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:
- ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
- LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH: GAY GAM 2023 - WHERE 'S THE TAKG PART THAT UNTS
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ... * gay sport uk *
Adam Rippon ma history as the first openly gay Amerin male figure skater to w a medal at the Wter Olympics. Welsh gby star Gareth Thomas beme one of the first known active gay athlet when he publicly acknowledged his sexualy 2009.
Thomas was recently the victim of a homophobic attack Cardiff, and upon his requt, the 16-year-old boy who abed him was alt wh by way of rtorative jtice. Fretyle skier G Kenworthy who me out as gay an ESPN article 2015 had the most inic LGBT+ sports moment 2018 when he kissed his boyiend Matt Wilkas on live TV.
Acrdg to him, “the only way to really change perceptns, to break down barriers, break down homophobia, is through reprentatn.
LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH: GAY GAM 2023 - WHERE 'S THE TAKG PART THAT UNTS
Out Magaze on gay fns and sports. Read about the openly gay athlet who are breakg barriers profsnal sports. * gay sport uk *
I never saw a gay athlete kissg their boyiend at the Olympics. In 2015 Keegan Hirst beme the first Brish gby league player to e out as gay.
He also beme the first Brish Rugby League player to take to the pch as an out gay man, receivg an overwhelmgly posive reactn om fans and fellow players alike. In 2017, former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster revealed he was gay.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
The quadrennial celebratn of LGBTQ+ sport and culture, the Gay Gam, returns for s 11th edn om 3-11 November after a 16-month lay ed by the ronavis panmic. * gay sport uk *
Dpe livg an openly gay life to iends and fay, he’d hid his inty as a sportsman. In an terview wh Athlete Ally December 2018, Mel Reid who has won six tim on the Ladi European Tour and has two top-10 fish on the LPGA Tour me out as gay. Open, beme the first male profsnal golfer to publicly e out as gay.
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Brish gravy bike champn Zack Lear me out publicly as gay via Instagram on Jan.
Pri Sports ns the ternatnal Football v Homophobia mpaign. The annual weekend rintial for lbian, gay, bi, trans, tersex, non-bary, queer and other diversely intifyg young people is g to Wrexham om 4-6 Augt 2023. Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players.
Football star Michael Sam ma headl 2014 when he beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL. But he fely wasn’t the first homosexual athlete to fd succs.
Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * gay sport uk *
NBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013. He was the first active athlete to e out as gay any of the major Amerin sports.