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• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, MET ‘SOULMATE’ MARK, 46, AFTER HE SLID TO HIS DMS WHEN HE ME OUT
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, ADMS PARTNER, 46, SLID INTO HIS DMS
• GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE WILLIAMSON ‘CUT OFF’ BY MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM AFTER G OUT
• CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
• CZECH SOCCER PLAYER JAKUB JANKTO OUT AS GAY
• HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, MET ‘SOULMATE’ MARK, 46, AFTER HE SLID TO HIS DMS WHEN HE ME OUT

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. Openly gay footballer Jake Daniels, 18, met ‘soulmate’ Mark, 46, after he slid to his DMs when he me out. Jake Daniels ‘uld not be more happy’ after g out as gay last year (Picture: @BlackpoolFC)Blackpool FC star Jake Daniels has opened up on how he met his ‘soulmate’ the days after he publicly me out as gay.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

The footballer, 18, last year beme the first player the top four men’s divisns to e out as gay 32 years, sce Jt Fashanu 1990. The young star had battled ncerns about g out, worryg would affect his future transfer chanc and admtg he wouldn’t have felt ‘safe’ playg last year’s World Cup, where homosexualy is crimalised.

He knew he was gay om a young age, he add, but told nobody as he was aaid his iends would treat him differently.

In a msage to his mother and sister, the first people he told he was gay, he wrote that nobody else uld know yet ‘bee of the job I’m . In his ndid terview wh Sky Sports last year, he said he was ‘probably five or six years old when I knew I was gay. MORE: Jake Daniels offers help to Premier League footballers nsirg g out as gay.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

MORE: Jake Daniels me out as gay after watchg Tom Daley’s alternative Christmas speech: ‘I watched that msage over and over’.

GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, ADMS PARTNER, 46, SLID INTO HIS DMS

As the World Cup go on a untry where homosexualy is illegal, many global football fans are havg to reckon wh the sports' soccer remas one of the most popular sports around the world, very few players have been able to e out and enjoy a succsful reer afterwards. Gay players face prsure om teammat, ownership, ach, and fans over their are some of the men who have e out, fightg those stereotyp, and pavg the way for LGBTQ+ athlet who e after them. Atralian striker Andy Brennan me out as gay 2019, beg the first out gay Atralian male footballer.

GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE WILLIAMSON ‘CUT OFF’ BY MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM AFTER G OUT

He me out 2011, and won the seventh season of Swedish realy show Let's Dance, beg the first out gay person to w. He me out as gay 2022.

His early clubs knew he was gay, and he me out durg his reer, beg the first pro footballer to do so. In 2014, he beme Bra's hight-profile out, gay player, and was the first out, gay male player to play at Wembley.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR

He later me out as gay and has sce spoken out about the difficulti queer players face.

CZECH SOCCER PLAYER JAKUB JANKTO OUT AS GAY

He me out as gay 2019.

The South Ain footballer beme Ai's first out, gay male footballer when he me out 2015.

Rogers me out as gay 2013, beg the first out gay man to pete a top North Amerin pro sports league when he played for the LA Galaxy that same year. Later, he revealed he qu the sport as a rult of homophobia he faced when he me out. A giant mural of England's first openly gay footballer has been unveiled on the si of a Fashanu remas the only male profsnal player to nfirm he was homosexual - amid fears he would be "outed" by a natnal newspaper 1990 - and was ducted to the footballg Hall of Fame spe now beg seen as an spiratn the fight agast homophobia and discrimatn sport, the proud Canary took his own life 1998 - wrg his suici note that beg gay and a personaly was "so hard" former Norwich Cy striker, who beme the UK's first black £1m player when he was sold to Nottgham Fort, ntu to be seen as a legend at the Norfolk Champnship "wonr strike" agast Liverpool at Carrow Road 1980 went on to w Match of the Day's goal of the season now his face has taken pri of place on the si of a Canari supporters pub.

HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS

A mural of former Norwich Cy player Jt Fashanu, England's first openly gay footballer, has appeared on the Fat Cat and Canary.

Great player, sred an amazg goal, the first £1m black player, me out as gay, " he said. There was a lot of homophobia the prs and media and he was hound for the fact that he me out as beg gay.

Italian sports mister Andrea Abodi has nied accatns of homophobia after his ments about openly gay footballer Jakub Jankto sparked anger the an terview wh La Stampa published on Tuday, Abodi said that he “didn’t want to pass for a homophobe” after sayg of Jankto, who is set to sign for promoted Serie A si Cagliari, that he “didn’t like ostentatn” ment, ma durg a rad terview on Monday, was taken as to be referrg to Jankto g out as homosexual | Czech footballer Jakub Jankto out as gayBut Abodi sisted that that he was talkg about what he nsirs “excsive ostentatn” among some participants at the annual LGBTQ Pri march rather than people beg ee to exprs their sexual orientatn.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

”Jankto will bee the first-ever openly homosexual player Serie A when he formalis his transfer om Getafe to 27-year-old, one of a handful of top players who have publicly e out as gay while still playg, will return to Italy, where he prevly played at Ude, Asli and, 63, is officially mister for sport and youth a right wg ernment led by the Brothers of Italy party which has neo-fascist roots. Durg an appearance on Rylan Clarke’s BBC Rad 4 podst How to Be a Man, openly gay footballer Jake Daniels got ndid about how he met his partner the aftermath of g out to the Blackpool FC player me out last year when he was 17, makg him the first Brish men’s football player to e out sce Jt Fashanu 1990.

#jakedaniels #agegaps— Luigi ??? (@disbiskw) May 19, 2023i’m happy for jake daniels but the fact his partner is 3 tim olr than him is jt flat out weird— seb (@aibcwl) May 18, 2023I don’t necsarily disagree wh the disurse on Jake Daniels’ relatnship, but let’s jt remember there’s a baby gay the middle of this all who is navigatg his sexualy unr a microspe, wh every word beg amplified across social and prs— Aidan (@aidanrdick) May 19, 2023When did Jake Daniels e out? “I then experienced homophobia for the first time, ” Jake shared. Publicly gay footballer Jake Williamson shared he was “angry” and “upset” when members of his team isolated him after he me out.

The semi-profsnal footballer was playg a Sunday football league Birmgham when he shared his experience of beg a gay footballer on the BBC’s LGBT Sports Podst 2021. “I then experienced homophobia for the first time, ” he told PkNews of feelg “shut out.