Jaguars Strength Coach Kev Maxen Com Out As Gay

Contents:

• FIFA REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO OUT AS GAY MONTHS BEFORE THE WORLD CUP
• THIS GAY HOCKEY REFEREE LOV THE GAME. HOMOPHOBIA TELLS HIM THE GAME DON’T LOVE HIM BACK.
• THIS GAY REFEREE JT WORKED AN AMERIN HOCKEY LEAGUE GAME, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE
• GAY PAC-12 REFEREE HAS BEEN WH HIS PARTNER FOR 29 YEARS. NOW HE'S G OUT TO HELP OTHERS.
• WWE REFEREE SHAWN BENT OUT AS GAY ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY
• "YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED" - FIFA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO BELIEV 40% OF FOOTBALLERS ARE GAY OR BISEXUAL
• BILL KENNEDY OUT AS SEND ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NBA OFFICIAL
• GAY PRO HOCKEY REFEREE FS SIMPLY BY BEG HIMSELF
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
• THIS GAY HOCKEY REFEREE LOV THE GAME. HOMOPHOBIA TELLS HIM THE GAME DON’T LOVE HIM BACK.
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

FIFA REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO OUT AS GAY MONTHS BEFORE THE WORLD CUP

Igor Benevenuto, a FIFA soccer referee Brazil, has e out publicly as gay.

In a stirrg statement to Globo Esporte, Benevenuto, 41, talked about the pa of livg a culture and a relign that rejected homosexualy. Gay sex is illegal Qatar, and FIFA has been experienced heightened scty of late for the selectn of Qatar as the World Cup host.

THIS GAY HOCKEY REFEREE LOV THE GAME. HOMOPHOBIA TELLS HIM THE GAME DON’T LOVE HIM BACK.

I will jt be Igor, male, gay, who rpects people and their choic. The 12U hockey ach yellg at me om the bench durg a tournament I was officiatg was referrg to a small pri sticker I put on my helmet after seeg one on the helmet of my favore official, Dre Barone, an out gay AHL (at the time ECHL) official.

THIS GAY REFEREE JT WORKED AN AMERIN HOCKEY LEAGUE GAME, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE

It wasn’t the first time I had experienced homophobia hockey – That happened well before the locker room durg my playg days.

Acrdg to gay hockey referee Tyler, this helmet sticker upset a lot of people.

GAY PAC-12 REFEREE HAS BEEN WH HIS PARTNER FOR 29 YEARS. NOW HE'S G OUT TO HELP OTHERS.

However, hate and homophobia are still there the game. While USA Hockey has updated l to clu harsher penalti for homophobic and racist language before, durg, and after gam, is still there.

More recently, a 12-year-old player was makg homophobic ments to me om the bench while I skated by, and after the third time I gave the bench a penalty. “You’re beg soft bee you’re gay, ” the ach told me. When that same player received another penalty om me (at the time I didn’t realize that was the same player), I got another homophobic tira om the ach.

WWE REFEREE SHAWN BENT OUT AS GAY ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY

“You’re targetg him bee you’re gay and he ma those ments, ” the ach said.

"YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED" - FIFA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO BELIEV 40% OF FOOTBALLERS ARE GAY OR BISEXUAL

Hockey has ma stris terms of workg on some of s culture problems, but I thk homophobia is still an issue that needs a lot of attentn. Associatns n do their part by makg sure there are clear l agast homophobic, racist and discrimatory actns and ments, and by followg through on punishment of those who break those l.

Whenever I enunter homophobia hockey, I am remd that I love the game, and I want to give back, but sometim feels like the game don’t love me back. Dre Barone has been out as a gay man the world of hockey officiatg sce at least 2015.

Barone is believed to be the first publicly out gay man to officiate an AHL game. Other North Amerin gay male sports officials to fd succs have clud hockey’s Alex Valvo the NCAA, Steve Strimlg Pac-12 football and the NBA’s Bill Kennedy. Men’s profsnal hockey ntu to be unr-reprented the LGBTQ muny, wh former player Brock McGillis and current player Le Prokop beg the rare gay male athlet to e out and around the sport.

BILL KENNEDY OUT AS SEND ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NBA OFFICIAL

Steve Strimlg don't need you to know he's gay. Already on ESPN and Fox Sports every tumn Saturday, Strimlg certaly don't seek some form of notoriety as a gay referee football, Ameri's most powerful cultural stutn.

GAY PRO HOCKEY REFEREE FS SIMPLY BY BEG HIMSELF

The articl I read about other gay people sports each say how much they helped others. If someone los assignments bee he's gay?

Through all, beg gay hasn't held him back om advancg as an official.

"I've never thought beg gay was hard for me at all. Take me beg gay away and I had the same good and bad thgs my life as anyone else.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

Strimlg rri himself wh a ep self-nfince that has eed him om the fears drivg so many other gay people sports om sharg their te selv.

"Losg those years as an official wasn't bee I was gay - It was bee I was an asshole.

Still, Strimlg unrstands that his experienc - largely ee om homophobia - are partly a byproduct of livg Los Angel at a time when society's perspectiv of gay people are changg rapidly.

THIS GAY HOCKEY REFEREE LOV THE GAME. HOMOPHOBIA TELLS HIM THE GAME DON’T LOVE HIM BACK.

Last year Outsports ran the story of a closeted gay high school and llege official Louisiana who had seen and heard btal homophobia om fans and his fellow officials.

Other gay officials at some of llege's hight levels have shared wh me a fear of losg assignments if they talk about beg married to their hband. While Strimlg -- never a "Wt Hollywood, go out to the clubs kd of guy" -- has certaly heard homophobic language on the field and the locker room over the years -- "that's how guys talk" -- he personally will not tolerate other gay officials losg opportuni bee of who they are.

That's not bee Michael and I are gay. While plenty of people officiatg know about his fay, he unrstands there are still pockets of football where gay people are not pletely unrstood.

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

WWE referee Shawn Bent took Natnal Comg Out Day to heart Monday when he me out publicly as gay beamg fashn.

I did my bt to supprs any and all homosexual thoughts before and after that for a long time. “I was nvced that I would never be succsful if people knew I was gay.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

Bent’s msage me alongsi imag of him celebratg at Come Out Wh Pri Orlando wh others while wearg the “We Are All Human” shirt ma famo wrtlg circl by former WWE wrtler Jake Atlas, who is also gay.