In a llege football first, HBCU player out as gay

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• BYRON PERKS, THE FIRST OUT GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER HBCU HISTORY, LANDS STARRG ROLE NEW SPORTS DOC
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY
• IN A LLEGE FOOTBALL FIRST, HBCU PLAYER OUT AS GAY
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• HAMPTON'S BYRON PERKS BE FIRST HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• FIRST OPENLY GAY HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER REVEALS BOYIEND FOR PRI MONTH [WATCH]
• HAMPTON’S BYRON PERKS IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER
• BYRON PERKS, D1 HAMPTON UNIVERSY FOOTBALL PLAYER, OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY

BYRON PERKS, THE FIRST OUT GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER HBCU HISTORY, LANDS STARRG ROLE NEW SPORTS DOC

Kev Maxen is gay. No NFL ach had ever publicly e out as gay, so Maxen, an assistant strength and ndng ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, kept quiet about his sexual orientatn.And that ma him angry — at himself.“It was an anger and hatred of myself bee I put myself a life where I was livg by other people’s l and not by my own,” Maxen told Outsports.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

Men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Former San Francis 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers beme the NFL’s first ach to e out as gay 2017.

First-year Sparks ach Curt Miller, who ached the Connecticut Sun for seven years before that, has been out for s.Acrdg to the article, Maxen ma his cisn to do so last year and reached out for advice om Carl Nassib, who 2021 beme the NFL’s first out gay active player as a member of the Las Vegas Rairs.It was Nassib who put Maxen ntact wh Outsports.

IN A LLEGE FOOTBALL FIRST, HBCU PLAYER OUT AS GAY

Jt last week, the first out gay football player HBCU history revealed his boyiend to the world. ""Beyond Lims" highlights @_HamptonU's Byron Perks, the first openly gay HBCU football player, Sunday on CBS. Those words reflect Perks’ msage when he publicly me out as gay last fall.

On the Tamron Hall Show last year, he said he’s tryg to be the example for other gay young Black athlet that he lacked. “Especially at an HBCU, young Black gay men need an outlet, ” he told Outsports. There hasn’t been an out gay football athlete at an HBCU.

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

Perks excelled on the field after g out, a mon occurrence among gay athlet. Hampton Universy rnerback Byron Perks, the first openly gay football player at a historilly Black universy, cid to show off his be to celebrate Pri Month.

HAMPTON'S BYRON PERKS BE FIRST HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

In a jubilant celebratn of thenticy and love, Byron Perks, the trailblazg openly gay football player at a historilly Black universy, proudly showsed his new partner.

Hailg om Hampton Universy, Byron etched his name history as the first football player at an HBCU to e out as gay. A Hampton Universy football player me out publicly as gay, a first for a football player at a historilly Black llege or universy, acrdg to, an LGBTQ sports news se.

FIRST OPENLY GAY HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER REVEALS BOYIEND FOR PRI MONTH [WATCH]

Byron Perks, a Divisn I fensive back for the Hampton Universy Pirat, me out as gay an Instagram story shared Wednday.

I’m gay, let be known that this is not a ‘cisn’ or a ‘choice. ’ Y, this is who I am, this is who I’ve been, and this is who I’m gog to be, ” Perks wrote the story, acrdg to (Instagram stori are only available for 24 hours, so Perks’ origal story is no longer viewable) several Divisn I football players have e out as gay durg their llege reers — cludg the College of Idaho’s Cy Hicks, Amherst College’s Avery Saffold and Kansas State’s Stt Frantz — Perks is the first to do so at one of the untry’s 101 HBCUs, acrdg to both Outsports and Perks.

HAMPTON’S BYRON PERKS IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER

Perks told Outsports that he’d like to help other gay Black men who are stgglg wh their sexualy. “There hasn’t been an out gay football athlete at an HBCU.

BYRON PERKS, D1 HAMPTON UNIVERSY FOOTBALL PLAYER, OUT AS GAY

“I’m sure the young man has heard his fair share of slurs om teammat unaware that he is gay. Cyd Zeigler, the -founr of Outsports, noted that “so many ‘first’ gay athlet — John Amaechi, Jason Colls, Michael Sam — have been Black men. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon.

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan. 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.

JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY

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. When Byron Perks h “share” on Instagram and publicly me out as gay, he didn’t thk he was dog for anybody other than himself. But as the first gay football player to ever publicly e out at an HBCU, Perks didn’t jt remove his own mask when he revealed his sexualy to the world.