Michael Sam, the Universy of Missouri football player who me out as gay Febary, three months advance of the NFL draft, was drafted this eveng by the St. Louis Rams. He reacted the way any athlete would: by kissg his signifint other.
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- MICHAEL SAM'S BIG GAY KISS WILL NEVER BE FOTTEN. THAT WAS THE WHOLE POT
- NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK CELEBRATED BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND
- NFL DRAFT: MICHAEL SAM SHAR KISS WH BOYIEND TO BEE FIRST EVER OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER
- REACTG TO GAY KISS DURG NFL DRAFT SHOULD NOT GET YOU FED AND SPEND, SAYS ESPN'S STEPHEN A. SMH (VIDEO)
- BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.
MICHAEL SAM'S BIG GAY KISS WILL NEVER BE FOTTEN. THAT WAS THE WHOLE POT
Not long after Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL, some ma clear his reactn was not wele. * nfl draft gay kiss *
Not long after Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL, some ma clear his reactn was not wele. “It’s annoyg that people n’t say anythg about the Michael Sam kiss whout people potg at them sayg “homophobe, ” Robby Schultz said.
NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK CELEBRATED BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND
Not everyone was as happy as Michael Sam when, after he was drafted by St. Louis Rams to bee the first openly gay player NFL history, the 6'1\" fensive end leaned to tearfully kiss his boyiend, Vo Cammisano. The pair’s powerful, emotnal kiss were ptured on Saturday by ESPN’s meras and also marked the first time an NFL draft pick was shown exprsg affectn toward a same-sex partner on natnal televisn. Two athlet who are gay, who love each other, showg that emotn, is not somethg you see every day,” said Glenn Wman, founr of the anti-homophobia sports anizatn You Can Play Project. Former Giants nng back and Super Bowl champn Derrick Ward tweeted his disapproval of the kiss several tim, first clarg: * nfl draft gay kiss *
Louis Rams to bee the first openly gay player NFL history, the 6'1" fensive end leaned to tearfully kiss his boyiend, Vo Cammisano.
NFL DRAFT: MICHAEL SAM SHAR KISS WH BOYIEND TO BEE FIRST EVER OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER
Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by the Natnal Football League Saturday. But he was one of the last players taken, and many qutns rema. * nfl draft gay kiss *
That spurred immediate outbursts of homophobia across social media.
Two athlet who are gay, who love each other, showg that emotn, is not somethg you see every day, ” said Glenn Wman, founr of the anti-homophobia sports anizatn You Can Play Project.
REACTG TO GAY KISS DURG NFL DRAFT SHOULD NOT GET YOU FED AND SPEND, SAYS ESPN'S STEPHEN A. SMH (VIDEO)
<b>Cyd Zeigler:</b> Homophob may have reiled after the NFL's first openly gay player celebrated his draft pick wh his boyiend. But was a msage to everyone that everythg has changed * nfl draft gay kiss *
Jon subsequently leted the tweets, ma his Twter acunt private, and issued a public apology to Sam, llg his biased ments about the gay player “appropriate. ”Wman, who grew up as a gay athlete the closet and me out at 28, noted that the kiss were “a ltle shockg, probably, for the hetero muny. ” But siar moments will bee normal and more accepted wh time, he said, and at some pot, showg Amerins a gay male NFL draftee kissg another man will be ak to showg a straight athlete kissg his girliend.
BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.
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’ ”Related stori on TakePart:• Michael Sam Be the First Openly Gay Athlete Drafted by the NFL• Pro-Basketball Go Pro-Gay as Jason Colls Jos the Brooklyn Nets• 12 Pro-Gay Pro Athlet: The Tolerant DozenOrigal article om TakePart. John Sutter: Vile reactn to the kiss shows gay people aren't tly accepted. Sally Kohn: Get over : Gay people kiss bee kissg people you love is normal.
This mentary explor the root of the vilent reactns to openly gay fensive end Michael Sam’s draft by the Natnal Football League’s St. Louis Rams. Ap * nfl draft gay kiss *
Michael Sam over the weekend beme the first openly gay player to be drafted to the NFL. In a few short months, Michael Sam went om beg the first openly gay NFL draft hopeful to beg the first openly gay player the history of the NFL. Many people wele the ia of a gay player the NFL.
– kissg his boyiend: Polls may dite creasg tolerance for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people, but homophobia is still a very prent force Ameri. If gay people were really accepted and embraced by the public at large, this kiss would be cute, not gross.
It took until the fal moments of the fal day of the 2014 draft, but Michael Sam has bee the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team.... * nfl draft gay kiss *
A majory of Amerins support gay rights and marriage equaly.
Gay people kiss bee kissg the people you love is normal. The work took s cue om the gay rights movement that’s slowly transformg the untry, and gave one big ph the right directn.
ESPN mentator Stephen A. Smh blasted the Miami Dolphs' cisn to spend safety Don Jon after he tweeted "omg" and "horrible" after watchg footage of Michael Sam celebrate beg the first openly gay NFL player by kissg his boyiend live on TV. Smh has said people should not be punished jt for reactg negatively to a homosexual uple kissg, and sisted that those wh views that do not ndone homosexual behavr should also be rpected. * nfl draft gay kiss *
In that stant, even as Sam ma history for beg the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL – the most macho of all profsnal sports – ESPN sent the msage that mattered, but didn’t. By stayg wh the footage stead of cuttg away as soon as Sam kissed his boyiend, the work showed that gay love is no different om straight love.
Can you image the effect that kiss had on the thoands of young, closeted gay children who live parts of this untry where they’re forced to feel ashamed of who they are?
The fensive end, poised to be the league's first openly gay player, celebrated after beg picked up by the St. Louis Rams. * nfl draft gay kiss *
One day soon, athlet g out will no longer be a story, and no one will need to be told that ’s “OK to be gay. Tolerance would mean that people knew he was gay and they hoped to jt fet about .