Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay.
Contents:
- I DON’T CARE WHAT FLORIDA TELLS US — KEEP “SAYG GAY” AT SCHOOL
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
I DON’T CARE WHAT FLORIDA TELLS US — KEEP “SAYG GAY” AT SCHOOL
After Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill was signed to law, kids n still fight back schools — and I know why ’s so important that they do. * how to say gay *
“The church don’t hate gay people, I don’t hate gay people.
“There is nothg wrong or bad about beg gay, but is clear that a hband and a wife is what God tend. It wasn’t the first time anti-gay msagg was celly dropped onto my shoulrs at school, and wouldn’t be the last time eher. But even wh this reassurance, took me a long time to e to terms wh my sexualy: I spent eight hours a day trapped at school, beg battered wh sual homophobic remarks om teachers and stunts alike.
It built somethg wh me that I wouldn’t unrstand for years to e, heavy like a are the memori that e back to me when I thk of Florida’s Hoe Bill 1557, aka the Don’t Say Gay Bill, which was signed to law by Gov.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Stunts Florida (and around the untry) are fightg back agast the Don’t Say Gay policy wh peer-led walk-outs, prottg this law support of themselv and their classmat. It would have meant everythg to me as a kid if the iends I loved and the peers I sat bi for hours took actn agast the anti-gay msagg promoted my school system. That number rose by six percentage pots sce 2016 — but wh laws like Don’t Say Gay takg effect, stunts n do more.
When I me out at age 23, the first place I turned was to my queer iends, who held me, lerally and figuratively, when ternalized homophobia and fear ate away at me om the si. In a world where Don’t Say Gay has bee law, that dream hangs the balance.
I refe to not say gay; I’ll keep sayg , whisperg , shoutg out loud bee there are simply too many people who still need to hear .