Meet the 4 known gay players to have played a Super Bowl - Outsports

Contents:

• GAY RIGHTS HAD A BIG MOMENT AT THE SUPER BOWL
• THE GAY GUI TO SUPER BOWL 50
• MEET THE 4 KNOWN GAY PLAYERS TO APPEAR A SUPER BOWL
• PEYTON MANNG AT PEACE, AND NOT OM THE GAYT SUPER BOWL EVER
• SUPER BOWL 50: GOLN AND GAY
• A LOT PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW IF COLDPLAY AND CHRIS MART ARE GAY AFTER WATCHG THE SUPER BOWL
• NFL LOOKG FOR GAY & LGBT BS TO LLABORATE ON SUPER BOWL 50

GAY RIGHTS HAD A BIG MOMENT AT THE SUPER BOWL

NewsGay Rights Had A Big Moment At The Super BowlEverythg at the Super Bowl halftime show was vered rabows, om Coldplay sger Chris Mart's shirt to the stage he was dancg on. The Super Bowl's pro-gay marriage moment was rehg and unexpected, and illtrated jt how much public sentiment on the issue has changed over the last several a sense, wasn't too surprisg. Super Bowl 50 was hosted San Francis — though the actual game took place nearby Santa Clara — and San Francis has long been a both an epicenter for gay rights and a very LGBTQ-iendly cy general.

Harvey Milk's 1977 electn to the San Francis Board of Supervisors was a watershed event gay history, and 2003, then-mayor Gav Newsom unilaterally orred gay marriag to be performed the cy over a before the Supreme Court legalized marriage equaly worldwi. Even five years ago, wouldn't have been nceivably for the Super Bowl to exprs an unabashedly pro-gay msage durg the halftime was an important symbolic moment, and given the NFL's reputatn for rampant homophobia, a very wele spe of all of that progrs, you wouldn't believe some of the sexist ments female football fans experience. Celebratg our 15th anniversary, this year's Gay Gui to the Super Bowl.

For a while, I chronicled on Outsports the homoerotic ments Simms would make om time to time. A gay iend of me was dismissive, sayg that not even someone as good lookg as Newton uld pull them off and they ma his ass look too big. THE GAY ANGLE: The host cy is San Francis and Beyonce is part of the halftime show.

THE GAY GUI TO SUPER BOWL 50

The only way n get any more gay is if Troy Aikman was the TV analyst and Aaron Rodgers one of the quarterbacks (I kid, I kid! Wa, got more gay after I published this: Lady Gaga is sgg the natnal anthem. Cam Newton is among NFL players sayg they would embrace a gay teammate.

In Denver, Brons team print was among those welg Michael Sam when he announced he was gay prr to the NFL Draft 2014.

On a more disturbg note, unintified members of the Panthers were acced of g gay slurs agast Giants receiver Oll Beckham Jr.

MEET THE 4 KNOWN GAY PLAYERS TO APPEAR A SUPER BOWL

Beckham told former players he has been the subject of gay slurs this season. " Howevere, this week Norman nied to me that he lled Beckham a gay slur.

On the non-football ont, look for soccer player Abby Wambach, an open lbian, say "gay" an ad for Mi Cooper. TEA BAG FOR TWO: There is always a level of homoeroticism and sexualy lurkg every football game. Jeremy is a 17-year-old high school stunt om Hoton who has been wrg about the NFL om the perspective of an openly gay teen.

PEYTON MANNG AT PEACE, AND NOT OM THE GAYT SUPER BOWL EVER

When Carl Nassib ma the NFL playoffs the last two seasons — wh the Las Vegas Rairs 2021 and the Tampa Bay Bucneers 2022 — we had a chance for an active player who is gay to appear a Super Bowl. But Nassib’s teams were elimated the wild-rd round each time and so we will awa a gay player makg history. There are no openly gay players Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas Cy Chiefs and Philalphia Eagl.

There has never been an openly gay player the Super Bowl, but four players who were later me out have played the game. There have certaly been more than four gay or bi men who have played a Super Bowl, but the are the only four whose sexual orientatn has been ma known publicly:.

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SUPER BOWL 50: GOLN AND GAY

But his orientatn was known by his Washgton teammat, cludg nng back Dave Kopay, who me out as gay 1975 after retirg om a ne-year reer. He has been an advote for LGBT people sports sce g out as gay 2003. When I asked Kraft 2018 about havg an openly gay Patrt, he dismissed any ncerns, sayg, “the only thg I re about is n they help w.

Abby Wambach sayg "gay" an ad. Denver Brons Coach Gary Kubiak discsg the gay social app Grdr on natnal, I checked the transcript and what Kubiak actually said was, "We ll ourselv the grrs, " as hard workers. No matter, Super Bowl 50 was the gayt Super Bowl ever and was fun to be a part of .

A LOT PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW IF COLDPLAY AND CHRIS MART ARE GAY AFTER WATCHG THE SUPER BOWL

One thg to note, se you’re thkg NFL players are big homophobic jocks, by 2013 we had intified 62 players who were ol wh . Earlier this year we intified 61 current NFL players, 13 owners and 9 head ach support gay and bi athlet. New England Patrts signed pro-marriage-equaly amic briefThe Patrts, led by owner Robert Kraft, were the only NFL team to sign an amic brief supportg the ultimate cisn by SCOTUS to legalize gay marriage.

NFL clud sex between men as part of AIDS awarens for playersThe league realiz that not all s players are only to women and clud gay sex s 2015 AIDS Awarens rmatn. When Missouri Tigers DE Michael Sam me out publicly as gay, his NFL future was put to qutn. People across the NFL share public support for Michael Sam g outMany people across the NFL, cludg current and former players, shared msag of support Michael Sam when he me out publicly as gay.

Louis Rams drafted Michael SamWhen the Rams drafted Sam 2014, cleared another hurdle for gay athlet lookg to play openly the league. Michael Irv appeared on Out magaze ver and talks about his gay brotherHall of Fame Cowboys wi receiver Irv didn’t shy away om his opportuny on the ver of gay magaze ‘Out’ when he and I talked about dog an article about him and his support for his gay brother, Vghn, 2011.

NFL LOOKG FOR GAY & LGBT BS TO LLABORATE ON SUPER BOWL 50

Commissner Roger Gooll has been open about havg a gay brotherHavg gay fay members is a powerful tool shapg how people view LGBT people, and Gooll has spoken repeatedly about his gay brother, Michael. NFL clarified that on-field gay slurs will st a team 15 yardsIn 2014 the NFL ma crystal-clear to all refere that any "the e of abive, threateng or sultg language” clud “ments regardg sexual orientatn. Hoton Oilers players accepted two gay teammatWhile they have not named nam, several members of the 1993 Hoton Oilers, cludg Warren Moon, said there were two gay players on the team, and everyone got along jt fe.

Vce Lombardi had no problem wh his gay playersBack the early 70s, legendary football ach Vce Lombardi was the ach of the Washgton Redsks, where he ached at least three gay players he allegedly knew or spected were gay. Havg a gay brother, Harold, he had no issue wh and set a powerful tone for handlg gay players the locker room: jt like everyone else.

NFL teams add gay men and LGBTQ people to cheerleadg squads.