Jacksonville Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen be first male ach major U.S. pro league to e out as gay - CBS News

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• 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 MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
• NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• NFL SHAR NEW VIO THAT SAYS ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’
• NFL COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
• JAGS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE NFL COACH TO PUBLICLY COME OUT AS GAY
• BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'

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

Football is gay. Acrdg to a report OutSports, the vio -- entled Football Is for Everyone -- is meant not jt to support Carl Nassib, the first active NFL player to e out as gay, but also let other players, as well as LGBTQ+ fans, know they're jt as important and wele.

"The first le to which Rapoport refers is the simple "football is gay" that appears on the screen to open the vio. "More than merely enuragg the LGBTQ+ muny to rema part of the league's fan base, the vio is also a statement on jt how far the league has progrsed on the issue of gay athlet. "Nassib famoly me out as gay a post to Instagram last week that has sce gone viral.

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

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. The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars strength ach, Kev Maxen, has e out as gay — makg him the first male ach a U.

While Maxen is believed to be the first male ach to have e out publicly as gay, there have been a few female ach U. When to players, there have only been 16 the history of the NFL to e out as gay or bisexual as of September 2022, per Outsports. -- 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 suatns.It'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."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon.

NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others. Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice. The NFL has released a new vio that clar “football is gay” durg Pri Month.

The vio one week after Las Vegas Rairs player Carl Nassib me out as gay on social media, makg him the first active NFL player to do so. The vio  a week after Las Vegas Rairs player Carl Nassib me out as gay on social media.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

In the NFL’s new vio, whe text cross the screen, readg, “Football is gay. CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY. StatsRegular SeasonCareerESPN Fantasy Projectn: Gay beme one of the league's hight-paid kickers durg the offseason, signg wh the Colts after three seasons wh the Rams.

Gay nailed 28-of-30 field goals (93.3%) 2022 and, cludg the playoffs, is 86-of-94 (91.5%) sce 2020.

Gay has also been a fantasy star sce enterg the league 2019. Gay fished fifth 2021 and hung on for 14th 2022 spe the Rams' offensive wo. NFL Coach Kev Maxen Com Out as GayKev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, me out as gay an exclive terview wh Cyd Zeigler of Outsports.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

He is believed to be the first out gay male ach the NFL and men’s profsnal sports.

Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen beme the first publicly-known male ach Amerin men’s profsnal sports to e out as gay spoke wh Outsports to share his journey and why he’s choosg to e out publicly. “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 also noted that he reached out to Carl Nassib, who is the only known gay NFL player the league right now, back Feb. NFL star Carl Nassib is speakg ndidly a new terview about the impact of beg the first openly gay active player the league.

NFL SHAR NEW VIO THAT SAYS ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’

My whole thg is, I'm a football player who is gay.

' Bee all anyone's gonna remember about me is that I'm gay, " he said of his thkg at the time.

NFL COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

I don't choose every day to be gay. And this rare terview — only his send sce g out — Nassib said the only reason he's talkg about beg gay is to ntue supportg the Trevor Project, a nonprof aimed at helpg LGBTQ youth wh suici preventn and crisis unselg.

JAGS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE NFL COACH TO PUBLICLY COME OUT AS GAY

I had started transng llege durg my sophomore year. Throughout his NFL reer and time playg football at Cal, O’Callaghan hid he was gay, assumg everyone football would reject him if they knew. He didn’t thk he uld ever live as an out gay man.

BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'

Another popular meme has been potg out that another team’s fans are so gay (bee beg gay is bad) that they mt love Pri month:. “It’s a shame for people to reject the NFL for embracg the gay muny, ” Rohrer said. “The gay muny is a huge supporter of all sports, there are a lot of gay athlet every sport, football beg one of them.

It mak no sense for people to be upset at the league for showg some pri and rpect for the ex-players the NFL who are gay. O’Callaghan was quick to pot out that, while ’s important to ntue to pot to rners of homophobic nonsense sports, this don’t mean a gay NFL player would be rejected by the league, s teams or most fans. “A lot of people are gog to say this is proof pro sports aren’t ready for gay athlet, but I thk ’s proof the NFL is ready, ” O’Callaghan said.

The terms of the rolutn between Snyr and the NFL on that issue rema rigned October 2021 after the Wall Street Journal and the New York Tim published emails sent to the team acunt of Bce Allen, Washgton’s former team print, which Gn ed racist, homophobic and misogynistic language over approximately seven years of rrponnce while he worked for ESPN.