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

Contents:

• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• TOM HOLLAND 'REACTS' TO 'THE CROWD ROOM' GAY SCENE
• THIS GAY MAN’S CISG ADVENTURE THE TOILET STALLS OF AN OPERA HOE DID NOT GO AS PLANNED: WATCH

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

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TOM HOLLAND 'REACTS' TO 'THE CROWD ROOM' GAY SCENE

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22, 1962 and that was the day beme very dangero Mansfield to be gay. Police had set up a secret mera the unrground rtroom to film the rnal timaci of gay men’s vert renzvo. Durg the ensug months there were 39 trials and — nvicted by home movi — the gay felons were sent off to Lima State Instutn for the Insane to be evaluated for their level of viancy.

THIS GAY MAN’S CISG ADVENTURE THE TOILET STALLS OF AN OPERA HOE DID NOT GO AS PLANNED: WATCH

50 years laterTo regnize who we are today by lookg at who we once were, is appropriate to acknowledge that Mansfield has historilly done s share of shamg gay people. The oppose of shame is is signifint that Mansfield’s first Gay Pri celebratn, held 2015, was anized by a mtee of young adults who were born long after the cy buried the Central Park rtrooms.

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