A rnerback who spent four preasons wh three NFL teams and also played NFL Europe has e out as gay, jog a small but growg number of former athlet who are publicly acknowledgg they are gays or lbians.
Contents:
- THIS GAY FORMER NFL PLAYER IS USG HIS PRIVILEGE TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA
- WA DAVIS GAY: EX-NFL PLAYER CONFIRMS HOMOSEXUALY
- WA DAVIS TALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT BEG GAY THE NFL, WORKG WH LGBTQ YOUTH
THIS GAY FORMER NFL PLAYER IS USG HIS PRIVILEGE TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA
Wa Davis, a former NFL player, has announced he is gay a Tuday article. Although Davis no longer plays, he now works wh lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr youth at the Hetrick-Mart Instute. * wade davis gay *
At one pot, while watchg film wh his team, he remembers worryg his team would realize he was gay.
WA DAVIS GAY: EX-NFL PLAYER CONFIRMS HOMOSEXUALY
And I don't want to downplay , but felt different om Michael Sam [who, 2014, was the first openly gay athlete to be drafted by the NFL].
It felt different om Jason Colls [who me out 2013, makg him the first openly gay active athlete the NBA].
WA DAVIS TALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT BEG GAY THE NFL, WORKG WH LGBTQ YOUTH
And I thk that that difference that is really hard to articulate is what feels like or is what means when gay men have reached a certa level of of acceptance the public sphere. So I still thk that we have still a larger nversatn that as gay men who have lots of power, accs and privilege need to be at the foreont of ntually centerg that nversatn.
And I remember watchg film one day and everythg is rerd and I remember thkg, God, I'm walkg gay. I remember thkg I'm standg gay. And I remember thkg, God, like, I'm nng gay.