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• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• WHO IS CARL NASSIB? MEET THE NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
• BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST GAY MALE NFL COACH
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• 'THE NFL NEED THIS': HOW CARL NASSIB'S G OUT AS GAY N CHANGE FOOTBALL AND SOCIETY
• JEFF ROHRER — RETIRED DALLAS COWBOYS LEBACKER — COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S GETTG MARRIED
• MICHAEL SAM, STAR MISSOURI FENSIVE END, OUT AS GAY
• JEFF ROHRER — RETIRED DALLAS COWBOYS LEBACKER — COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S GETTG MARRIED
• WILLIEGAY
• MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
• FORMER COWBOYS LEBACKER OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC WEDDG
• GAY LEBACKER: KISS GOT ME BOOTED OFF TEAM
• COLLEGE FOOTBALL LEBACKER WAS OPENLY GAY AND EMBRACED BY HIS TEAMMAT
• GARY LEKER HOP MALE GAY FOOTBALLER WILL E OUT DURG QATAR WORLD CUP
• EX-COWBOYS SUPPORT GAY TEAMMATE JEFF ROHRER BEFORE HIS WEDDG: HAPPY 'HE N BE WHO HE IS'
• GARY LEKER SAYG HE KNOWS CLOSETED GAY FOOTBALLERS WON’T HELP PLAYERS WHO WANT TO E OUT
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT

I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. He me to natnal attentn as a star of the Browns' "Hard Knocks" appearance 2018, givg fancial advice to teammat and offerg his take on the existence of Missouri lebacker Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted NFL history 2014, when the Rams took him 249th overall.

Carl Nassib, a fensive leman wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay. I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. He said a statement acpanyg the vio that he had agonized over the cisn to announce he was gay for 15 years.

Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay NBA player when he sued up for the Brooklyn Nets 2014, was cheerg Nassib on social media. “As an acplished athlete who is now the first out gay active player the NFL, Carl Nassib’s story will not only have a profound impact on the future of LGBTQ visibily and acceptance sports, but sends a strong msage to so many LGBTQ people, pecially youth, that they too n one day grow up to be and succeed as a profsnal athlete like him, ” the statement said.

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY

Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon add to the chos of people proud of him, and the former NFL and CFL quarterback add that he played wh some guys who were gay but didn’t feel fortable g out. In 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be selected the NFL draft when the St. For the first time NFL history, an openly gay player will take the field a regular season game.

Never the NFL's history has a player on the field a regular-season game after g out as gay. However, Nassib is not the first gay player to be on the field. Acrdg to Outsports, there have been 16 gay or bisexual NFL players to e out publicly.

WHO IS CARL NASSIB? MEET THE NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER

He did not play his first two seasons, but appeared double-dig gam as a redshirt sophomore and junr before gettg the startg assignment as a senr. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon.

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

NFL star Carl Nassib is speakg ndidly a new terview about the impact of beg the first openly gay active player the league.

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

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.

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. Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars football team, me out as gay on Thursday an terview wh the LGBTQ sports-foced webse Outsports. That signatn mak Maxen the first out gay male ach — of any level — men’s U.

In 2014, Michael Sam was the first out gay player to be drafted when he was selected by the then-St. On the achg si, several female assistant ach the NFL have prevly e out as gay, cludg former San Francis 49ers assistant ach Katie Sowers, there has prevly been no known out gay male head or assistant ach the league.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST GAY MALE NFL COACH

Curt Miller, who is currently the head ach of the Los Angel Sparks, is the first out gay male ach the WNBA, but there have been no out gay ach any of the four major men’s U. Kev Maxen is gay. No NFL ach had ever publicly e out as gay, so Maxen, an assistant strength and ndng ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, kept quiet about his sexual that ma him angry — at himself.

Men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Former San Francis 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers beme the NFL’s first ach to e out as gay 2017. Acrdg to the article, Maxen ma his cisn to do so last year and reached out for advice om Carl Nassib, who 2021 beme the NFL’s first out gay active player as a member of the Las Vegas was Nassib who put Maxen ntact wh Outsports.

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

Former Dallas Cowboys lebacker Jeff Rohrer said Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib uld change the world after beg the first active openly gay NFL player. He played the NFL om 1982 to 1989, and 2018, he me out as gay when he beme what was believed to be the first former or current NFL player to enter to a same-sex marriage.

