49ers' Katie Sowers Is the First Female, Openly Gay Super Bowl Coach

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• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• THIS GAY 49ERS FAN IS LIVG THE DREAM AS A DJ FOR HIS FAVORE TEAM
• 49ERS' KATIE SOWERS BE NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH, SEND WOMAN TO HOLD FULL-TIME POST
• KANSAS CY CHIEFS STARTG LB WILLIE GAY SPEND FOUR GAM
• 49ERS EXPAND LGBTQ OUTREACH, DT MRICE HURST SHAR LOVE FOR HIS GAY IENDS
• 36+ FUNNY 49ERS GAY MEM
• JEFF GARCIA: 'I'M NOT GAY'
• FORMER 49ERS PLAYER KWAME HARRIS TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY
• 49ERS' KATIE SOWERS IS MAKG HISTORY BY BEG THE FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH AT A SUPER BOWL GAME

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

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.

In this story:Jacksonville JaguarsJaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen beme the first publicly-known male ach Amerin men’s profsnal sports to e out as gay Thursday.Maxen spoke wh Outsports to share his journey and why he’s choosg to e out publicly.“I don’t want to feel like I have to thk about anymore,” Maxen said.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

I want to be vol support of people livg how they want to live, but I also want to jt live and not feel fear about how people will react.”Maxen, who has been wh his partner Nick for over two years, exprsed that the ntued support om the people around him helped him feel fortable to share his news.“It wasn’t until recently—and wh the immense love and support of my fay, my iends, lleagu and peers, and the urage and sacrifice om my partner—that I realized I have the right and rponsibily to love and be loved, and that maybe sharg this will hopefully give someone else the strength to accept their own life and take ntrol of their own story,” Maxen said.Maxen also noted that he reached out to Carl Nassib, who is the only known gay NFL player the league right now, back Feb. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. In his 10 years wh the pany, Nick has led ESPN's verage of the Ners' 2019 Super Bowl n, Col Kaepernick's prott, the Rams makg Michael Sam the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL, Sam's subsequent pursu of a roster spot and the team's relotn and stadium saga.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

-based profsnal league to e out as gay.

“I’m livg my dream, ” he says, standg outsi Splash, the inic gay bar downtown San Jose that he manag and that often hosts 49ers watch parti.

Some of his gay iends don’t unrstand his love for a sport associated wh an aggrsively mascule ial.

THIS GAY 49ERS FAN IS LIVG THE DREAM AS A DJ FOR HIS FAVORE TEAM

It wasn’t that long ago that players felt ee to openly exprs hostily to havg gay teammat.

Wh football, also don’t matter if you’re gay or straight or any genr, relign or sex.

49ERS' KATIE SOWERS BE NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH, SEND WOMAN TO HOLD FULL-TIME POST

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KANSAS CY CHIEFS STARTG LB WILLIE GAY SPEND FOUR GAM

Q When former Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to publicly e out as gay, was amazg to see his team, the NFL and other major players tweetg out statements about how proud they were of him …. Cis Mejia spends his nights managg seven gay nightclubs around the Bay Area and Pacific Northwt.

Appropriately, will be held the Castro, San Francis’s legendary gayborhood. The same go for bookg gay super fan DJs for non-Pri events.

49ERS EXPAND LGBTQ OUTREACH, DT MRICE HURST SHAR LOVE FOR HIS GAY IENDS

She's also the send full-time female assistant ach NFL jos Buffalo Bills qualy ntrol ach Kathryn Smh, who last year beme the league's first female full-time Tuday, Sowers, 31, ma more history, beg the NFL's first openly gay ach. -- Chiefs lebacker Willie Gay has been spend by the NFL for four gam for a vlatn of the league's personal nduct was arrted January Overland Park, Kansas, on a charge of crimal property damage of ls than $1, 000, a 's spensn will beg immediately. He will miss gam agast the Colts, Bucneers, Rairs and Bills and is eligible to return after the Week 6 game agast agreed over the summer to enter a diversn program to rolve the crimal the next two weeks, acrdg to NFL l, Gay is prohibed om enterg the Chiefs' practice facily or havg any ntact wh team officials.

36+ FUNNY 49ERS GAY MEM

As the San Francis 49ers held a special Diversy & Incln Day at trag mp last Thursday — vg members of the LGBTQ fan group 49ers Pri to attend the team’s Communy Corner — newly acquired DT Mrice Hurst opened up about his support for LGBTQ people, cludg the possibily of havg a gay teammate. Hurst said he would be “extra supportive” of any athlete who me out as big, gay or queer.

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JEFF GARCIA: 'I'M NOT GAY'

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FORMER 49ERS PLAYER KWAME HARRIS TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY

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49ERS' KATIE SOWERS IS MAKG HISTORY BY BEG THE FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH AT A SUPER BOWL GAME

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