Ryan Rsell tells BBC Sport about g out as bisexual 2019 and his hop to be the first openly gay or bi man to play an NFL game.
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TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
It was maybe a transn - for people who were aaid to say they were gay. "In the 101-year history of Amerin football's NFL, no openly gay or bisexual athlete has ever featured a regular-season game.
"In llege, I thought, 'Am I turng gay? ' I know now that you don't turn gay, " he 6ft 5 footballer said any uncertaty he had about his own sexualy was put on hold when he was drafted by the Cowboys add: "The NFL lls and I get that ll om the Cowboys, and I thought: 'Well, if I was turng gay, I need to stop now. '"Wh no openly gay players the league, Rsell said he wasn't ready at the time to be the first bee of the uncertaty of what uld transpire.
Some people wh that muny believe beg bisexual is jt a route to beg gay or lbian. "'There's so much misogyny, which I believe is the root of homophobia' Ryan Rsell spoke at the annual Human Rights Campaign Natnal Dner 2019Rsell believ tacklg homophobia is a battle that n be won. Rsell said he if don't bee the first openly gay or bisexual player to feature the NFL, the first to do so uld be someone who is already out when drafted to the league.