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NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen, an assistant strength and ndng ach for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach major U.S. profsnal men's sports to publicly e out as gay. * gay ohio state *

"Get more Oh State football news by listeng to our podsts @_ColGayThis article origally appeared on The Columb Dispatch: Former Oh State football RB Mrice Hall returns to 'General Hospal'. See where Ameri's gay, lbian, bi and transgenr cizens have worst.

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Acrdg to Michaelangelo Signorile, the edor-at-large for the Huffgton Post’s Gay Voic sectn, the worst stat are cltered the Midwt and the Bible Belt South. (A Daily Beast survey gave the state a -1 sre on gay rights.

If ’s any nsolatn to gay rints, the Magnolia state isn’t that great for anyone to live . Along wh Mississippi, Alabama is one of eight so-lled “No Promo Homo” stat, wh laws that “exprsly forbid teachers om discsg gay and transgenr issu, ” acrdg to GLSEN.

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Alabama’s laws go a b further than most: The state’s sex tn program mandat that “class mt emphasize, a factual manner and om a public health perspective, that homosexualy is not a liftyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual nduct is a crimal offense unr the laws of the state. ” Then aga, he’s hardly the bt thory when to matters of health, as Perry recently pared homosexualy to alholism: “I may have the geic dg that I’m cled to be an alholic, but I have the sire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

New Orleans is a highlight of gay culture the south, wh the cy’s six-day Southern Dence ftival among the bt pri celebratns the world. Like Texas, Louisiana ntu to enforce s unnstutnal sodomy ban, votg April (by a wi 66-to-27 majory) to keep s anti-gay legislatn.

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Gtrex has been orchtratg a “seri of stgs, which an unrver policeman woos an unspectg gay man back to his apartment for sex and then mak an arrt. ” If you’re a gay person livg Oh, Michigan, Kentucky or Tennsee, make sure to thank Louisiana’s urts for helpg set a precent. Tennsee is one of the eight “Don’t Say Gay” stat, as well as rankg high e equaly and poverty and low public support for same-sex marriage.

Gay Tennseans are also ls likely to know someone like them, as the state has the fourth-smallt percentage of LGBT cizens.

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While havg more gays than those others, the state has a disproportnately high hate crime rate, wh one survey rankg Michigan as high as send the natn.

This wave of anti-LGBT vlence is part of the reason why Detro was named the most dangero cy the natn for gay travelers, and the survey also ced the metro area’s dwdlg number of gay bars and high poverty rate.

“It is still legal to fire people Michigan for beg gay, we n not marry, nnot adopt, and the ernor signed away domtic partner benefs for LGBT public employe, ” Garcia said. He argu has “created an anti-gay environment across the entire state. ''Florida, Montana among worst for LGBTQ muny The x ranked stat acrdg to five areas: work environment, legal protectns, youth and fay support, health accs and safety, and polil and relig at the top tend to get more clive over the past year, while their lower-ranked peers beme ls tolerant or didn't move om where they were 'T SAY GAY LAWS SPARK FEAR:If they 'say gay, ' will my child be safe?

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Meanwhile, Florida – which has enacted what opponents ll a "Don't Say Gay'' bill that would rtrict discsn of LGBTQ people the classroom – dropped 3. LGBTQ+ alumni n also get volved wh the Oh State muny by jog the Srlet and Gay LGBTQ Alumni Society, which sponsors a scholarship program, hosts events and llaborat wh muny anizatns to promote tn and awarens of LGBTQ issu. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, police raid a gay bar New York Cy lled Stonewall Inn and began makg arrts.

LGBTQ folks marched om Stonewall Inn to Central Park, where they then staged a “gay-” by occupyg the park.

At this event, hosted by The Oh State Universy Alumni Associatn, you n nnect wh lears of the Srlet and Gay Alumni Society and pick up a Buckeye Pri T-shirt. The Center for Belongg and Social Change would like to thank our partners the enavors -- The Oh State Universy Alumni Associatn, Oh State's LGBTQIA+ & Alli ERG, Srlet and Gay Alumni Society, College of Social Work, College of Engeerg, Wexner Medil Center and College of Medice, Counselg and Consultatn Service, Stunt Athlete Support Servic Office, Office for Disabily Servic at Oh State Marn, LGBTQIA+ & Alli ERG at Oh State Newark, TBDBITL Alumni Club, and the Department of Transportatn and Traffic Management.

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