Qutns have swirled this week about the sexualy of NFL prospect and Inter hoax victim Manti Te'o. Audie Cornish talks wh sportswrer Stefan Fatsis about the ntroversy around Te'o and how other profsnal sports have reacted to gay players the locker room.
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- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
- OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
- MEDIA AND THE COMG OUT OF GAY MALE ATHLET AMERIN TEAM SPORTS
- NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
- GAY ATHLET FACE DISCRIMATN IN PROFSNAL SPORTS
- JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
- GAY BOYS PLAY TEAM SPORTS AT HALF THE RATE OF THEIR PEERS
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. * team sports are 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.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
Jacksonville Jaguars ach Kev Maxen, who joed the team last year, me out publicly as gay an terview wh Outsports published on Thursday, beg the first ach a U.S. men’s profsnal league to do so" emprop="scriptn * team sports are gay *
The Varsy Gay League is startg a flag football league Los Angel, and has the backg of the Super Bowl champs.
[The McDonald’s] spot foc on buildg safe plac for the LGBTQ+ muny and featur team members om the Varsy Gay League, the origal Queer+ recreatnal sports league that reprents over 40, 000 LGBTQ+ athlet across the U. But play is what the Varsy Gay League is all about, creatg joy and rary sports wh the LGBTQ+ muny.
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Jacksonville Jaguars’ assistant ach Kev Maxen has ma history by beg the first male ach profsnal sports the U.S. to publicly e out as gay. * team sports are gay *
As part of our celebratn of Pri Month, the Rams will be spotlightg four LA non-profs/small bs supportg the LGBTQ+ muny, aimg to raise awarens of those anizatns' seri kicks off wh the Varsy Gay League, the natn's origal Queer+ recreatnal sports leagu. “VGL Buffalo celebrat Pri by raisg money for Gay and Lbian Youth Servic for Wtern New York”. "LGBTQ reprentatn matters, and we see that even when to chicken sandwich, " Andrew Miller, Director of Operatns of Varsy Gay League.
Earlier this week, Brian Troutner of the Denver Varsy Gay League was a gut on Sports Social. Varsy Gay League is the origal LGBTQ+ Recreatnal Sports Organizatn and was tablished 2007.
LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans. * team sports are gay *
Rather, I worked to program the entire night around celebratg LGBTQ+ Pri, om pregame kickball the outfield by the Varsy Gay League, to the ribbon boards and sreboards proudly proclaimg LGBT Pri Night around the stadium. Another nnected wh new people after jog the Varsy Gay League, an LGBTQ+ sports anizatn.
OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
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For example, the Varsy Gay League offers bowlg, beach volleyball, and even trivia ci like At and Sacramento. The Varsy Gay League (VGL), wh the help of donatns om L. Cy Councilmember Pl Koretz and the Los Angel Dodgers raised $16, 000 on Gay Pri weekend to be ed to improve secury at Posettia money, which exceed VGL’s ial goal of $10, 000 was donated to the Los Angel Parks Foundatn c/o Posettia Parks Friends.
Ben Cary and Erik Legler started the Kicks & Giggl project through the Varsy Gay League. For our annual celebratn of sports, the Los Angel Bla reached out to LA’s very own Varsy Gay League and asked players and team lears to nomate their choic for the most outstandg athlet among their ranks. One of the easit ways I ma iends was by jog Varsy Gay League, an LGBTQ-clive weekend kickball league… I wouldn't have believed you if you told me that four months would be enough time to fd iends I adore, a roommate I'm obssed wh, someone to fall love wh, someone to break my heart, and oodl of cliché Cali drama to get swept up — but I'd have been wrong.
Varsy Gay League partners wh Wt Hollywood Gateway and LA Dodgers to raise money for Posettia Park. Varsy Gay League will be honored durg pregame ceremoni wh a Dodgers Communy Hero Award.
MEDIA AND THE COMG OUT OF GAY MALE ATHLET AMERIN TEAM SPORTS
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. * team sports are gay *
Hackner found Varsy Gay League 2007 and has sce grown to an anizatn reachg the LGBT muny 13 ci across eight stat wh over 15, 000 members.
NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
* team sports are gay *
The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars strength ach, Kev Maxen, has e out as gay — makg him the first male ach a U. While Maxen is believed to be the first male ach to have e out publicly as gay, there have been a few female ach U. When to players, there have only been 16 the history of the NFL to e out as gay or bisexual as of September 2022, per Outsports.
The Jacksonville Jaguars’ assistant strength and ndng ach, Kev Maxen, has ma history by beg the first male ach profsnal sports the Uned Stat to publicly e out as gay an exclive terview wh “I don’t want to feel like I have to thk about anymore, ” Maxen told Outsports the terview.
-based profsnal league to e out as gay. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan.
GAY ATHLET FACE DISCRIMATN IN PROFSNAL SPORTS
Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23. Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. Acrdg to Michael Stto of HoopsHype, the Lakers are among several teams who uld potentially have tert Rudy Gay.
JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
Veteran forward Rudy Gay is expected to draw tert om several playoff-liber teams, cludg the Goln State Warrrs, Los Angel Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins, league sourc told HoopsHype. Perhaps this is a role and avenue that Gay n also provi value like he did for a young Jazz team. While his on-urt productn certaly isn't where ed to be at this stage of his reer, Gay still do posss the reque size and strength to pete.
Standg at 6’8” and sportg a 7’3” wgspan, Gay has the exact type of proportns the Lakers lacked their seri agast the Denver Nuggets particular. The se agast Gay is simple — he would not shore up the Lakers’ glarg need at center.
Gay put up reer lows 3-pot shootg (25%) and eFG% (43%) wh Utah this past year. Dpe the limatns and drop-offs that e wh age, there is potentially a role for Gay somewhere the league as he has proved to still be a steady ntributor when given the chance.
GAY BOYS PLAY TEAM SPORTS AT HALF THE RATE OF THEIR PEERS
9 pots better than their opponents wh Gay on the floor (1689 posssns) this season acrdg to Cleang the Glass. While remas to be see if that role is found Los Angel for Gay, probably behoov the Lakers to look elsewhere to fill what is an obv need or at least swg for upsi wh a younger player.
Sunday’s “Great Midwtern Trendkill” event wasn’t the first time out gay pro wrtler AC Mack stepped to a Naptown All-Pro Wrtlg rg, but will be his last. He is an out gay Black man the South who thrived, buildg human nnectns whose strength manifted the emotnal rponse by the ACTION fanbase when he announced he was leavg -rg petn last month.