Top 10 Athlet Who Are Rumored To Be Gay

Contents:

• KORLL STEWART’S STORY IS WHY WE’VE AVOID SPREADG GAY ATHLETE MORS
• THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
• TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
• WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
• MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 104-YEAR HISTORY
• FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK OPENS UP ABOUT RUMORS HE WAS GAY
• THE GAY NFL SUPERSTARS
• SPORTS STARS WHO BATTLED GAY RUMORS

KORLL STEWART’S STORY IS WHY WE’VE AVOID SPREADG GAY ATHLETE MORS

It was ls than a month after we lnched the se that Stewart publicly addrsed mors that he was gay, and that he had talked about wh his Ptsburgh Steelers teammat. How do we handle “mors” that so-and-so athlete is gay?

We knew that two gay guys wrg about sports was already gog to brg wh some raised eyebrows and doubt.

THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE

While Jim had been out as a sports edor, gay guys wrg sports were few and far between.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

We started Outsports — those very early days — simply as a place for gay men to e talk sports. Korll Stewart’s Players Tribune piece last week, tailg the personal and profsnal issu created by havg “gay” mors out there, explas why. To be sure, beg gay is not a bad thg.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

Callg someone gay is not famatory, whether they are or not.

And certaly not the gay muny. Like I said, we have addrsed a handful of gay-athlete mors the past, almost each time g the mors to expla why they are problematic. As speculatn mounted 2012, my piece — Is Tim Tebow gay?

“If Tebow is gay, ” I wrote, “he is buried beneath so much crap he many never get out om unr . The one athlete we’ve handled slightly differently — Troy Aikman — we’ve done so part bee he’s actually ma problematic ments about beg gay, sayg ’s “a liftyle people choose.

MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 104-YEAR HISTORY

Some people still believe that the NFL is a “homophobic” monolh where ’s “dangero” to be gay. Dpe Outsports chroniclg lerally dozens of piec of evince to the ntrary, there’s a ntued belief amongst some that NFL players would overwhelmgly reject a gay player if he me out.

So we set out to figure out how many current NFL players have already played on the same team wh an out gay teammate.

We found 39 current NFL players, who were on a roster for the 2020 season, who have already had an out gay teammate. In addn, dozens of other players have played agast an opponent they knew to be gay.

FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK OPENS UP ABOUT RUMORS HE WAS GAY

Those gay athlet are all still alive today.

THE GAY NFL SUPERSTARS

The 39 current NFL players have played wh at least five gay or bisexual men who were out to their team while they were on the same team. The Arizona Cardals have the most players we know have played wh an out gay teammate. At least six of the players on the Cardals’ 2020 roster — about 10% of the team, — has already had a gay teammate they knew of.

And they have llectively played llege wh all five out gay players. Wh that experience, solid veteran learship, a ach Kliff Kgsbury who has ld gay football player Stt Frantz, and a ont office that has monstrated an embrace of LGBTQ people, is easy to make the se that an out gay player wh the Cardals would be weled.

SPORTS STARS WHO BATTLED GAY RUMORS

Of urse many other NFL players have played wh a gay or bi teammate before they me out (e. The are the current NFL players to have played wh an out gay or bi man on their team (wh that team and their current team listed):. If you thk I’ve missed a current NFL player who’s played wh an out gay or bi teammate, be sure to leave the rmatn the ments below.