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- THE 61 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS, 13 OWNERS AND 9 HEAD ACH SUPPORT GAY AND BI ATHLET
- SIX GAY NNECTNS TO THE RAMS-BENGALS SUPER BOWL LVI, AND WE DON’T MEAN THE KICKER
- EX-CCNATI BENGALS PR HEAD SAID THERE WERE 3 PLAYERS ASSUMED TO BE GAY DURG HIS TIME
- WILLIEGAY
- MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
THE 61 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS, 13 OWNERS AND 9 HEAD ACH SUPPORT GAY AND BI ATHLET
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Currently, Carl Nassib of the Tampa Bay Bucneers is the only openly gay player the NFL, but he recently went public wh his boyiend, Danish Olympic swimmer Søren Dahl. Kev Maxen is gay. No NFL ach had ever publicly e out as gay, so Maxen, an assistant strength and ndng ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, kept quiet about his sexual orientatn.And that ma him angry — at himself.“It was an anger and hatred of myself bee I put myself a life where I was livg by other people’s l and not by my own,” Maxen told Outsports.
SIX GAY NNECTNS TO THE RAMS-BENGALS SUPER BOWL LVI, AND WE DON’T MEAN THE KICKER
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Men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Former San Francis 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers beme the NFL’s first ach to e out as gay 2017.
First-year Sparks ach Curt Miller, who ached the Connecticut Sun for seven years before that, has been out for s.Acrdg to the article, Maxen ma his cisn to do so last year and reached out for advice om Carl Nassib, who 2021 beme the NFL’s first out gay active player as a member of the Las Vegas Rairs.It was Nassib who put Maxen ntact wh Outsports. In this story:Jacksonville JaguarsJaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen beme the first publicly-known male ach Amerin men’s profsnal sports to e out as gay Thursday.Maxen spoke wh Outsports to share his journey and why he’s choosg to e out publicly.“I don’t want to feel like I have to thk about anymore,” Maxen said.
I want to be vol support of people livg how they want to live, but I also want to jt live and not feel fear about how people will react.”Maxen, who has been wh his partner Nick for over two years, exprsed that the ntued support om the people around him helped him feel fortable to share his news.“It wasn’t until recently—and wh the immense love and support of my fay, my iends, lleagu and peers, and the urage and sacrifice om my partner—that I realized I have the right and rponsibily to love and be loved, and that maybe sharg this will hopefully give someone else the strength to accept their own life and take ntrol of their own story,” Maxen said.Maxen also noted that he reached out to Carl Nassib, who is the only known gay NFL player the league right now, back Feb.
EX-CCNATI BENGALS PR HEAD SAID THERE WERE 3 PLAYERS ASSUMED TO BE GAY DURG HIS TIME
Matt Gay (Indianapolis Colts) - 80 Overall. “The silent majory of sports legends have yet to speak out favor of LGBTQ+ sports, and I’m sure is not due to homophobia but a lack of knowledge and fear, ” said Rsell, who is also the thor of his upg memoir, The Yards Between Us.
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Rsell is one of 16 current or former NFL players to e out publicly as gay or bi. Below we’ve listed current NFL players, team owners and head ach who have — wh their actns and/or words — monstrated support for the LGBT muny, gay athlet, fans and anyone else between. All of this is addn to Roger Gooll — the NFL missner and the most powerful person Amerin sports — who has for 10 years talked publicly many tim about his support for the LGBT muny, cludg his gay brother.
MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
There are also a number of NFL owners and head ach who have publicly exprsed support for gay athlet and the LGBT muny. Note that other players, ach and owners shared generic msag about cludg anyone who n help their team, but their msage didn’t que rg to as “support” for the LGBT muny or gay teammat. The Los Angel Rams have a kicker named Gay (Matt, married to a woman, two children), but that’s not one of the gay angl to be found Super Bowl LVI between the Rams and Ccnati Bengals.