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

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• AT MEXI’S GAY WBOY NVENTNS, MEN NNECT WH EACH OTHER — AND THEIR UNTRY’S GGED PAST
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• AT MEXI’S GAY WBOY NVENTNS, MEN NNECT WH EACH OTHER — AND THEIR UNTRY’S GGED PAST

AT MEXI’S GAY WBOY NVENTNS, MEN NNECT WH EACH OTHER — AND THEIR UNTRY’S GGED PAST

Although this realy remas for the most part ignored by the thori, the so–lled “good vibe guys”— or “chavos buena onda, ” as they are sometim referred to — work jt outsi the cy’s fad gay ghetto, the Zona work zone is watched by surveillance meras and regular police patrols, yet the prostutn ntu to operate out the open. ”The "good vibe guys" agreed that most of their ctomers are gay, although many s, the men have not e out of the closet. -- 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. Groups of people, most of them gay men, many of them naked, amble down the beach toward a soarg rocky climb a wdg stairse, over the ragged cliff and down to a hidn ve known as Playa l Amor, or beach of love. ”ImageFor s, this former fishg village turned hippie hangout has been an oasis for the queer muny, which is drawn to s goln beach, untercultural vibe and a practice of nudism that embrac bodi of all different as s populary has grown, attractg creasg numbers of gay and straight visors, the town is startg to transform: Foreigners are snatchg up land, hotels are multiplyg, fluencers are flockg to the beach and many rints and visors now fear that what once ma Zipole magil uld be lost for good.

Jerr, who is gay. In Febary, Zipole elected the first openly gay person to head the town tolerant attus are rare outsi of big ci Mexi, where nservative Catholic valu persist.

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

Dpe gay marriage beg legalized more than half the untry, homophobic and transphobic vlence is mon. Between 2016 and 2020, some 440 lbian, gay and transgenr people were killed across the untry, acrdg to Letra Ese, an advocy group Mexi Mont Bernal, 33, grew up a few hours om Zipole a nservative muny where machismo and homophobia were entrenched.

When he was about 9, the town prit performed what he lled “practilly an exorcism” to force the homosexualy out of him. Populatn has surged: gay bars and hotels have multiplied, rabow flags are, as acceptg as many lols are, some feel that Zipole’s inty as a laid-back town that wel anyone om Mexin fai to Canadian retire is beg erod, that is transformg to a gay party Ángel Ziga Aragón, a lol rint who is gay himself and go by “La Chavelona, ” has watched the lol enomy boom, not jt bee of gay tourism but om a surge tourism generally.

AT MEXI’S GAY WBOY NVENTNS, MEN NNECT WH EACH OTHER — AND THEIR UNTRY’S GGED PAST

“It’s the life cycle of every tourist statn, ” said Elyel Aquo Ménz, who ns a gay travel agency. ”But others fear that Zipole uld go the way of many Mexin beach towns that have bee thrivg rorts, like the popular gay statn of Puerto Vallarta or, more recently, Tulum.