The NFL Can’t Jt Say “Football Is Gay” While Ignorg Its Own Homophobia and Racism | Them

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.

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

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 SHAR NEW VIO THAT SAYS ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’

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.

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

CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY.

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

That’s an unrstatement — the Sewickley, Pennsylvania, thor and illtrator actually thks the entire sport is really, really 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.

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

“The homosexual phenomena is not so passive.

Science documents the homosexual urge [exists] one gree or another a majory of men, ” Kichi said an email.

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

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

NFL RELEAS POWERFUL VIO, 'FOOTBALL IS GAY'

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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. 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’: NFL SHAR VIO SUPPORT OF 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. 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.