Sports Stars Who Battled Gay Rumors

gay nfl players rumors

Outsports has received gay mors about athlet for years. Though that trend is clg.

Contents:

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

* gay nfl players rumors *

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?

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

Players on 22 NFL teams have already had an out gay teammate, cludg six players wh the Arizona Cardals. * gay nfl players rumors *

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

Let’s be clear right om the start. None of the athlet are nfirmed to be gay or anythg like that. The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surro * gay nfl players rumors *

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

Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn. * gay nfl players rumors *

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.

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

As speculatn mounted 2012, my piece — Is Tim Tebow gay?

FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK OPENS UP ABOUT RUMORS HE WAS 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.

THE GAY NFL SUPERSTARS

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.

SPORTS STARS WHO BATTLED GAY RUMORS

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. Those gay athlet are all still alive today.

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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY NFL PLAYERS RUMORS

Top 10 Athlet Who Are Rumored To Be Gay .

TOP