Kev Maxen be first male ach a US men’s pro sports league to publicly e out as gay | CNN

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• STAGE : SIR IAN’S CSA : MCKELLEN, HAILED FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF RICHARD III, DISCS HIS CRAFT AND HIS VIEWS AS ‘THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO BE KNIGHTED’
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• WHO WAS KARL HERICH ULRICHS? MEET THE FIRST MAN TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

STAGE : SIR IAN’S CSA : MCKELLEN, HAILED FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF RICHARD III, DISCS HIS CRAFT AND HIS VIEWS AS ‘THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO BE KNIGHTED’

Yet the 53-year-old Englishman turns down few terviews or appearanc bee supersedg any personal disfort is his need to promote both the Natnal Theatre and, equally important, gay found his heart San Francis, he says here more than once. It was Mp he lled a few months later after acknowledgg his homosexualy durg a BBC rad bate over anti-gay legislatn, and the msage he left on Mp’s answerg mache was a simple one: “I’m out and about and I’ve never been happier.

Three mut to an eight-mute “Tonight Show” appearance, he lled himself “the first openly gay man to be knighted, ” and even a fund-raisg appearance he ma here for the San Francis Shakpeare Ftival and the Natnal Theatre clud a reference to gay rights.

He was the ma speaker at a prs nference Denver to prott anti-gay legislatn Colorado, and he received a human rights award durg the show’s Washgton, D. How have dienc and crics renciled this wh your high profile as a gay activist? I thk the mature attu toward homosexuals show bs is for the employer to say, “Is this person beg nvcg his part?

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

If I’m missg out on parts bee I’m gay and had them the past, I wouldn’t always know about . *Q: You’ve spoken before of the ironi for gay actors terms of social nformy.

But if that pretense is gog to work, the character has to be absolutely rooted the imagatn and experience of the for a closeted gay to be an actor is a rather ngenial suatn. He n disguise the fact he is gay, which is what society is enuragg him to do, but at the same time he n have an emotnal release, g the absolute honty of his own feelgs wh the performance.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

At the same time the public is sayg, “Don’t tell me about yourself, I don’t want to know, ” the gay actor go out and tells society everythg and yet disguis .

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

So I have been able on ocsn to talk to very senr policians (cludg Prime Mister John Major) about gay very distguished gays have been given tl of one sort or another, but they were always publicly the closet. And the monplace that if you are openly gay you are somehow gog to rtrict your abily to do your job the way you want to do is given the lie by this honor-- my particular se. I’m still well aware that other areas of Brish society-- tn, medice, the legal profsns and ed polics--to be openly gay is simply not allowed.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

*Q: You have bee very visible terms of gay activism Bra. Is there a difference between gay activism there and here?

A: In this untry, when you’re talkg about gay activism, people assume you’re talkg about AIDS. In Bra, bee of the Natnal Health Service, the issue of fundg for AIDS is ls ccial than is here (so) when you are talkg gay issu, ’s thought to be que separate. Perhaps for that reason, ’s ls easy to get people outsi the gay populatn (challengg) what we nsir to be nsirable jtic the legal system.

Ian McKellan publilly me out as gay 1988. Had he been asked prr to that, he fely thks he would've turned down, however, wh the possibily of beg an openly gay man as a knight, he uldn't pass up the opportuny to be a role mol, as he's a huge supporter of the LGBTQ muny.

WHO WAS KARL HERICH ULRICHS? MEET THE FIRST MAN TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

-- 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. 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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. 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. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

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