It really do help for anyone the untry who is currently closeted or fac homophobia. "He's gog to be asked qutns about beg gay now until the end of his reer. Beg gay that environment embedd homophobia is not easy.

" Michael Sam me out as gay before beg selected the seventh round of the 2014 NFL draft but never played a game the NFL.

'THE NFL NEED THIS': HOW CARL NASSIB'S G OUT AS GAY N CHANGE FOOTBALL AND SOCIETY

Former Kansas State player Stt Frantz, the first Power 5 llege football player to pete while openly gay, told USA TODAY Sports he msaged Nassib to exprs his gratu: "Thanks for dog what you did. " "Comg out as gay is gog to ntue to be a big al or news story for athlet until 's a regular occurrence, " said Ryan O'Callaghan, who me out after retirg 2017. "Players feel that all of the sudn mararie wh several players disappear bee of beg gay.

Bee fai have disowned players when they e out, and people act ways that are so sadly disappotg when they hear you're gay. But spe homophobic language still prevalent locker room culture, Saraf said, teammat probably won't be a ncern for Nassib.

Retired NFL lebacker Jeff Rohrer is gay and set to bee the first former or current NFL player a same-sex marriage, he revealed a new terview published on the New York Tim story, Rohrer, 59, opened up about his sexualy for the first time. Followg his ex om the NFL, Rohrer pursued his passn for visual art and currently works Rohrer, “If I had told the Dallas Cowboys the 1980s that I was gay, I would have been cut immediately. RELATED: Football Player wh One Hand Hop to Make History the NFL DraftHe told the Tim, “People are born gay, as I was, though beg gay was jt somethg that had no place durg the urse of my football life.

JEFF ROHRER — RETIRED DALLAS COWBOYS LEBACKER — COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S GETTG MARRIED

Sam says he is gay, and he uld bee the first openly homosexual player the NFL. (AP)Missouri All-Amerin fensive end Michael Sam has publicly acknowledged that he is gay, makg him potentially the first openly gay NFL terviews wh ESPN, The New York Tim and Outsports that were all published Sunday, Sam said his teammat and ach at Missouri have known sce Augt.

"I am an openly, proud gay man, " he 255-pound Sam participated the Senr Bowl Mobile, Ala., last month after leadg the SEC sacks (11. I want to be a football player the NFL, " he said the also started a Twter acunt Sunday night after the news broke, thankg people for their have been numero NFL players who have e out after their playg days, cludg Kwame Harris and Dave year, NBA player Jason Colls announced he was gay after the season.

"Sam said many people at the Senr Bowl all-star game for NFL prospects seemed to know that he was gay.

MICHAEL SAM, STAR MISSOURI FENSIVE END, OUT AS GAY

"And I ed that opportuny jt to tell them that I was gay. Retired NFL lebacker Jeff Rohrer is gay and set to bee the first former or current NFL player a same-sex marriage, he revealed a new terview published on Wednday.

Said Rohrer, “If I had told the Dallas Cowboys the 1980s that I was gay, I would have been cut immediately. He told the Tim, “People are born gay, as I was, though beg gay was jt somethg that had no place durg the urse of my football life. The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly.

JEFF ROHRER — RETIRED DALLAS COWBOYS LEBACKER — COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S GETTG MARRIED

16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster. Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired.

The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn.

In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay. Jeff Rohrer, a former Dallas Cowboys lebacker, me out as gay Wednday an terview The New York Tim. “If I had told the Dallas Cowboys the 1980s that I was gay, I would have been cut immediately, ” Rohrer told the Tim.

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”Rohrer jos a very small club of former NFL players who have e out as gay. North Dakota State College of Scienc Wahpeton acknowledg Kuntz was discipled by the team, but says wasn't bee he is gay.

"People around here aren't exposed to , " Kuntz said of homosexualy. "People expect gays to be flamboyant, not football players. Its programs clu events for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr stunts.

MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

Kuntz said he told his mother that he was gay at the same time he told her he was kicked off the team. Ra Kuntz said she has accepted that her son is gay, but she believ he was taken advantage of by his boyiend, who is more than three tim her son's age.

I grew up hearg om my church that beg gay is bad, and that if you "stggle wh those feelgs" then you need to repent and reprs them. Not exactly what a kid who is tryg to pray away the gay lik to hear. I tried, and that "gay" stuck like glue.

FORMER COWBOYS LEBACKER OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC WEDDG

I remember the day clearly when my profsor the adolcent psychology class told that "beg gay is a choice.

