Dolphs receiver Kenny Stills talks about fightg for equaly, and how he would handle a gay player on the team.
Contents:
- THE 61 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS, 13 OWNERS AND 9 HEAD ACH SUPPORT GAY AND BI ATHLET
- MIAMI DOLPHS WOULD WELE OPENLY GAY PLAYER
THE 61 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS, 13 OWNERS AND 9 HEAD ACH SUPPORT GAY AND BI ATHLET
* kenny stills gay *
None of this is a surprise, g om a player who was so welg and matter-of-fact even five years ago when Jason Colls me out as gay. Dpe the work of Stills and other players, addn to the team’s LGBTQ muny outreach, Stills noted that no Dolphs player, or any other player the NFL, is currently publicly out (and he don’t know anyone on the Dolphs who is gay privately).
And as Stills said, wh 63 players the Dolphs locker room for practic, chanc are at least somebody is gay. One powerful element the NFL, and across Ameri, is Christiany, which has tradnally tght that homosexualy is a s.
Stills said spe that, Christians n still fd a place their hearts to fight for equaly and cln for gay people.
MIAMI DOLPHS WOULD WELE OPENLY GAY PLAYER
“The silent majory of sports legends have yet to speak out favor of LGBTQ+ sports, and I’m sure is not due to homophobia but a lack of knowledge and fear, ” said Rsell, who is also the thor of his upg memoir, The Yards Between Us. Rsell is one of 16 current or former NFL players to e out publicly as gay or bi.
Below we’ve listed current NFL players, team owners and head ach who have — wh their actns and/or words — monstrated support for the LGBT muny, gay athlet, fans and anyone else between. All of this is addn to Roger Gooll — the NFL missner and the most powerful person Amerin sports — who has for 10 years talked publicly many tim about his support for the LGBT muny, cludg his gay brother. There are also a number of NFL owners and head ach who have publicly exprsed support for gay athlet and the LGBT muny.
Note that other players, ach and owners shared generic msag about cludg anyone who n help their team, but their msage didn’t que rg to as “support” for the LGBT muny or gay teammat. The Lumari regnize the ntributns of young profsnals who have ma outstandg stris towards lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) equaly, acrdg to SAVE’s web where he thks NFL locker rooms stand now as far as open-mdns toward a gay player, Stills said would not be an issue the Dolphs locker room. If a player me out as gay, ’s a safe bet he would be wele by the Dolphs anizatn.