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• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO DO SO
• CARL NASSIB OUT AS 1ST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY HISTORIC NFL MOMENT
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS
• RAIRS FENSIVE END CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• 'THE NFL NEED THIS': HOW CARL NASSIB'S G OUT AS GAY N CHANGE FOOTBALL AND SOCIETY
• RAIRS' CARL NASSIB BE THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS OPENLY GAY
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
• LAS VEGAS RAIRS LEMAN CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• NFL ASSISTANT ACH OUT AS GAY
• RAIRS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, FIRST ACTIVE PLAYER NFL HISTORY
• LAS VEGAS RAIRS' CARL NASSIB OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER
• NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY N.F.L. PLAYER, HAS BEEN A FOOTBALL EVERYMAN
• RAIRS’ NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

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

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.

Carl Nassib #94 of the Las Vegas Rairs celebrat a 31-26 w over the Los Angel Chargers at SoFi Stadium on November 08, 2020 Inglewood, How | Getty ImagLas Vegas Rairs fensive leman Carl Nassib announced on Monday that he is gay, beg the first player on an active Natnal Football League roster to e out. "I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said an Instagram post. We wish Carl the bt of luck this g season, " NFL Commissner Roger Gooll said a 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be selected the NFL draft when the St.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO DO SO

Sam was cut jt before the regular season Colls, who is now retired, beme the first active openly gay NBA player 2013. NFL player Carl Nassib ma history Monday by announcg that he's gay. Did seem possible for me to say publicly and proudly that I'm gay, " he wrote.

CARL NASSIB OUT AS 1ST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER

Universy of Missouri fensive end Michael Sam me out as gay 2014 before the St.

Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib on Monday beme the first active NFL playerto e out as gay. I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. 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.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY HISTORIC NFL MOMENT

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. Carl Nassib, a fensive leman wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay. He said a statement acpanyg the vio that he had agonized over the cisn to announce he was gay for 15 years.

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.

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

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.

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. Former Dallas Cowboys lebacker Jeff Rohrer said Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib uld change the world after beg the first active openly gay NFL player.

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

He played the NFL om 1982 to 1989, and 2018, he me out as gay when he beme what was believed to be the first former or current NFL player to enter to a same-sex marriage.

It really do help for anyone the untry who is currently closeted or fac homophobia. "He's gog to be asked qutns about beg gay now until the end of his reer.

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

Beg gay that environment embedd homophobia is not easy. " Michael Sam me out as gay before beg selected the seventh round of the 2014 NFL draft but never played a game the NFL.

Former Kansas State player Stt Frantz, the first Power 5 llege football player to pete while openly gay, told USA TODAY Sports he msaged Nassib to exprs his gratu: "Thanks for dog what you did. " "Comg out as gay is gog to ntue to be a big al or news story for athlet until 's a regular occurrence, " said Ryan O'Callaghan, who me out after retirg 2017. "Players feel that all of the sudn mararie wh several players disappear bee of beg gay.

Bee fai have disowned players when they e out, and people act ways that are so sadly disappotg when they hear you're gay. But spe homophobic language still prevalent locker room culture, Saraf said, teammat probably won't be a ncern for Nassib. Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib me out today, makg him the NFL’s only openly gay player.

'THE NFL NEED THIS': HOW CARL NASSIB'S G OUT AS GAY N CHANGE FOOTBALL AND SOCIETY

“I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” Nassib said a vio he posted on his verified Instagram acunt.

”Nassib also announced that he is donatg $100, 000 to the Trevor Project, a nonprof anizatn that foc on suici preventn programs for LGBT openly gay player has ever played a regular-season NFL game. Michael Sam me out as gay before the 2014 NFL draft, was drafted by the Rams and played for them the preason, but he did not make a regular season roster.

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RAIRS' CARL NASSIB BE THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

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I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS OPENLY GAY

Player to publicly clare that he is gay. “I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” Nassib said a vio posted to his Instagram acunt.

I actually hope that like one day vios like this and the whole g-out procs are jt not necsary, but until then I’m gog to do my bt and my part to cultivate a culture that’s acceptg, that’s passnate, ” before addg that he would donate $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, a nonprof group that foc on suici preventn efforts among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and qutng youth.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST

L., and mak him the first openly gay active player the league’s 101-year history.

