Esera Tuaolo played many years the Natnal Football League while hidg a secret om teammat: he's gay. He tells Liane Hansen about his memoir of the experience: Alone the Trench.
Contents:
- A GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER, 'ALONE THE TRENCH'
- MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
- A GAY EX-NFL PLAYER AND A DRAG QUEEN CHURCH LEAR HIGHLIGHT 'THE VOICE' PREMIERE
A GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER, 'ALONE THE TRENCH'
Gay football player Esera Tuaolo me out after a succsful NFL reer, but his pro-LGBTQ work was jt gettg started. * gay samoan nfl player *
Although Esera Tuaolo me out 2002 after retirg om a succsful NFL reer, he has fought homophobic bullyg ever sce, providg a great example of how athlet n advote for fairns and equaly off the field. In his 2006 memoir, “Alone the Trench: My Life As a Gay Man the NFL”, Tuaolo spoke beg molted by his uncle as a child and then nng to a banana patch afterward and askg God to take him away. After retirg, Tuaolo me out as gay a 2002 terview wh HBO’s Real Sports makg him the third former NFL player to e out, after David Kopay and Roy Simmons.
Sce then, he has publicly fought homophobia both wh the NFL and other realms. He began tg rporatns, lleg and high schools across Ameri on the importance of clivy, served as a board member of the Gay and Lbian Athletics Foundatn and has discsed homophobia and bullyg on talk shows like Good Morng Ameri and The Oprah Wey Show. Esera Tuaolo at the 2006 Gay Gam Chigo.
In 2017, Tuaolo tablished his anti-homophobia anizatn, Hate Any Form is Wrong, as a non-prof. Tuaolo has released two origal songs and has also sung the Natnal Anthem at NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA gam as well as the 2006 openg ceremony of the Gay Gam VII Chigo.
MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
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A Gay Football Player, 'Alone the Trench'. He tells Liane Hansen about his memoir of the experience: Alone the Trench: My Life as a Gay Man the NFL.
My Life As a Gay Man the NFL. TleAlone the TrenchSubtleMy Life As a Gay Man the NFLAuthorEsera Tuaolo and John Rosengren Your purchase helps support NPR programmg. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon.
A GAY EX-NFL PLAYER AND A DRAG QUEEN CHURCH LEAR HIGHLIGHT 'THE VOICE' PREMIERE
Carl Nassib is the first to ever play a down as openly gay, but the rt are still trailblazers. * gay samoan nfl player *
Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report.
The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly. 16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster.