Jacksonville Jaguars ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay, makg him the first out male ach a pro men's league. NBC Sports' Corey Robson explas why this is a big step for football.
Contents:
- GAY AND GREEK: THE EXPERIENCE OF BEG GAY AND A ATERNY
- THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF AN AMERIN FRATERNY
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
- ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
- ‘FRAT BOY’ CULTURE AT ACTIVISN BLIZZARD: GROPG, JUNK-GRAB ‘GAY CHICKEN’ GAME, ‘THE COSBY SUE,’ CED CALIFORNIA SU. EMPLOYE WALK OUT
GAY AND GREEK: THE EXPERIENCE OF BEG GAY AND A ATERNY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * frat gay men *
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Related: Frat Boy Dish On What It’s Like To Be Gay And Greek. But, rather, Ohlger thought he wouldn’t be wele the aterny once the brothers found out he was gay. “I didn’t thk the whole, beg a at and beg gay went together at all, ” Ohlger said.
THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF AN AMERIN FRATERNY
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“Oh, I didn’t tell you guys, but I’m gay, ” Ohlger told the brothers. He was always tellg people he was homophobic, jt that kd of person, ” Ohlger said. “And I fet what he said exactly, but he said ‘I jt wanted to say I hope you sh the hoe, bee you ma me qutn what I always thought (about gay people).
“So what I was thkg, ” Ohlger said, “what really me down to was, if I uld change the opn of how 60 straight at guys viewed one gay person, or the whole gay muny, while I hung out wh my bt iends and had a really good time, why wouldn’t I do ? His ial ncern that aterny life and beg gay don’t mix ronat throughout the LGBT muny. Numero other gay men who are aterni are eher not out to their entire hoe or only out to a select few.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen is believed to be the first openly gay male ach major North Amerin men's sports after g out publicly an terview wh Outsports. * frat gay men *
Their reasons for wantg to rema anonymo are all the same — that most or all of their brothers don’t know they are gay. Steve pots to what he lls the “du culture” as the reason many gay men are not fortable g out their aterni.
Steve said that this “du culture” often tim lends to the perceptn that the Greek system on mp is homophobic.
He said, however, that om his experience, when you view on an dividual level, most of the aterny members the IFC aren’t unacceptg of gay people. “Whenever someone starts jerkg around and sayg (homophobic) thgs, but not necsarily meant to be rogatory, that kd of feeds to those perceptns. He spoke about his thought procs behd tellg some of his brothers that he is gay.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
“But you know you need to put up some sort of faça, ’s part of somethg that you learn growg up that most people, most gay guys do and I’ve talked to other gay guys who are the same way. Greg, a junr an IFC aterny, hasn’t yet e out to anyone his aterny except for one other brother who is also gay.
One major factor that ntribut to the perpetuatn of the Greek stereotype on mp is the lack of visibily of gay stunts aterni. Bee many gay stunts feel unfortable g out to their brothers and, turn, don’t e out, people both si and outsi the Greek muny are unaware gay members exist wh the system.
JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
Javier, who me out to his aterny brothers as an unrgraduate at Rockhurst Universy Kansas Cy, Mo., spoke about the stereotyp and perceptns that surround the Greek muny and the psychology behd why many gay stunts feel unfortable g out.
ESTATE AGENT JAILED FOR VIC ATTACK ON TWO GAY MEN HOLDG HANDS
“There’s been gay marriage proposals a variety of stat sce that survey, so I thk maybe that fluenc peopl’ perceptns of how they teract wh the LGBT muny, but I don’t know how much or if has at all, ” Parrz said.
“One of the reasons straight-intified men don’t intify as alli is bee they don’t want to be mistaken, quote unquote mistaken, as gay, ” Javier said. “They don’t want to be perceived as gay, so that’s a road block to someone who actually do re about LGBT people. A gay guy might as well be an alien.
‘FRAT BOY’ CULTURE AT ACTIVISN BLIZZARD: GROPG, JUNK-GRAB ‘GAY CHICKEN’ GAME, ‘THE COSBY SUE,’ CED CALIFORNIA SU. EMPLOYE WALK OUT
But they meet you and they see you’re ol, like all of a sudn beg gay isn’t some weird thg, some strange alien, not some crazy thg they’ve jt hear about, ” Ohlger said.