The first gay pub I dared set foot now has a rabow plaque. Here’s why that matters | Gary Nunn | The Guardian

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS
• GAY POLICEMAN STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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.

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.

THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS

Now ’s clear they started a misguid trend that is not-so-quietly buildg amongst anti-gay athlet sports around the world. A few years ago, soccer player Jaelene Hkle refed to do the same, fflg que a few feathers women’s profsnal soccer, where so many gay athlet are out. I had prevly said I was rervg judgment of Daniels’ anti-gay past to see what she’d do next.

Now ’s clear the Courage are embracg and employg a woman who fully rejects gay fans.

Players of the Manly Sea Eagl Atralia, as well as Paris Sat Germa’s Idrissa Gueye om the rabidly anti-gay untry of Senegal, did the same last year. The anti-gay athlet hi behd “the Bible” and other old-fashned cultural norms wh their refal, wh the Rays players jotly sayg “’s jt a liftyle that... It’s not easy to set asi what your parents, televisn, the news media, advertisements, some iends and your own relig lears told you about gay people for many years.

GAY POLICEMAN STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

I was a uple s ago, but I’ve sce left my relig beliefs the rear-view mirror, part bee of how people like Daniels and the other anti-gay athlet have ed the relign I loved to beat me over the head wh the Bible. While the Rays players said their horribly wrten statement that they want gay people “to feel safe and wele here” at the ballpark, their sglg out of this one issue the Bible says otherwise. Instead, the athlet send the very clear polil msage that they don’t want gay people around.

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