Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen out as gay a first for US-based pro leagu

Contents:

• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• A YOUNG GAY MAN MEETS A STRANGER ONLE THE SHORT FILM ‘JAMIE’ – WATCH
• WHO IS KEV MAXEN? MEET NFL'S FIRST GAY MALE ACH
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

Sce about 16 I've been self aware of my attractn towards men but the thought of beg gay or bi never crossed my md as I've been able to have strong emotnal attachments to a uple of girls.

None of my iends and fay are gay or bi (to my knowledge), and none of them know I might be.

It don't necsarily mean you are gay, don't make you a worse person, jt means that you sometim like to thk about men. I have known a fair amount of people who were gay (I went to mic school for 4 years a large US cy known for 's gay muny) but never beme close iends wh any; more as iendly lleagu as fellow micians and stunts. I have massive amounts of disda for homophobia and discrimatn of all kd.

A YOUNG GAY MAN MEETS A STRANGER ONLE THE SHORT FILM ‘JAMIE’ – WATCH

I'm almost certa I would be a poor choice for a gay relatnship at this pot, as I'm que the ms. Gay. As long as you're hont wh this guy that you may not be ready for a relatnship, this seems like a perfect opportuny to velop your first close iendship wh a gay man.

I'm also 25, and though I knew I was gay om around 7-8th gra, I've been stuck the closet and never even had relatnships wh girls. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

WHO IS KEV MAXEN? MEET NFL'S FIRST GAY MALE ACH

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N.

Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. Yterday we posted a uple of the excellent short films BFI Flare LGBT film ftival London – Heavy Weight, about a pair of boxers who fd passn the rg, and Still Burng, about a gay man who helps his brother prepare for his first vogug ball Paris.

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

Here's another, directed by Christopher Manng, about a young gay man's first meetg wh someone he met onle. Kev Maxen me out as gay an exclive terview wh Outsports. Kev Maxen was also helped by Carl Nassib, who ma history as the first openly gay active NFL player.

-- 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. -based profsnal league to e out as gay.

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. It's no secret that growg up gay n be a lonely experience.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

At tim, many gay men feel as though they're the only on experiencg certa thoughts and feelgs, on that society still often ems abnormal. So when a gay man first bonds wh someone else who intifi as gay or queer, 's evably a total lightng bolt moment.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

I'm no longer close wh my first gay iend, Jam, bee we're very different people now. But I still remember clumsily g out to him after a Le Tigre ncert and him sayg, "I thk I'm gay, too. " He was hot—I thk everyone thought so—but I didn't thk he was gay.

Then we started chattg and he said "I'm gay" the most offhand way. He didn't still a sense of ternalized homophobia me, which was important bee I was a mpy gay guy who'd always been teased for beg mpy.

MEETG YOUR FIRST GAY FRIEND

" He gave me the permissn to be myself when I didn't even know who that, on DeanI grew up a small nservative town and didn't know anyone gay at school, so I met my first gay iends through social media. If you've been lookg for a way to meet other OlrGay members near you, you n now schle a meetup to get everyone together.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY