NFL sayg 'Football is gay' signals ongog evolutn league

Contents:

• NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO
• NFL SAYS 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW MERCIAL THAT MAK CLEAR S SUPPORT OF LGBTQ+ MUNY
• NFL SHAR NEW VIO THAT SAYS ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’
• FOOTBALL IS SO GAY: FORCED MASCULY PRO SPORTS HALTS SOCIAL PROGRS
• NFL RELEAS MERCIAL SUPPORTG LGBTQ+ MUNY: “FOOTBALL IS GAY”
• 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' - NEW NFL AD SHOWS SUPPORT TO LGBTQ+ MUNY
• OPN: NFL'S CLARATN THAT 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' SIGNALS LEAGUE'S ONGOG EVOLUTN
• NFL RELEAS POWERFUL VIO, 'FOOTBALL IS GAY'
• ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’: NFL SHAR VIO SUPPORT OF LGBTQ MUNY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• THE NFL CAN’T JT SAY “FOOTBALL IS GAY” WHILE IGNORG ITS OWN HOMOPHOBIA AND RACISM
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST

NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO

In a vio shared on Twter on Monday, the Natnal Football League clared, "Football is gay. "In whe letters on a black background, the word "gay" was then replaced wh words cludg "lbian, " "betiful, " "queer, " "transgenr, " "power" and "life.

Nassib is the first active NFL player to e out as gay. The 30-send spot begs wh the le, "Football is gay" as light cheerg plays the background.

NFL SAYS 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW MERCIAL THAT MAK CLEAR S SUPPORT OF LGBTQ+ MUNY

The NFL has released a new vio that clar “football is gay” durg Pri Month.

The vio one week after Las Vegas Rairs player Carl Nassib me out as gay on social media, makg him the first active NFL player to do so. The vio  a week after Las Vegas Rairs player Carl Nassib me out as gay on social media.

In the NFL’s new vio, whe text cross the screen, readg, “Football is gay. CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY. That’s an unrstatement — the Sewickley, Pennsylvania, thor and illtrator actually thks the entire sport is really, really gay.

NFL SHAR NEW VIO THAT SAYS ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’

Kichi’s most recent picture book, “Football is Soooo Gay” is a diatribe to what he nsirs an sential tth: football is an herently homosexual sport. Men only play , obss over and dite their liv to , acrdg to Kichi — who is openly gay — to fake their way through heterosexualy. “The homosexual phenomena is not so passive.

FOOTBALL IS SO GAY: FORCED MASCULY PRO SPORTS HALTS SOCIAL PROGRS

Science documents the homosexual urge [exists] one gree or another a majory of men, ” Kichi said an email. A page om Kichi’s book, “Football is soooooo gay. Watchg men watch men tight spanx lightly spank each other for support before they head for a group shower do make me thk there’s somethg nately homoerotic happeng.

But Kichi said ’s all a se so men n prove they’re straight by actg gay and not gettg turned on.

NFL RELEAS MERCIAL SUPPORTG LGBTQ+ MUNY: “FOOTBALL IS GAY”

For self-intified men, growg up often means sheddg any trace of femy or homosexualy — two characteristics many people mistakenly associate.

The simple existence of sr of theori related to masculy and homosexualy is a sign of the tim. Louis Rams’ draft pick 2014, was gog to be the first openly gay man to play the NFL — until he wasn’t.

'FOOTBALL IS GAY' - NEW NFL AD SHOWS SUPPORT TO LGBTQ+ MUNY

“Women athlet, gay or straight, faced people llg them butch, llg them lbians, ” Ruck said. In the same way that men put on shows of tense masculy to ny any trace of homosexualy, women began playg what Crosby lled the “hetero sexy game. Which isn’t to say that gay pro football and basketball players are hopels — and tst me, nsirg that there are over 1, 600 players the NFL and around 400 players the NBA, there are more homosexual athlet than Sam and Colls.

So the paradox be that a lack of openly gay men highly-publicized pro sports disurag young men om breakg the forced heterosexual fa early on.

OPN: NFL'S CLARATN THAT 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' SIGNALS LEAGUE'S ONGOG EVOLUTN

But as those men grow up and start playg profsnally, the narrow array of openly homosexual men mak harr and harr to be the first. Joventi, who’s now a software specialist Wisns, worked wh the Pengus his senr year at Pt, where he said he enuntered “d homophobia.

