Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
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- ‘DON’T E BACK, THEY’LL KILL YOU FOR BEG GAY’
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
‘DON’T E BACK, THEY’LL KILL YOU FOR BEG GAY’
Hassan remembers watchg his iend was 2013, and Hassan’s 25-year-old iend had jt told his fay that he was gay. On the one hand, homophobia and transphobia plague the Somali-Amerin muny. Theirs are all stori of rilience, and of fdg strength each other amidst wav of terviewee stood outsi a popular gay bar Mneapolis and saw gay whe men ll Somali taxi drivers “goatfuckers”.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
It’s expected, ” Hassan said of homophobia and transphobia his Somali-Amerin muny. Even though Mneapolis’ LGBTQ muny is large and visible, many of the dividuals terviewed for this piece say has largely met them wh hostily – an extensn of the overt racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia boilg the US at asked about LGBTQ Somali-Amerins beg further tegrated wh Mnota’s larger LGBTQ muny, Michelle, a 29-year-old Somali gay woman who me to Mnota seven years ago, said: “I don’t really foree that happeng this untry. ”“We have now a suatn that tells that we are not Amerin, overtly, ” said Hse, a 24-year-old gay Somali-Amerin man.
“In Somalia, [gay people] only exist social media, not real life, ” said Ali, a 28-year-old gay Somali-Amerin man. He me to Mneapolis several years ago wh his parents, who do not know he is gay and routely prsure him to get married. I don’t thk I n have that nversatn wh them bee of how they view homosexual people.