Ayanbajo: 4 Gay NFL Players Could Come Out 'Sooner Than You Thk'
Contents:
- PHOTO: BRENDON AYANBAJO’S ABS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE, TOO
- NFL'S AYANBAJO ON OFFENSIVE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- NFL CHAMP: THERE ARE PROBABLY GAY PLAYERS FOOTBALL
- BRENDON AYANBAJO: FOUR GAY NFL PLAYERS COULD COME OUT 'SOONER THAN YOU THK'
- BRENDON AYANBAJO, RAVENS LEBACKER, SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE (VIDEO)
PHOTO: BRENDON AYANBAJO’S ABS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE, TOO
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State legate, Emmett Burns, recently sent a letter to Ravens team owner, sayg Ayanbajo should, quote, "ncentrate on football, " unquote, and keep quiet on the gay marriage issue, which Brendon Ayanbajo says he is not gog to do. AYANBADEJO: Well, a few years ago when Obama - prr to Obama beg print and he was actually nng to bee print, the Republin Party had stated that they were agast, you know, gay rights and marriage equaly.
NFL'S AYANBAJO ON OFFENSIVE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
Brendon Ayanbajo, a highly visible fenr of gay rights and same-sex marriage, told the Baltimore Sun that there are four current NFL players who are nsirg g out as gay. * is brendon ayanbadejo gay *
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News servicApr 5, 2013, 11:52 AM ETBrendon Ayanbajo, a highly visible fenr of gay rights and same-sex marriage, told the Baltimore Sun that four current NFL players are nsirg g out as gay. "Ayanbajo's ments e after he refuted a report by Newsday on Thursday which he said he thought one of the reasons he was cut by the Baltimore Ravens was his outspoken advocy of gay rights and same-sex marriage. Ayanbajo, who tweeted that he was misquoted the Newsday story, also emphasized to the Sun that he thks the Ravens ma a football move lettg him Ravens issued a statement Thursday night nyg that Ayanbajo's advocy of gay rights and same-sex marriage had anythg to do wh his release.
In perhaps one of the most tellg symbols of Ameri’s ntug evolutn toward acceptg gay rights and same-sex marriage, many profsnal athlet have bee vol advot of the LGBT movement.
NFL CHAMP: THERE ARE PROBABLY GAY PLAYERS FOOTBALL
The Baltimore Ravens lebacker and gay rights advote says that he thks players are growg more acceptg, and said he reached out to 49ers rner Chris Culliver, who was blasted for makg anti-gay statements earlier this year. * is brendon ayanbadejo gay *
Historilly, the sports world has been plagued by homophobic slurs and close-mdns locker rooms, and that still exists today. But many advot of gay rights have emerged several years, none more proment than the Baltimore Ravens’ lebacker Brendon Ayanbajo.
He has worked to promote gay rights sce 2009, and has worked wh GLAAD ever sce, makg speech and attendg events while workg to create a more acceptg environment wh the NFL. STORY: Activist Stars Attend Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Hearg, While Hollywood Tweets Support. Several weeks ago, while appearg at the GLAAD Awards, Ayanbajo spoke wh The Hollywood Reporter about beg an advote a difficult environment, and whether he thks the league would support an openly gay player.
THR: On the eve of the Super Bowl, the 49ers’ Chris Culliver ma those anti-gay statements; did that make you motivated to beat them even more? THR: I remember one time, I was watchg players talk, and one said, “Why n’t people jt stop beg gay? They thk that people choose to be gay and they don’t unrstand that you’re born straight and you’re born gay.
BRENDON AYANBAJO: FOUR GAY NFL PLAYERS COULD COME OUT 'SOONER THAN YOU THK'
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” they’re like, “Oh, I’ve always been straight, ” then kd of dawns on them like, “Wow, OK, you’re not gay by choice, you’re gay bee that’s jt the way you are, ” and they thk twice once that dawns on them.
THR: There have been retired players to e out, but how many active players would timate are gay but keepg a secret?
We n’t assume any more or any ls, so that would mean there’s a handful of gay people every profsnal league. The three time NFL Pro-Bowler is known as much for his prows on the gridiron as he is for his rolute votn to champn the right for gay upl to legally wed. Former Baltimore Ravens lebacker and special teams standout Brendon Ayanbajo has been the news durg the past year at least as much for his stnch support of marriage equaly and gay rights as for his on-field performance.
BRENDON AYANBAJO, RAVENS LEBACKER, SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE (VIDEO)
After beg cut by the Super Bowl champs on Thursday, the 36-year-old spoke to The Baltimore Sun about his release, his relatnship wh the Ravens as well as the timele for the first gay NFL player to e out publicly durg his reer. Ayanbajo's claim that as many as four players are currently nsirg g out the near future not long after sourc told Mike Freeman of that a current gay player the NFL was "strongly nsirg g out publicly. "A former NFL player who remaed the closet durg his reer, former 49ers and Rairs offensive leman Kwame Harris, discsed the difficulty of beg gay the NFL wh CNN March.
If te, the NFL may need to start by addrsg the remag homophobia locker rooms around the league. Ahead of Super Bowl XLVII, 49ers rnerback Chris Culliver garnered attentn wh homophobic quot a rad terview.
The 3-time NFL Pro-Bowler is known as much for his prows on the gridiron as he is for his rolute votn to champn the right for gay upl to legally wed. Settg a precent as the first profsnal athlete to publicly support marriage equaly, Brendon has a pulp and an dience that tradnal gay rights’ activists do not.