Ryan O'Callaghan, former NFL offensive leman, talks wh Rollg Stone about his cisn to e out as gay.
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- EX-PATRTS LEMAN RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO ME OUT AS GAY, RELLS ROBERT KRAFT'S SUPPORT
- EX-NFL PLAYER RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO IS OPENLY GAY, ON JON GN: 'IT'S NEVER OK' TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLURS
- FORMER PATRTS AND CHIEFS TACKLE RYAN O’CALLAGHAN OUT AS GAY
- FORMER NFL PLAYER RYAN O’CALLAGHAN COM OUT AS GAY: WHY IT MATTERS
- AARON HERNANZ’S ALLEGED GAY LOVER DCRIB YEARS-LONG RELATNSHIP NETFLIX’S ‘KILLER INSI’
- RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, FORMER NFL LEMAN WHO CAME OUT AS GAY, IS TELLG HIS WHOLE STORY
- 'LIFE'S GREAT NOW' FOR RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, THE EX-NFL PLAYER WHO ME OUT AS GAY
- RYAN O’CALLAGHAN: HIS GAY NATURE, HIS STORY OM FOOTBALL TO SUICIDAL TENNCY TO G OUT WH THE TTH! READ ALL HERE!
EX-PATRTS LEMAN RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO ME OUT AS GAY, RELLS ROBERT KRAFT'S SUPPORT
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Former NFL player Ryan O'Callaghan said New England Patrts owner Robert Kraft supported him when he publicly me out as gay two years ago and told him he will be "forever a Patrt.
For (Kraft), who opens up to me about a gay iend, I am the most important person the world those few moments. " O'Callaghan me out as gay 2017 after retirg om the league 2011.
EX-NFL PLAYER RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO IS OPENLY GAY, ON JON GN: 'IT'S NEVER OK' TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLURS
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Former NFL offensive leman Ryan O'Callaghan nmned the homophobic language ed by former Las Vegas Rairs ach Jon Gn and said he believ was right for him to step down due to the emotnal harm ed.
But O'Callaghan, who me out as gay 2017 after a six-year reer wh the Kansas Cy Chiefs and New England Patrts, said he's wag to pass judgment until he hears more om Gn, bee tim have changed over the last when to LGBTQ cln the sports world. "It don't matter when he said the f-word or ed (homophobic) slurs, 's never OK, " O'Callaghan told USA TODAY Sports. I ed to hear 'no homo' type ments the NFL and slurs locker rooms growg up.
" Gn rigned late Monday night as head ach of the Rairs amid reports that he repeatedly ed homophobic and misogynistic language a seri of emails over a perd of seven years – between 2011 and 2018.
FORMER PATRTS AND CHIEFS TACKLE RYAN O’CALLAGHAN OUT AS GAY
" Acrdg to the emails, first unveiled by The New York Tim, Gn ed a homophobic slur to scribe NFL missner Roger Gooll, nigrated the then-St. Louis Rams' cisn to draft Michael Sam, who is openly gay, and mocked transgenr woman Calyn Jenner, among other racist and sexists Gettg rid of Jon Gn was easy.
FORMER NFL PLAYER RYAN O’CALLAGHAN COM OUT AS GAY: WHY IT MATTERS
"If you're gay and closeted like I was, you qutn yourself and if you feel safe.
AARON HERNANZ’S ALLEGED GAY LOVER DCRIB YEARS-LONG RELATNSHIP NETFLIX’S ‘KILLER INSI’
"One of Gn's players Las Vegas, fensive leman Carl Nassib, me out as gay earlier this year as the only publicly out player the league.
"In my experience, all tak is knowg one gay person to change how you feel about the matter bee then the issue is humanized. Would (Gn) e the same homophobic language knowg about Carl now? Maybe 's changed his imprsn of gay people through Carl.
RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, FORMER NFL LEMAN WHO CAME OUT AS GAY, IS TELLG HIS WHOLE STORY
But 's a clearexample of the fears and homophobic culture that n exist sports om top-level people who have power and are charge.
'LIFE'S GREAT NOW' FOR RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, THE EX-NFL PLAYER WHO ME OUT AS GAY
"Gn is an olr guy, and a lot of homophobia is generatnal – 's g om people's parents' imprsns, " O'Callaghan said. "The more you humanize, the ls homophobia there is. But the more homophobia is happeng behd closed doors, then the fear for someone to e out is gog to stay.
RYAN O’CALLAGHAN: HIS GAY NATURE, HIS STORY OM FOOTBALL TO SUICIDAL TENNCY TO G OUT WH THE TTH! READ ALL HERE!
“Even as the first out gay player is petg on the Rairs and receivg wispread support om fans and teammat, acuntabily is necsary to ensure that all athlet n pete whout discrimatn and harassment, " Ferraro said.
You n pick up Ryan O’Callaghan’s tobgraphy, My Life On The Le, which he talks about beg gay the NFL and his llisn urse wh suici, on Amazon by clickg here. From a ep red rner of a blue state, the nflicted young man had cid high school that he would never — uld never — live as a gay man. While the 6-foot-7, 330-pound offensive tackle didn’t f any of the gay stereotyp, he cid shortly after g out to himself junr high school that he uld never let anyone else on his darkt secret.
Over the years he had heard general ments om iends and fay members about gay people.