Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen be first male ach major men's pro sports to intify as gay

Contents:

• IN A LLEGE FOOTBALL FIRST, HBCU PLAYER OUT AS GAY
• OUTSPORTS MALE ATHLET OF THE YEAR: 8 OUT GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS
• 8 OPENLY GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYED SEASON ON THEIR TERMS
• THERE ARE 7 OPENLY GAY OR BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THIS SEASON
• COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
• TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
• ARIZONA WILDTS' MY-KG JOHNSON TO MAKE NCAA HISTORY AS 1ST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP PLAYER
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY
• ISAIAHGAY
• JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY

IN A LLEGE FOOTBALL FIRST, HBCU PLAYER OUT AS GAY

A Hampton Universy football player me out publicly as gay, a first for a football player at a historilly Black llege or universy, acrdg to, an LGBTQ sports news se. Byron Perks, a Divisn I fensive back for the Hampton Universy Pirat, me out as gay an Instagram story shared Wednday. I’m gay, let be known that this is not a ‘cisn’ or a ‘choice.

’ Y, this is who I am, this is who I’ve been, and this is who I’m gog to be, ” Perks wrote the story, acrdg to (Instagram stori are only available for 24 hours, so Perks’ origal story is no longer viewable) several Divisn I football players have e out as gay durg their llege reers — cludg the College of Idaho’s Cy Hicks, Amherst College’s Avery Saffold and Kansas State’s Stt Frantz — Perks is the first to do so at one of the untry’s 101 HBCUs, acrdg to both Outsports and Perks. Perks told Outsports that he’d like to help other gay Black men who are stgglg wh their sexualy. “There hasn’t been an out gay football athlete at an HBCU.

“I’m sure the young man has heard his fair share of slurs om teammat unaware that he is gay. Cyd Zeigler, the -founr of Outsports, noted that “so many ‘first’ gay athlet — John Amaechi, Jason Colls, Michael Sam — have been Black men. Four of the top six most-read Outsports stori of the were related to football and the sport ntu to drive nversatn whenever players e out as gay or bi.

OUTSPORTS MALE ATHLET OF THE YEAR: 8 OUT GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS

This past season saw eight gay or bi players who me out openly, their prence showg that LGBTQ athlet have a place every sport.

8 OPENLY GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYED SEASON ON THEIR TERMS

One ma history — Wyatt Pertet who 2018 beme the first openly gay player to sre a touchdown. For their prence as out athlet a sport long thought hostile, Outsports has selected the eight gay and bi llege football players as our Male Athlet of the Year. Cy Hicks, College of Idaho (NAIA) offensive leman, sophomore.

THERE ARE 7 OPENLY GAY OR BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THIS SEASON

Christian Zevogel, Kalamazoo College (Michigan Divisn III) offensive leman, sophomore. For six of the eight openly gay or bi llege football players, 2019 has marked the end of their llegiate reers, wh five graduatg and one cidg to stop playg football.

COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY

Of the eight teams that had an openly gay or bi player, four played on teams wh wng rerd and four on teams wh losg rerds. By beg openly gay while playg our most popular sport, the athlet upend what long had been a stereotype of the impossibily of out players thrivg football. Here is how the eight gay or bi players and their teams fared this season:.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

Frantz, openly gay, is the team’s startg left tackle and will play his fal llegiate game the Wildts’ bowl game, which will be termed this weekend.

ARIZONA WILDTS' MY-KG JOHNSON TO MAKE NCAA HISTORY AS 1ST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP PLAYER

Capal went 0-10, but Pertet end his reer wh a distctn 2018 of the beg the first openly gay player to sre a llege football touchdown.

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

Hicks, openly gay, redshirted after season-endg surgery for a torn labm. Saffold, openly gay, had 21 tackl and three terceptns for the 4-5 Mammoths.

CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS

Zevogel, who is gay, cid to end his football reer at season’s end, cg a ncsn he suffered Augt and the sire to pursue his amic terts.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

Johnson, openly gay, played six gam wh seven tackl for New Mexi Milary his first game actn two years after stg out his hman season at Arizona. The eight were the only players who were publicly out about beg gay or bi and my hope for 2020 is that they are joed by others.

ISAIAHGAY

When Kansas State offensive tackle and NFL hopeful Stt Frantz me out to the natn as gay last week, he shared that his teammat, to whom he'd e out earlier, had warmly received the news, a sign the most alpha of locker rooms may fally be ready for equaly. So, wh two gay players takg the field the top tier of llege football this season, has the future fally charged onto the turf? Here's a list of players llege and pro ball who have proved you n be gay or bi and still n the KopayRunng back Dave Kopay, who signed wh the San Francis 49ers 1964, would play for five teams before hangg up his jersey 1972.

JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY

Coach Vce Lombardi had apparently nfid Smh that he knew of his sexualy but would never let impact him negatively; Lombardi's brother was also gay. Yet he nspicuoly has never been ducted to the NFL Hall of SimmonsRoy "Sugar Bear" Simmons, an offensive leman for the New York Giants and Washgton Redsks, beme the send NFL player ever to publicly reveal he was gay.