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

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• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• 'HE LOVED EVERYBODY': ALABAMA MUNY PICKS UP PIEC AFTER BULLIED GAY TEEN TAK HIS OWN LIFE, FAY SAYS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• FEATURED FANFICTN
• A TE STORY OF GAY BULLYG TURNS PREACHY THE MARK WAHLBERG MOVIE ‘JOE BELL’

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

-- 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 '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. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

'HE LOVED EVERYBODY': ALABAMA MUNY PICKS UP PIEC AFTER BULLIED GAY TEEN TAK HIS OWN LIFE, FAY SAYS

An Alabama muny is reelg after the shockg ath of a high school hman who took his own life after his fay says he experienced anti-gay bullyg at Shelby, a 15-year-old at Huntsville High School northern Alabama, killed himself on April 18, leavg those who loved him wh qutns about how his ath uld have been Shelby, his mother, remembered him as a vibrant, outgog and fun-lovg child who would do anythg he uld to make others se. "Speakg a phone terview wh ABC News, Shelby said Nigel was openly gay and had trouble acceptg himself.

'"Nigel's ath highlights an alarmg realy: nearly 43 percent of gay, lbian and bisexual high school stunts have serly nsired attemptg suici, pared to about 15 percent of their heterosexual unterparts, acrdg to a 2015 natnal survey of more than 15, 000 stunts nducted by the Centers for Disease Control and McBri, a spokperson for the Human Rights Campaign which nsirs self the "largt natnal lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer civil rights anizatn, " said young members of the LGBTQ muny, pecially those of lor, are more likely to die by suici lked to social stigmas, fay rejectn, bullyg, harassment or abe. "It's important for to realize the poundg impacts of anti-LGBTQ bias and racism, " McBri said a phone people who intify wh margalized muni, particularly LGBTQ people of lor, are at greater risks "for dangero and sometim tragic out" due to poundg stggl wh transphobia, homophobia, racism and cultural stigma, acrdg to McBri. What we see rerc the urgency of actn, the urgency of the issu and the urgent need for more non-discrimatn protectns, " she Shelby, a 15-year-old om Northern Alabama, died by suici last Thursday, April 18, ShelbyMcBri said 's important to speak to teenagers -- pecially those who intify as gay, lbian or transgenr -- about mental health servic, prsn and suici-awarens programs.

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

"The CDC survey showed more than 34% of gay, lbian and bisexual teens reported beg bullied on school property wh the prev 12 months, pared to about 19% of their heterosexual peers. Separately, more than 60% of stunts who intified as gay, lbian or bisexual reported feelg sad or hopels, pared to about 27 percent of straight stunts. A GoFundMe mpaign created Nigel's honor raised more than $39, 000 ls than 10 days as social media ers shared their own stori about ntemplatg suici and endurg anti-gay young boy's mom said the loss of her only child is too h to post about, but she plans to share never-before seen imag and vios to his Instagram acunt later on, so people n "see his te personaly.

GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG

Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologised for the UK's historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the follows a damng report tailg "a vivid picture of overt homophobia at all levels of the armed forc". The 268-page dossier found "shockg evince of a culture of homophobia, and of bullyg, blackmail and sexual asslts", as well as "abive vtigatns to sexual orientatn and sexual preference, disgraceful medil examatns, cludg nversn therapy, peremptory discharg" said the treatment of victims had "appallg nsequenc terms of mental health and wellbeg, homelsns, employment, personal relatnships and fancial hardship" ernment-missned pennt review to the service and experience of LGBT veterans who served the armed forc between 1967 and 2000 was rried out by Lord Etherton, former master of the rolls and head of civil jtice, was published on Wednday.

"As today's report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

"Today, we strongly wele this apology om the Prime Mister as a regnn of their historic mistreatment, " he review also remend an "appropriate fancial award" should be ma to veterans affected by the pre-2000 ban on homosexualy the armed said: "An appropriate fancial award should be ma to affected veterans notwhstandg the expiry of ligatn time lims. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

Gay bullyg and gay bashg are actns that hurt all. A rash of gay suicis 2011 prov how adly gay bullyg n be. Gay bullyg statistics dite that gay teens are two-to-three tim more likely to m suici than other youths and about 30% of all suicis have been lked to a genr inty crisis.

None of the aths had to occur, but they did bee each of the people was sent the msage that was better to be ad than to be gay.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

What is Gay Bullyg, Gay Bashg? Gay bullyg and gay bashg is bullyg or treatg one poorly bee they are gay (fn of gay) or bee they are thought to be gay.

The targets are primarily people who do not f to genr stereotype rol whether they are, fact, gay or not. Gay bullyg statistics dite that 9-out-of-10 gay youth have been subject to bullyg and that, of those, almost half were physilly harassed and a quarter report beg physilly asslted. Gay bullyg or gay bashg may be:.

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Vlent anti-gay imag. Gay discrimatn. Any dividual mor cince of gay bullyg or gay bashg may be somethg that someone n al wh but the ma problem wh is s pervasive and nsistent nature to the pot where jur an dividual's self-teem and sire to live.

A TE STORY OF GAY BULLYG TURNS PREACHY THE MARK WAHLBERG MOVIE ‘JOE BELL’

Adult Gay Bullyg.