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Kev Maxen, Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach, is the first male ach a major U.S. men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

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THE SAN FRANCIS 49ERS STILL HAVE A BIG GAY PROBLEM

As the ntroversy over their teammate's offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio — or that was ever a gay-rights vio at all. ... * 49ers gay scandal *

As the ntroversy over their teammate's offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio — or that was ever a gay-rights vio at all. RELATED: San Francis Giants Back the 'It Gets Better' CampaignSavage, the outspoken wrer and gay-rights advote, is not too happy:The reason Savage pulled the PSA — which Augt beme the first the seri om an NFL team — stems om Brooks and Sopoaga's reactns to the anti-gay ments this week om Culliver, which had actually led to some posive dialogue until Thursday, when USA Today asked them how to how they felt about appearg the gay-rights vio light of the Culliver sndal. To which the two nied ever takg part a gay-rights vio:RELATED: Bachmann Can't Outn Her Anti-'Sexual Anarchy' Past"I didn't make any vio, " Brooks said.

"This is Ameri and if someone wants to be gay, they n be gay. It was an anti-bullyg vio, not a gay (rights) vio, " he team's non-nial nial didn't stop there, as USA Today's Kev Manahan reports:RELATED: 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Is Formally RepealedSopoaga, too, nied makg the vio, even while teammate Will Tuafu, who overheard the qutn, tried to reh his memory.

"As you n see, both Brooks and Sopoaga do, fact, appear the now leted "It Gets Better" vio:RELATED: North Carola Pastor: Trap Gays and Lbians Behd Electrified FencRELATED: Officials Still Don't Know Who Shot a Teenage Lbian Couple TexasBrooks is sort of right, that the "It Gets Better" project is part about anti-bullyg. When Trey Lance selected the Fellowship of Christian Athlet as the anizatn he’ll highlight for the NFL’s My Cse My Cleats mpaign this week, he says he didn’t know he was supportg a group that advanc homophobia and difi anti-gay bigotry s polici.

THE SAN FRANCIS 49ERS STILL HAVE A BIG GAY PROBLEM

The San Francis QB’s experienc wh the group helped him grow, yet FCA is an anti-gay anizatn. * 49ers gay scandal *

To be sure, no one n make the claim Lance is personally homophobic simply bee he supports an anizatn that meant so much to him as a kid. He told Outsports through a team spokperson that he had no ia FCA advanc anti-gay polici, as he don’t remember hearg any homophobia — or any nversatn agast same-sex marriage — and around the anizatn while he was an active member as a youth. The homophobia some of the chapters isn’t heavily discsed, though you n rt assured the people leadg those discsns are not gay.

Yet I learned long ago that jt bee someone is Christian don’t mean they hate gay people. No one n take his support of FCA or the fact that he’s Christian and make the claim that Lance is homophobic.

49ERS DENOUNCE ANTI-GAY COMMENTS MA BY ONE OF THEIR PLAYERS

As the ntroversy over their teammate's offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio — or that was ever a gay-rights vio at all. * 49ers gay scandal *

Still, the Fellowship of Christian Athlet is found on a ep-rooted homophobia.

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The San Francis 49ers say they have addrsed anti-gay remarks ma by rnerback Chris Culliver durg a Super Bowl media day terview. The team didn't say whether the send-year player will face disciplary actn or a fe. * 49ers gay scandal *

And FCA’s homophobia has been wrten about the New York Tim, Los Angel Tim and var other publitns.

While Haton bragged that FCA’s anti-gay polici have been around for 60 years, given his nnectn to the lol chapter and his NFL platform, Lance likely has an avenue to talk wh the group and help adjt policy. Bee let’s be hont, the “quarterback-of-the-future” for the team San Francis supportg a group that bans gay people om learship and disavows same-sex marriage is not a good look, no matter how you look at . As the ntroversy over their teammate's offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio — or that was ever a gay-rights vio at article is om the archive of our partner the ntroversy over their teammate's offensive ments about gay players the locker room still brews, two members of the Super Bowl-bound San Francis 49ers are stirrg the pot by nyg they ever participated a gay-rights vio — or that was ever a gay-rights vio at all.

FORMER RAIRS, 49ERS OL KWAME HARRIS ADMS HE'S GAY

In an terview wh CNN on Friday, former offensive tackle Kwame Harris admted he's gay and said he wished he would have acknowledged when he was playg. * 49ers gay scandal *

Dan Savage, the creator of the "It Gets Better" project, a seri of PSAs that often feature celebri enuragg LGBT teenagers, removed the team's vio — the first time one has been removed — and not bee of what Chris Culliver said the other day but bee his teammat, star lebacker Ahmad Brooks and nose tackle Isaac Sopoaga, said somethg offensive now,, the outspoken wrer and gay-rights advote, is not too happy: We've removed the #49ers #ItGetsBetter vio om our webse. #NFL #horsh — Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) Febary 1, 2013The reason Savage pulled the PSA — which Augt beme the first the seri om an NFL team — stems om Brooks and Sopoaga's reactns to the anti-gay ments this week om Culliver, which had actually led to some posive dialogue until Thursday, when USA Today asked them how they felt about appearg the gay-rights vio light of the Culliver sndal. To which the two nied ever takg part a gay-rights vio: "I didn't make any vio, " Brooks said.

It was an anti-bullyg vio, not a gay (rights) vio, " he team's non-nial nial didn't stop there, as USA Today's Kev Manahan reports: Sopoaga, too, nied makg the vio, even while teammate Will Tuafu, who overheard the qutn, tried to reh his memory.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The San Francis 49ers said Wednday they have addrsed anti-gay remarks ma by rnerback Chris Culliver durg a Super Bowl media day terview. Durg an terview Tuday at the Superdome, Culliver rpond to qutns om edian Artie Lange by sayg he wouldn't wele a gay player the locker room. He also said the 49ers didn't have any homosexual players and, if they did, those players should leave.

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Lange followed up wh a qutn about whether Culliver would nsir pursug a gay man.

"I don't do the gay guys, man. "A't got no gay people on the team.

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" He add he wouldn't wele a gay teammate - no matter how talented. The cy of San Francis and progrsive, open-md Bay Area are home to a large gay muny.

C., and the forc of homophobia only amplify the nsequence when gay enunters make headl. Many a gay sex sndal ret the urse of Amerin history and transformed the way natnal lears will be remembered for time immemorial.

Pl Internatnal Airport known by thori as a popular spot for gay trysts saw s most notor occupant ever on June 11, 2007. Pl his emphatic claratn he had "never been gay" prompted men claimg to be his ex-lovers to speak out to the prs.

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

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He would go on to be an outspoken Hoe member supportg same-sex marriage and other gay rights long before public opn swung a directn helpful to LGBT Social Conservative to Out, Poz ActivistRepublin Congrsman Jon Hson started his reer as a young pol reprentg a socially nservative area of Mississippi. Instead, he beme an outspoken gay rights activist.

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