Shane Wick had his dream job: le ach at his high school alma mater. But there was one plitn. "Football teach so many great life lsons to those who play or ach," he says, "but one negative thg that do teach is that beg gay is not okay." In this movg talk, Wick shar his story about g out to his team. A story of owng your tth the face of adversy.
Contents:
- OVER THE RABOW: MATT SALMON'S SON WANTS TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF REPUBLIN POLICS -- ONLY HE'S GAY
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- WHY I ME OUT AS A GAY FOOTBALL ACH
OVER THE RABOW: MATT SALMON'S SON WANTS TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF REPUBLIN POLICS -- ONLY HE'S GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * is coach salmons gay *
"Mom, I'm gay. Salmon and his wife, Nancy, have supported anti-gay legislatn over the years, cludg bans on same-sex marriage and nyg gays the right to adopt.
And Salmon jt beme print of the Arizona Log Cab Republins, a group of Republins that advot for gay rights and lobbi for sympathetic ndidat. There's a rich history of gay Republins Arizona polics. Even two of the most famo Republin policians and printial ndidat Arizona history — Senator John McCa and the late Senator Barry Goldwater — have pro-gay fay nnectns.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Senator McCa himself voted agast the Feral Marriage Amendment, sayg the cisn should be left to each state, but he has mataed his opposn to gay marriage and been ambiguo about repealg the ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Conservative" Barry Goldwater, however, blasted ary bans on gays 1993, sayg, "You don't have to be straight to shoot straight. " Goldwater's grandson, Ty Ross Goldwater, is gay, and Ty says his grandfather was never anythg but supportive of him.
WHY I ME OUT AS A GAY FOOTBALL ACH
Barry Goldwater volly me out favor of gay rights the 1990s, part of a wir "left turn" that angered many social nservativ. But never has the Arizona gay Republin nundm h so close to home, or created such a faial ntradictn — not publicly, anyway — as has for Matt R.
He also voted "y" on a failed bill 1999 that would have banned gays om beg able to adopt the District of Columbia.
The Salmons have been so volly anti-gay over the years that some lol policians, ankly, rejoiced when one of their four kids me out. "There were a lot of 10 years ago that prayed one of Matt Salmon's kids would turn out gay, " says Steve May. "Not bee we wanted to e any problems or pa for anybody, but bee we believe that gay children will change the hearts and mds of their parents.