Y, I was gay and out, but I didn’t want to lead wh that fact. When guys figured out I was gay, those kds of saygs started to bee extct.

Any time I’d hear "Well, that’s gay, " I loudly reply back, "What the hell is wrong wh beg gay?

GAY LEBACKER: KISS GOT ME BOOTED OFF TEAM

There is somethg else the WELS teach: is not OK to be a homosexual and live your life as such. Gay people who don’t repent of their s and try to reprs any gay thoughts will go to hell.

Gay people will burn the fir of hell along wh murrs and robbers. I’ve known for as long as I n remember that I was gay. Anti-gay therapy and hours of unselg would have probably followed.

Beg preached at that any gay would go to hell sred the crap out of me.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL LEBACKER WAS OPENLY GAY AND EMBRACED BY HIS TEAMMAT

After gettg to know other people the gay muny (secretly, bee I uldn’t let anyone at Mart Luther know), I started to bee more fortable wh who I was and what I uld be: and that is I uld be myself. I started off school here, and throughout my class I met other gay people, and was able to talk about myself ndidly and openly. He ved me to e on board, and I was happily on a team, you don’t hear of very many football players who are also gay.

I wanted guys to get to know me for me, as a person and a football player, not jt as the gay guy.

And over the off season, I ma known (if they hadn’t figured out already) that I am gay. I know I’m ma up of many part of my inty: I’m a "reverg Lutheran, " I’m a stunt, I’m an athlete, I’m a partner, I’m an tern, and I’m a gay man. Whether you’re gay, straight, bi, whe, black, Lato, Asian, Ain, disabled, or whatever mak you unique, you are a place that is supportive and lovg.

GARY LEKER HOP MALE GAY FOOTBALLER WILL E OUT DURG QATAR WORLD CUP

First, I wanted to give nfince and enuragement to anyone who is unsure about themselv; and this se, pecially other gay athlet. Sendly, more stori about gay athlet should be told; bee the more we hear about gay athlet, the ls of a big al is.

My Auggi serve so much cred for breakg every stereotype that male athlet tend to have regardg gays. Gary Leker wants to see a Premier League player e out as gay durg the Qatar World Cup to send a strong msage to a host natn where homosexualy remas a former England striker Leker told the Daily Mirror he knows of two gay Premier League players, sayg they had been “very close” to g out before now.

“If I were an agent of a big footballer, if I knew one of my players was gay, if he was a top player, I’d say: ‘Be the first big player.

EX-COWBOYS SUPPORT GAY TEAMMATE JEFF ROHRER BEFORE HIS WEDDG: HAPPY 'HE N BE WHO HE IS'

“… If you had said, ‘Ed, get me a list of five people the history of the game (you thk are gay), ’ he wouldn’t have been nowhere near . When told how some of his former teammat reacted, Rohrer chuckled and said ’s unrstandable they were surprised to learn he is gay. “My first thought was, ‘Oh, wow, I’ve never known a gay lebacker.

’’Rohrer, who started for the Cowboys 1985, 1986 and 1987, said he told only a few former teammat that he is gay and gettg married bee he wanted to keep low-profile. Gary Leker’s ments about knowg gay premier league footballers uld make harr for players to e out publicly, activists have warned. The former footballer and BBC prenter told The Mirror he knows of two profsnal footballers who are “very close” to g out – and suggted they should do so durg the World Cup to take a stand agast Qatar’s anti-gay laws.

However, LGBTQ+ sportg advot have said Leker’s ments – and wir speculatn about gay footballers – is heapg prsure on players who might already be stgglg. Jon Holm, founr of Sports Media LGBT+, told PkNews that Leker likely means well, but his ments won’t help gay footballers e out. “We know that for many years the tabloid newspapers particular have reported on the topic of gay and bisexual male footballers a way that is largely unhelpful and don’t actually lead to that creased visibily this part of sport, ” Holm says.

GARY LEKER SAYG HE KNOWS CLOSETED GAY FOOTBALLERS WON’T HELP PLAYERS WHO WANT TO E OUT

Instead, speculatn about gay footballers “v extra prsure”, acrdg to Holm.

Much has been ma recent years about the lack of openly gay footballers at the hight echelons of the sport. Amal Fashanu, the niece of Jt Fashanu, has said she knows of a number of gay players who are nsirg g out.

However, others have cricised the media enzy for gay footballers to e out, sayg the speculatn uld ter them om openg up about their sexualy.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

Com Out As Gay.

Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen jt me out as gay...