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

10yo gay boy

Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer.

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FIVE YEARS OLD AND GAY RURAL, WTERN KANSAS

Here was my boy actg on his feelgs, givg a gift to another boy he thought was attractive. But as much as I thought was adorable, I also dread moments like the, bee as the father of a gay child, the only thg that really worri me is other people's potential reactns to him. * 10yo gay boy *

My son is gay, but he is also 9, so he is not the "ltful ckmonster" (thank you for that turn of phrase, Chris Kluwe) that so many homophob try to pat all gay people as. And another word on your ternal monologue: My unfortablens has nothg to do wh him beg gay.

But as much as I thought was adorable, I also dread moments like the, bee as the father of a gay child, the only thg that really worri me is other people's potential reactns to him: Will he say or do the wrong thg to the wrong person? He will be enterg the highly macho world of high school soon enough, and that is not always a safe place for gay kids to be.

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

A gay man fondly rells his first homosexual experience ral, wtern Kansas at five years old which end wh unhappy effects. * 10yo gay boy *

But luckily, I didn't have to worry what this high-school boy might thk, sce I know that my -laws and niec have a "no homophob allowed" policy when to their iends. For my son, unlike how 's been for so many who have e before him, beg gay is not somethg to al wh but somethg that is, like his beg tall or havg giant feet. He don't thk of his "gay issu"; he jt knows what he lik, and now he is actg on .

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* 10YO GAY BOY

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

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