Gay pro baseball player says 'discrimatn and hate has a voice baseball' after Tampa Bay Rays players refed to wear Pri Night uniforms

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• GAY PRO BASEBALL PLAYER SAYS 'DISCRIMATN AND HATE HAS A VOICE BASEBALL' AFTER TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYERS REFED TO WEAR PRI NIGHT UNIFORMS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER NFL, RETURNG TO THE TAMPA BAY BUCNEERS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER SIGNS NEW NTRACT WH TAMPA BAY
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NFL, GETS ANOTHER CHANCE WH BUCNEERS
• GAY PRO BASEBALL PLAYER SAYS 'DISCRIMATN AND HATE HAS A VOICE BASEBALL' AFTER TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYERS REFED TO WEAR PRI NIGHT UNIFORMS
• 'SAD AND FURIATG:' OPENLY GAY PRO BASEBALL PLAYER SPEAKS OUT ON RAYS PLAYERS' STANCE
• SOME TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYERS REFED TO WEAR A PRI RABOW, SAY THEY REJECT GAY ‘BEHAVR’

GAY PRO BASEBALL PLAYER SAYS 'DISCRIMATN AND HATE HAS A VOICE BASEBALL' AFTER TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYERS REFED TO WEAR PRI NIGHT UNIFORMS

Bryan Ruby is the only out gay active player profsnal GreenSome Tampa Bay Rays players refed to don Pri Night attire Saturday, peelg off rabow Ruby, the only out gay active profsnal baseball player, lled "sad and tratg.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

""Discrimatn and hate has a voice baseball, and you saw Tampa, " Ruby told a handful of Tampa Bay Rays players refed to wear rabow-clad uniforms for Pri Night on Saturday, the only out gay active player profsnal baseball said "discrimatn and hate has a voice baseball and you saw Tampa. A rabow starburst logo was placed on the Tampa Bay Rays' uniforms for the team's Pri Aguilar/Getty ImagRuby, a 26-year-old who has been playg ball sce he was 6, publicly me out as gay durg his 2021 stt on the Salem-Keizer Volno, an pennt team that was once an affiliate of the San Francis had already been out to his iends and fay for five years, but he said took him so long to e out baseball bee he was never able to actively pot to someone Major League Baseball and see someone like him. "MLB has never had an out gay active player s 146-year said he was fearful of losg his job when he first me out, though he add that he had begun to proudly don rabow lac his cleats.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

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BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'

Super Bowl ntenr the Tampa Bay Bucneers signed fensive end Carl Nassib—pro football's first openly gay, active player—brgg him back to where he livered two of his most productive seasons, NBC News reported. Last year, Nassib (then wh the Las Vegas Rairs) me out as gay and ma one of the NFL's most memorable early season plays, sackg the Baltimore Ravens' Lamar Jackson and forcg a fumble a dramatic Monday Night Football victory for the Rairs.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER NFL, RETURNG TO THE TAMPA BAY BUCNEERS

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My whole thg is, I'm a football player who is gay. ' Bee all anyone's gonna remember about me is that I'm gay, " he said of his thkg at the time. I don't choose every day to be gay.

FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER SIGNS NEW NTRACT WH TAMPA BAY

And this rare terview — only his send sce g out — Nassib said the only reason he's talkg about beg gay is to ntue supportg the Trevor Project, a nonprof aimed at helpg LGBTQ youth wh suici preventn and crisis unselg. PREVIOUS: Mystery man Carl Nassib voted Bucs team pta He beme the first openly gay, active player the NFL.

When Nassib me out as gay an Instagram vio 2021, he was largely met wh posive reactns, both publicly and om his teammat at the time, spe the NFL’s history of anti-LGBTQ bias. His announcement ma him the first openly gay active player the league. “It helps stroy the myth that gay men are not macho enough to play sports like football, or that a sport like football would not be acceptg.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NFL, GETS ANOTHER CHANCE WH BUCNEERS

[Beg] gay is beg more and more acceptable, pecially wh people like Michael Sam, or the way Dwyane Wa embraced his [trans] dghter. The NFL’s history of homophobia had some people wonrg whether Nassib would land another ntract when he was between teams. The New York Tim reported 2021 that Rairs ach Jon Gn rigned after homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails he had wrten over the years beme public.

Dpe homophobia havg permeated some areas of the league, Nassib appears to be receivg support and rpect all around. “But the thg that was most tellg for me about the one Tampa was that there were Bucs players who told me after Carl Nassib me out, that they spected/knew he was gay, and they not only honored that secret but supported him fully. 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.

GAY PRO BASEBALL PLAYER SAYS 'DISCRIMATN AND HATE HAS A VOICE BASEBALL' AFTER TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYERS REFED TO WEAR PRI NIGHT UNIFORMS

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.

'SAD AND FURIATG:' OPENLY GAY PRO BASEBALL PLAYER SPEAKS OUT ON RAYS PLAYERS' STANCE

Defensive end Carl Nassib beme notor to the NFL world last year when he beme the first player to openly discs his homosexualy, and this Monday has been nfirmed, acrdg to prs reports, that he will return to the league wh the Tampa Bay 's Adam Schefter reported that Nassib has agreed to a one-year al to be Tom Brady's team bellwether as he seeks revenge after one of his worst seasons as a pro last year st him to be cut by the Las Vegas Rairs last Nassib's donatns to The Trevor ProjectIt is worth rememberg that, June 2021, Nassib ma his sexual preference known, addn to makg public a $100, 000 donatn to The Trevor Project, an anizatn dited to providg assistance to youth the LGBTQ+ muny, terveng moments of crisis for the preventn of suicidal year, after beg cut March, Nassib returned to make his annual donatn to The Trevor Project June, however, was after the first week of preason that Nassib land equipment, what will be his send stt wh the Bucneers the Nassib's long road to the NFLAfter excellg at the llegiate level wh Penn State, Nassib was a third-round pick (65th overall) the 2016 Draft by the Cleveland Browns, a team he played two seasons wh and prr to his third, was placed on waivers and immediately claimed by the Bucs and 2018 had his bt statistil mpaign the spent two seasons Tampa Bay, however, 2020 he beme a ee agent and signed wh the Las Vegas Rairs, where he uld not match his productn he had the Bucs to which he returns wh the tentn of fightg for a regular spot for the next regular season. Bryan Ruby, the only out gay active profsnal baseball player, lled "sad and tratg. After a handful of Tampa Bay Rays players refed to wear rabow-clad uniforms for Pri Night on Saturday, the only out gay active player profsnal baseball said "discrimatn and hate has a voice baseball and you saw Tampa.

SOME TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYERS REFED TO WEAR A PRI RABOW, SAY THEY REJECT GAY ‘BEHAVR’

Ruby, a 26-year-old who has been playg ball sce he was 6, publicly me out as gay durg his 2021 stt on the Salem-Keizer Volno, an pennt team that was once an affiliate of the San Francis had already been out to his iends and fay for five years, but he said took him so long to e out baseball bee he was never able to actively pot to someone Major League Baseball and see someone like him. The Tampa Bay Bucneers signed fensive end Carl Nassib — pro football's first openly gay, active player — brgg him back to where he livered two of his most productive seasons, officials said, then of the Las Vegas Rairs, me out a ltle more than a year ago and ma one of the NFL's most memorable early season plays, sackg the Baltimore Ravens' Lamar Jackson and forcg a fumble a dramatic Monday Night Football victory for the Silver & will be Nassib’s seventh season the NFL and his send stt Tampa Bay, where he played 2018 and 2019, rerdg 6.