Football is gay. Acrdg to a report OutSports, the vio -- entled Football Is for Everyone -- is meant not jt to support Carl Nassib, the first active NFL player to e out as gay, but also let other players, as well as LGBTQ+ fans, know they're jt as important and wele. "The first le to which Rapoport refers is the simple "football is gay" that appears on the screen to open the vio.

"More than merely enuragg the LGBTQ+ muny to rema part of the league's fan base, the vio is also a statement on jt how far the league has progrsed on the issue of gay athlet. "Nassib famoly me out as gay a post to Instagram last week that has sce gone viral.

NFL RELEAS POWERFUL VIO, 'FOOTBALL IS GAY'

One week after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as a gay man, the NFL has released a vio supportg the LGBTQ+ muny.

” “Football is gay.

The 30-send clip cycled through different words to scribe the game, clarg once and for all: "Football is gay. Last week, the NFL donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, matchg a donatn ma by Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib, who ma sports history when he me out to the public as gay. In his g out vio taken at his home Wt Chter, Pennsylvania, Nassib said, "I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay.

‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’: NFL SHAR VIO SUPPORT OF LGBTQ MUNY

The NFL is sendg a powerful msage of support to the LGBTQ+ muny, a week after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib me out as 's the first active NFL player to do league tweeted out a new mercial which starts out by sayg "football is gay.

A llectn of our favore untentnally gay phras accintally uttered by football announcers. "Football is gay, " the ad began – whe words on a black screen wh fat cheerg the background. "The statement me jt ls than a week after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib announced to the world that he is gay, makg him the first active NFL player to be out.

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

And now, wh the latt ad mpaign, league officials aim to ensure that the NFL wraps s arms not only around Nassib but other gay players who to date have kept their sexualy private, and the LGBTQ+ muny as a whole.

The signs of such groundwork have been there: Would the NFL have reached this pot had not been for Michael Sam, the Mizzou fensive leman who announced he was gay leadg up to the draft 2014? This isn’t your father’s asked about Nassib's announcement, numero players, ach and ont-office employe who spoke wh USA TODAY Sports surmised that there has never been a better and safer time the league for people of diverse walks of life to speak their that partly explas why many players across the league exprsed support both publicly and privately when Nassib ma his announcementNassib wasn’t the first gay player the NFL, and he certaly will not be the 's a belief among some who work wh the NFL that many wh the league have started to unrstand that jt as the lor of a person’s sk has no impact on their abily to ntribute to the succs of a anchise, neher should sexual orientatn.

No doubt, gay players and staffers, who have kept their sexual orientatns private, have craved siar, as the NFL clar, “Football is gay. 'Football Is Gay'. Releasg a powerful vio Monday that featured the msage, "Football is gay.

THE NFL CAN’T JT SAY “FOOTBALL IS GAY” WHILE IGNORG ITS OWN HOMOPHOBIA AND RACISM

A league spokperson nfirmed to Outsports on Monday the vio was a direct rponse to Las Vegas Rairs pass-sher Carl Nassib announcg he's gay last week. SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The NFL is showg up for people the LGBTQ muny by statg loud and proud that football is queer, gay, and lbian.

A 30-send vio clip posted to the league’s official Twter acunt Monday begs wh the words “FOOTBALL IS GAY” before cyclg through a seri of clive scriptns of what football “is, ” cludg the words queer, strong, bisexual and acceptg. Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay. 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.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST

The NFL created que a stir on social media Monday after tweetg out a vio proclaimg that “football is gay” as part of an apparent attempt to rebrand as a more clive league. “Football is gay, ” the ad not whe text agast a black backdrop — and then the word “gay” is swapped out for a lany of other inti and adjectiv: “lbian, ” “betiful, ” “strong, ” “queer, ” “transgenr, ” “heart, ” and fally, “everyone.

”The vio on the heels of 28-year-old Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beg the first active, openly gay NFL player earlier this month. Nasib donated $100, 000 to the Trevor Project after publicly g out a vio announcement — and the NFL has pledged to match that donatn, directg viewers of the “football is gay” vio to The Trevor Project’s se for more rmatn about how fans n support the mental health of LGBTQ+ needls to say, plenty of homophobic NFL fans weren’t pleased wh their favore sport beg lled “gay, ” or wh the league changg s logo to Pri lors for the month of June. I’ll spare you the nasts, but if you’ve got a strong stomach, you n scroll through the repli to the “football is gay” vio to see the ristance to clivy for said, the league self is also partially to blame here.

You n’t jt say “football is gay” and erase years’ worth of tellg silence on social issu like LGBTQ+ equaly and racial jtice.