CT native breaks barrier as first openly-gay NFL ach

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• OWNER OF THE METRO, THE NOW-CLOSED GAY BAR, REMEMBERS BIER DAYS AT THE JACKSONVILLE 'SAFE HAVEN'
• JAGUARS NFL ACH OUT AS GAY US SPORTS FIRST
• CT NATIVE BREAKS BARRIER AS FIRST OPENLY-GAY NFL ACH
• THE BEST JACKSONVILLE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS JACKSONVILLE
•  FLORIDA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

OWNER OF THE METRO, THE NOW-CLOSED GAY BAR, REMEMBERS BIER DAYS AT THE JACKSONVILLE 'SAFE HAVEN'

Along the eastern ast of the Uned Stat, Jacksonville is the gateway to Florida, but to s LGBTQ+ visors is the gayway to Florida and has bee the statn, stead of jt part of the are many plac to vis om natural attractns, like some of the most betiful beach and some of the off the beaten path parks, to a betiful and thrivg downtown skyle, wh stunng archecture and whout the heavy traffic, to eclectic shoppg areas to some of the most enchantg street art, JAX has a spot to make you feel like you belong. Jacksonville do not have an official gayborhood, but Five Pots the Riversi Avondale area near Downtown is the clost due to the number of rtrants, shops and bars and the many rabow flags proudly displayed. The heart of Jacksonville, where tall rporatns’ buildgs drs the skyle, known for s historic neighborhoods and what n be nsired the unofficial gayborhood – Five Pots.

JAGUARS NFL ACH OUT AS GAY US SPORTS FIRST

Home to the few gay bars left, straight alli always wele:. Boot Rack Saloon – gay bar: 4751 Lenox Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32205Where to eat/shop? Long a gatherg spot for the gay muny Jacksonville and beyond, grew to have a piano bar, a dis dance floor, rooms for pool and drag shows.

Back the day, if you were part of the LGBT muny, which is now LGBTQIA+, if you were part of that muny, you had to go to a gay nightclub to feel safe, or a gay bar. Though wele, that has ma harr for gay clubs to stay Month ntroversy: Why FDOT orred lights changed on Asta Bridge, then reversed self"Now, wh acceptance, you n go anywhere, " Rosenberg said. The gay populatn is very smart, and very sharp, and when COVID h, they stopped gog out, " Rosenberg said.

And sometim they held more ser events: After the Pulse nightclub massacre 2016, which 49 patrons of the gay bar were killed, the Metro held self-fense class for ctomers and employe, cludg drills about what people should do if a killer me club also was a place for weddgs and memorials and holidays, and many nights drew many straight people as well as gay, he said. Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen me out as gay on Thursday (Friday AEST) what is believed to be a first for a male ach US profsnal, who has been wh the Jaguars sce 2021, told Outsports he ma the cisn to e out hop of spirg others while beg te to who he really is, as reported by The New York Post. SOUTHBURY, CT (WFSB) – A Connecticut native has bee the first openly gay NFL Maxen, a ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, said he didn’t want to feel like he had to lie Maxen, associate strength ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, has publicly e out as gay.

CT NATIVE BREAKS BARRIER AS FIRST OPENLY-GAY NFL ACH

The Jacksonville Jaguars' assistant strength and ndng ach, Kev Maxen, has ma history by beg the first male ach profsnal sports the Uned Stat to publicly e out as gay an exclive terview wh "I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore, " Maxen told Outsports the terview. For over forty years, the buildg served as a bathhoe primarily servg a gay, bisexual and transgenr clientele. Today, as societal acceptance of homosexualy has bee more broad and the ter has ma LGBT datg easier, stutns like the bath ho and so-lled gay bars that once provid safe-haven for the LBGT muni have cled.

Ary 1963 for beg a lbian, Lilli Vcenz beme an early csar for gay rights an era before the Stonewall rts. Ach out: Kev Maxen, an associate ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, is believed to be the first openly gay male ach major Amerin men’s profsnal AND IDEAS ImageCred... “Metro Entertament Complex has been more than jt a gay bar, ’s been a sanctuary for so many, ” Jacksonville native Rj Kennedy said.

“Metro was my first gay club, a place that allowed me to be myself and fd myself, ” one lol said.

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