players have crossed the NFL radar sce Sam ma his proclamatn three years ago. MORE: Openly gay athlet. MORE: Michael Sam told he's "not gay enough" and "not black enough".

Sam later tried the Canadian Football League and beme s first openly gay player to appear a regular-season game, but he ultimately left the Montreal Alouett for personal reasons. -founr Cyd Zeigler sists the only reason Sam didn’t make a 53-man NFL roster is bee he is gay. Banner said the Browns already “thought we knew” Sam was gay before his announcement was ma.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB, A FORMER BROWN, FIRST ACTIVE PLAYER NFL HISTORY TO E OUT AS GAY

Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman Carl Nassib, a former player for the Cleveland Browns, beme the first active NFL player history to announce that he is gay. I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. ” It is a natnal anizatn that provis crisis terventn and suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng young people unr the age of Nassib ma the announcement, NFL Commissner Roger Godll released the followg statement via an NFL spokperson on Twter:.

Says he was not offend by people speculatg that he is gay, a mor that got turbocharged 2015 when var Carola Panthers ed gay slurs agast him a game when he was wh the New York Giants. They’d ll you “exced” a hot-tub photo wh your teammat or simply jt say you’re gay.

OLL BECKHAM JR. NOT BOTHERED BY PEOPLE SPECULATG HE IS GAY

I have iends who are gay. GQ: I feel like posts like that only ntribute to homophobia the black muny.

The ia that someone mt be gay — or that beg gay is any way shameful — bee they’re dancg or have blond hair seems so small-md.

RAIRS FENSIVE END AND FORMER BROWNS DRAFT PICK CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY

Beckham never f what his sexual orientatn is, though I assume he is sayg he is not gay, pecially sce he says earlier the terview: “You never hear about the woman I’m datg or anythg like that.