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Kev Maxen, assistant ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the first openly gay ach of a U.S. men’s profsnal league sport

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PRO VOLLEYBALL PLAYER DENNIS DEL VALLE OUT AS GAY

Dennis Del Valle, a pro volleyball player om Puerto Ri now playg Swzerland, said was time to tell the world he is gay. * openly gay volleyball players *

Dennis Del Valle, a profsnal volleyball player Swzerland and member of the Puerto Rin natnal team, has e out publicly as gay an terview wh a Swiss webse.

Del Valle, 31, who is om San Juan, Puerto Ri, and who played llege at Penn State, told the 24 Hours webse that he cid to e out to show that gay athlet n play at ele levels. On my level, I have had a succsful reer beg gay. The webse said Del Valle is the first member of a major Swiss men’s team any sport to e out as gay.

GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER’S SELF-ACCEPTANCE LED TO EPER BOND WH LLEGE TEAMMAT

Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn. * openly gay volleyball players *

“I pecially didn’t want to break the chemistry of the team, that uld bee weird the locker room for some, that they image thgs, fixate on my homosexualy, no longer dare to go to shower my prence, or whatever.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

I uld hear my neighbour scream hysterilly when our women's volleyball team beat Japan to be crowned Asian Champns last Saturday. It was simply the bt game the tournament, and the long-legged ladi ma the natn and their fans _ a lot of them gay _ proud, pecially me. * openly gay volleyball players *

Chris Voth, a pro volleyball player om Canada who me out as gay on Outsports 2017, praised Del Valle speakg out. The number doubl the 40 openly gay, lbian and bisexual women who peted of the women are om North and South Ameri, Europe, Atralia and New Zealand, Outsports reported.

Meanwhile, the 2022 Men’s World Cup was set to be hosted Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison. The associatn’s cisn prompted some fans and athlet — cludg the first openly gay major league soccer player — to speak out.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

“If actns speak lour than words, then the msage FIFA sends to gay athlet is pafully clear.

Not only don’t they have our backs, our liv don’t matter, ” Robbie Rogers, one of the first openly gay major league soccer players, said a 2015 opn article for USA Today after FIFA announced the untri that would host the upg tournaments.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

“So for any gay soccer player who has hop of playg for the U. Gay volleyball player’s self-acceptance led to eper bond wh llege teammat. “How n you tell when another guy is gay?

Francis Universy near Ptsburgh when I me out as gay. I was hont wh them about what kept me the closet: the homophobic locker room talk, wonrg if people would accept me and not beg able to accept myself.

THIS GAY STANFORD VOLLEYBALL PLAYER ME OUT TO HIS TEAM, AND THEN HIS SPORT GOT CUT

Some part of me always realized that I was gay.

WE NEED MORE GAY MALE PRO TEAM SPORT ATHLET TO E OUT

In high school the tim I would hear words and phras like “fag” or “that’s gay” thrown around really ma hard to accept that I was gay.

I started to thk, there is nothg wrong wh beg gay.

NCAA TOURNAMENT N WAS EXTRA SWEET FOR OUT GAY VOLLEYBALL ACH

You are gay.

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Gay volleyball player builds ep bond wh team after g out - Outsports .

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