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For the first time, pro baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer has an out gay male player unr ntract.

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OPENLY GAY ATHLET

Photos of athlet who have e out publicly as gay. * gay sports pics *

Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so. I'm a footballer and I'm gay. "He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay.

In a September terview wh USA Today, 25-year-old mor league baseball player beme the only active baseball profsnal to be out as gay! Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay July, the first active player the league to e out.

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Jacksonville Jaguars’ assistant ach Kev Maxen has ma history by beg the first male ach profsnal sports the U.S. to publicly e out as gay. * gay sports pics *

"I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay, " he wrote a heartfelt msage on social media. The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract. I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay.

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Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ... * gay sports pics *

The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know.

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"He wanted everyone to know he was "still the same Colton everybody met on TV" and is "proud to be gay. Hiltz had prevly e out as gay while llege and has been a visible and affirmg prence for gay athlet the past.

Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone.

Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher.

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

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He ially feared negative stereotyp about gay male athlet but threw those ncerns asi after his two-tle performance at the U. David Denson, a first baseman for the Milwkee Brewers' rookie affiliate Helena, Montana, told the Milwkee Journal Sentel Augt 2015 that he is gay. Click through to see other openly gay athlet.

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Swimmer Ian Thorpe, seen here 2004 wh one of his five Olympic gold medals, told an Atralian news outlet that he is gay an terview that aired on Sunday, July 13. Former Missouri fensive end Michael Sam told ESPN and The New York Tim that he is gay on Febary 9.

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Sam later beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by a NFL team when he was taken by the St. Robbie Rogers beme the first openly gay male athlete to play a profsnal Amerin sportg match when he took the field for Major League Soccer's Los Angel Galaxy durg a match agast the Seattle Sounrs on May 26. 1 the 2013 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury, is openly gay.

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