Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
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I was 11 when people started llg me gay. Beg labeled the “gay kid, ” sixth gra ma me a social pariah. A few guys my middle school thought I was too gay to like punk.
My first clatn was to not tell anyone bee I knew would e to light that I was beg harassed for beg perceived to be gay.
Even though I still had no ia I was gay — my sire for other boys phed towards the back of my bra — I felt a ep shame for people thkg I was gay.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
How uld I expla to my mom that the kids at school for over a year and a half had lled me gay? How uld I expla to her that I wasn’t gay even though everyone thought I was? “You’re gay?
Y, I was the gay kid. I’ve been an out and proud homosexual sce I was 14, but at 29 years old, I still stggle wh shame. In orr to heal om growg up a homophobic world, I ve you to ask yourself: what is somethg you want but are too aaid to name?
That Moment A Lonely Gay Brown Boy Learns He Can Be Loved, Too. Stereotyp of gay men and anthetil stereotyp of Lato men have ma me untelligible to a world that ignor and silenc the stggl of my muni.