Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer.
Contents:
- THIS GAY 61-YEAR-OLD BODYBUILR HAS FOUND A HOME HIS STRAIGHT GYM
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- THREAD: LOOKG TO MEET GAY BODYBUILRS
THIS GAY 61-YEAR-OLD BODYBUILR HAS FOUND A HOME HIS STRAIGHT GYM
I knew I was gay om the time I had hormon and saw my first Tarzan movie. Beg a closeted gay kid, to me seemed that if I h a gym and began liftg, somehow, that era, I was gog to be qutned. My formative years Ottawa, the pal of Canada, were marked by anti-gay ernment wch-hunts of the 1960s, as well as hyper-Catholic and eply homophobic parents and brother.
As if by over-pensatg for all this pejorative opn, bodybuildg had a reputatn of beg homophobic at s re. Unls I was at a “gay” gym, ually downtown and urban, I always kept to myself and didn’t reveal too much, jt gettg about my bs wh my trag. We all follow each other on social media and they all know I’m gay wh a boyiend of many years.
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
What I’ve seen isn’t jt tolerance, ’s acceptance and a welg environment to the pot of beg able to horse around and make the same teasg jokg fun, gay or straight, as if we are all on the same team.
THREAD: LOOKG TO MEET GAY BODYBUILRS
Conversatn on Outsports often discs the locker room as an over-hyped ner sanctum where the prence of gay men n sometim ms up the “fun.
At my gym isn’t an issue to be gay or straight. I’m still a b circumspect to a gree, but the amazg young people, both gay and straight, are teachg me a lson cln.