Kev Maxen, assistant ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the first openly gay ach of a U.S. men’s profsnal league sport
Contents:
- GAYLETTER SHOP
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- THE SUPREME COURT’S RULG ON REFG GAY BS
- LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- COLORADO'S GAY GOVERNOR WR TAYLOR SWIFT AN EPIC OPEN LETTER
- THE GAY LETTERS : A CIVIL WAR RRPONNCE
GAYLETTER SHOP
Jacksonville Jaguars ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay, makg him the first out male ach a pro men's league. NBC Sports' Corey Robson explas why this is a big step for football. * the gay letter *
Consirg a recent survey by the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) found that 12 percent of the populatn intifi as LGBTQIA+, 's more ccial than ever to unrstand the termology around this growg muny.
Until somewhat recently, variatns of the term "gay muny" were ed to enpass the entirety of the group that we now refer to as LGBTQIA+.
Magaze, the first acronym to take shape the 1990s was "GLBT, " ed to scribe those who intified as eher gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr. " This notatn clus space for those intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (and some s, "qutng"), tersex, asexual (and sometim "ally"), and the "+" is for a plethora of other orientatns and inti.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
Before then, the term "gay" was ed to refer to both men and women, although was more closely associated wh men.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
G: Gay. Before the latter half of the 19th century, the word "gay" simply referred to someone who was "reee, " "cheerful, " or "bright and showy, " acrdg to The Oxford Dictnary of Difficult Words.
Sce then, the word "gay" has fully replaced the term "homosexual, " which many found to be too clil and was riddled wh stigma. Acrdg to the Universy of Illois, "gay" is still ed to scribe a number of thgs, cludg the LGBTQIA+ muny as a whole, a sgle dividual who do not intify as straight, and men who are attracted to other men a "romantic, erotic and/or emotnal sense. (And, while this should go whout sayg, the ia that intifyg as bisexual is a "way statn" om straight to gay is an accurate and hurtful stereotype.
The "A" LGBTQIA+ n also refer to the term "ally, " which is ed to fe someone who "nonts heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, heterosexual, and genrstraight privilege themselv and others, " acrdg to the Universy of Illois.
THE SUPREME COURT’S RULG ON REFG GAY BS
Skip to ntentGAYLETTER Shop. Consir LGBT as a base or foundatnal acronym reprentg lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people.
Some women who are attracted to women prefer the terms gay or queer refers to someone who rejects or do not intify wh the genr bary of man or woman. Former Print Barack Obama released a lengthy statement about how his life was shaped by books wrten by gay and transgenr Democrat print ma the admissn a letter to librarians Monday morng. And librarians are on the ont l, fightg every day to make the wist possible range of viewpots, opns, and… — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 17, 2023Natnal rad host Todd Starn summed up Obama’s letter a tweet:“Obama: Your children should have accs to gay porn their school librari, ” Starn Your children should have accs to gay porn their school librari.
— toddstarn (@toddstarn) July 17, 2023Dh D’Souza and others qutned what the first print to flip-flop on gay marriage meant. "Rpondg to Obama’s open letter, nservativ, cludg The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, roasted the former print, potg out that “the only books that anyone on the right is challengg are pornographic books about gay sex. Barack Obama has fally e out as gay.
LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
At least that mt be what he's sayg, bee he says that the books that are beg challenged schools are the on that shaped his the only books that anyone on the right is challengg are pornographic books about gay… — The Matt Walsh Show (@MattWalshShow) July 18, 2023Thank you @BarackObama for makg clear that you support sexually explic books for kids.
Major profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay. Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward.
The acronym stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Homosexual, gay, lbian: A person who is attracted to people of the same genr. “Gay” has several meangs bee n refer to a homosexual male or female, but “lbian” only refers to a homosexual female.
The word “queer” is also a tricky term bee has been, and still is many s, a very offensive word for gay people. I thk I might be gay or bi or trans or queer. RencilgWorks, “Lutheran Introductn to Our Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer Neighbors”.
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COLORADO'S GAY GOVERNOR WR TAYLOR SWIFT AN EPIC OPEN LETTER
There are those wh scerely held relig beliefs who ce scriptural referenc that support segregatn of the rac, as do those who jtify their anti-gay bias this manner. It would be sweet jtice if the Thomas were nied service when they try to orr an anniversary other words, this is a slippery BudzskiEvanston, the Edor:Re “Christians and Drag Queens Both Defend the First Amendment, ” by David French (lumn, July 1):I agree that eedom of speech clus both lettg someone give hateful speech (if not cg vlence) and also not forcg someone to speak agast their said, how is a web signer who creat a weddg page for a gay uple seen as beg forced to speak agast her nscience? The speech is the gay uple’s, not hers.
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At one pot we were all jt gay, but follow me here. Why do gays have to have a label to be part of the queer muny? LGBTQIA officially (unofficially) stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersexual, Asexual.
THE GAY LETTERS : A CIVIL WAR RRPONNCE
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(“How the ripple effect of the Supreme Court’s 303 Creative cisn uld swamp civil rights, ” Opn, July 12)As a gay man, I am always ncerned if the bs where I spend my money are supportive of my muny. Kev Maxen, an assistant ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, ma sports history after publicly g out as gay.