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

“Sports are, many ways, one of the last bastns of a place where homophobia n thrive, ” said Cathy Renna, a spokwoman for the Natnal L. ”Michael Sam, an all-Amerin fensive leman at Missouri, had been viewed as the most likely to acquire that distctn when he announced he is gay before he beg chosen by the Rams the seventh round of the 2014 N.

The Dallas Cowboys signed Sam to their practice squad, but he never played a regular season Otero/Associated PrsSam’s draft stat was seen as a barometer of whether the climate of men’s pro sports was beg more acceptg of gay athlet, particularly bee Febary 2014 the N.

NFL ASSISTANT ACH OUT AS GAY

Had jt bee the first of the four tradnal major Amerin men’s sports leagu to have an openly gay active player when Jason Colls joed the Sam left the N.

Players had prevly announced publicly that they were gay, but all after their playg reers were over. David Kopay beme the first pro football player to publicly e out as gay 1975, three years after he retired.

He played for ne seasons wh the San Francis 49ers and four other teams the 1960s and 1970s, and has sce bee an activist and an ambassador for the Gay Gam, a quadrennial sportg Simmons was the send former player to announce that he was gay, dog so 1992 after his reer wh the Giants and Washgton Football Team had end. Simmons also said he never would have clared himself gay durg the four seasons he played for the N. ”In recent years, the league has publicly supported Pri Month through promotnal efforts like changg official social media avatars to clu rabows and supportg the You Can Play Project, which provis rourc to enurage clivy youth sports, even as some players have ma rogatory statements about gay people wh ltle penalty or supported groups that oppose gay Wewerka for The New York TimIn 2013, Chris Culliver of the San Francis 49ers and Chris Clemons of the Seattle Seahawks ma offensive ments when asked about the prospect of havg a gay teammate.

RAIRS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, FIRST ACTIVE PLAYER NFL HISTORY

“Got no gay people on the team, ” Culliver said. ”San Francis nng back Garrison Hearst apologized 2002 for g a slur and sayg he wouldn’t want a gay player as a teammate.

His ment me after the former Mnota Vikgs player Esera Tuaolo publicly me out as gay that year after he had retired.

LAS VEGAS RAIRS' CARL NASSIB OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER

Players like Brendon Ayanbajo, who played wh the Baltimore Ravens, fend same-sex marriage and gay rights and supported Sam at the time. Player to Announce He’s Gay.

NASSIB BE 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.

CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY N.F.L. PLAYER, HAS BEEN A FOOTBALL EVERYMAN

Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman Carl Nassib announced Monday that he’s gay, makg him the first active NFL player history to e out.

“I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. Lbian, gay and bisexual youth ntemplate suici at almost three tim the rate of straight youth and are almost five tim as likely to have attempted suici, acrdg to a 2016 study. ”The announcement will mark the first time an openly gay or bisexual player has actively plays an NFL regular season game.

RAIRS’ NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

Dave Kopay was the first NFL player to e out, 1975, after retirg om a ne-year reer as a nng back wh several 2014, former Missouri fensive leman Michael Sam ma headl for g out as gay. Sam, who was named a first-team All-Amerin after the 2013 season, was eligible for the 2014 NFL draft and was expected to be the first active openly gay player the league’s history. The leman was the first openly gay player to be drafted to the league, and, spe wng one of the biggt honors llege football, Sam was picked 249th the seventh round of the 2014 draft by the St.

“For now, there is no other explanatn for the llective snub of Sam: NFL team ont offic are not treatg Michael Sam equally simply bee he’s openly gay, ” Outsports -founr Cyd Zeigler wrote at the his post on Monday, Nassib said he feels “pecially thankful to have had so much support when many who me before — and many even now — do not. In an Instagram post shared on Monday afternoon, the football player and Rairs leman me out as gay, makg him the first active gay player Natnal Football League history to e out while signed to a team.

I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. 5 sacks his reer, and last year rerd his first he is the first active player the NFL to e out, Nassib is not the first active gay player. OutSports reports there have been 15 known gay players the NFL over the years.