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Michael Irv opened up for the first time about his gay brother, Vghn, and his love for his brother and Christiany.

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MICHAEL IRV ON THE VER OF 'OUT,' TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY BROTHER AND SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

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“You know, Cyd, my brother was gay, ” he said. "You know, Cyd, my brother was gay, " he said.

In that first nversatn about the piece he said was time to talk about his gay brother, Vghn. The moment he realized his brother was gay was an impactful moment that domated much of his life for the next 20 years. It was somethg he wanted to talk about openly for the first time; And was Vghn’s memory that Michael wanted to fully, openly endorse gay equaly and lay out the wele mat for gay players the NFL to e out.

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At one pot talkg to him about rencilg his relign wh his ditn to full equaly for gay people I stggled to fight back tears.

Rarely have I wnsed anyone, gay or straight, speakg so eloquently and so strongly support of gay marriage. Irv’s support of same-sex marriage and the cln of gay people is profound, and he isn’t aaid of talkg about that om the perspective of a Black man. In addn to Michael’s revelatns there are articl revealg Hudson’s plan to get married Washgton DC; Nick’s path to beg a gay in; and Mike Chabala’s ditn to equaly.

And an emotnal piece, Ben Cohen talks for the first time about how the ath of his father, the victim of a bar fight, has led to his foundatn to stop anti-gay bullyg. Here's hopg the issue of Out magaze challeng how some thk about the issue of equaly for gay people and chang some hearts and mds.

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Michael Irv champns 12, 2011, 10:19 AM ETFormer Dallas Cowboys great Michael Irv appears shirtls on the ver of this month's gay men's magaze Out and discs his passn for equaly publicly acknowledg that the impet for takg a stand om his relatnship wh his gay brother, Vghn, who died of stomach ncer at age 49 2006. "In the article, Irv scrib how his brother's sexual orientatn ntributed to his own says that he found out his brother was gay the late 1970s, when he found Vghn wearg women's clothg.

"Irv says that his father, Walter, helped him learn a tolerant form of Christiany bee the elr Irv accepted his gay son and enuraged him to love his brother remaed close to his brother, one of 16 siblgs, until his ath. When a guy steps up and says, 'This is who I am, ' I guarantee you I'll give him 100 percent support, " Irv if the player produced on the field, he would have supported a gay teammate as well.

"I believe, if a teammate had said he's gay, we would have tegrated him and kept movg bee of the closens, " Irv said, acrdg to the believ the team that won three Super Bowls uld have tegrated an openly gay teammate as well as any team. Hall of Famer claims he's a womaniser bee his brother was gay...

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And says NFL is ready for first homosexual player Advote: Michael Irv pos half-naked on a gay magaze as he reveals his brother was homosexual A former Texas Cowboy star has revealed for the first time that his elr brother was a cross-drsg homosexual - and says that may have led to his womanisg of Famer Michael Irv also clared that the NFL is ready for s first openly gay retirg om the sport Irv has bee a passnate advote for gay marriage, and marked his latt revelatns wh a shirtls ont-ver appearance for a gay says the four major sports leagu will be 'stuck the Dark Ag' until a player out as said: 'When a guy steps up and says, "This is who I am, ", I guarantee you I'll give him 100 percent support. Irv said his brother's cross-drsg was never discsed among his fay, and throughout his reer he feared his homosexualy would be revealed.

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NFL legend: Former Dallas Cowboy player Michael Irv, who today revealed his elr brother was gay, participat a tournament 2006 He said: 'Maybe some of the issu I've had wh so many women - jt brgg women around so everybody n see - maybe that's ridual of the fear I had that, if my brother is wearg ladi' cloth, am I gog to be dog that?

'In the terview, wh Out magaze, he scrib how rryg the burn of his brother's secret gave him an sight to how tough mt be for a homosexual athlete to hi his orientatn a locker said: 'I'm not gay, but I was aaid to even let anyone have the thought. New reer: Michael Lev 2007, left, when he was selected to jo the Hall of Fame, and right, as a Dallas Cowboys player 1991 'If I'm not gay and I am aaid to mentn , I n only image what an athlete mt be gog through if he is gay. 'He also claimed he was so termed not to be seen as gay the locker room that he turned to said: 'Growg up, whoever had the most women and the nict r, he was the man.

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Other than lockouts, the hottt topic domatg sports headl this year uld very well be a topic long emed taboo locker rooms: gay rights.

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On one si, we've seen former Super Bowl hero David Tyree sayg gay marriage "will be the begng of our untry slidg toward, 's a strong word, but anarchy. On the other si, we've seen Sean Avery and other pro athlet do public service announcements supportg gay marriage.

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Former Cowboys star and Hall of Famer Michael Irv appears shirtls on the ver of Out - the most wily read gay magaze the world - to lend his support to gay rights.

In the article, Irv reunts how he disvered his brother Vghn was gay the 70s when he found him wearg women's clothg. Irv says that revelatn fueled homophobic thoughts and had a negative impact on his relatnship wh women. Only a handful of gay NFL players have disclosed their sexual orientatn - all of them after their playg days were over.

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He has supported same-sex marriage on his rad show and has said he's wag for an active player the NFL, MLB, NBA or NHL to clare publicly that he is gay.

"Irv said rryg the burn of Vghn's secret giv him a ht of how tough mt be for a homosexual athlete to hi his orientatn a locker room.

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"If I'm not gay and I am aaid to mentn , I n only image what an athlete mt be gog through if he is gay, " Irv said.

Sign up today for our ee To TopWorldIrv Still Fightg for Gay BrotherDallas Cowboys star Michael Irv talks about what he learned by havg a gay brother, and about beg aaid "to even let anyone have the thought" that he might be gay too, an terview wh Out is the 15th of 17 children, and he rells the day he found his olr brother Vghn drsed women's clothg. "If I'm not gay and I am aaid to mentn , I n only image what an athlete mt be gog through if he is gay, " Irv told Out.

Now he's g his Miami rad program, The Michael Irv Show, to talk about homophobia sports. NFL legend Michael Irv claims his recent blowout pro-gay terview was dively spired -- tellg TMZ, God gave everyone the eedom to choose who to love... Irv -- a five-time Pro Bowler -- is one of the most high-profile athlet ever to speak out favor of gay rights, tellg Out Magaze recently that he's on a missn om God to fend homosexualy.

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Irv's reason for speakg out -- his gay olr brother Vghn, who died om stomach ncer 2006. Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irv has given a fascatg terview to Cyd Zeigler of Out magaze, offerg wi-rangg thoughts about how the football world would react to a gay player g out.

”Irv says the Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s would have been acceptg of a gay player the locker room. “I believe, if a teammate had said he was gay, we would have tegrated him and kept movg bee of the closens, ” Irv said. ”Some football players, cludg former Giants receiver David Tyree, have ed their relig nvictns to argue for discrimatn agast gays.

But wasn't somethg that was ever discsed among the fay, " says Irv, speakg for the first time about the gay olr brother he Irv's msage was simple: Michael was supposed to love his brother unndnally, no matter what he looked like or who he was.

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