Katie Sowers will make history as the first openly gay and female ach of a team that's head to the Super Bowl, after the San Francis 49ers feated the Green Bay Packers
Contents:
- KATIE SOWERS TO MAKE TW SUPER BOWL HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY AND FEMALE ACH
- 49ERS’ KATIE SOWERS IS THE FIRST WOMAN AND OPENLY GAY ACH SUPER BOWL HISTORY
- 49ERS' KATIE SOWERS BE NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH, SEND WOMAN TO HOLD FULL-TIME POST
- IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
- 49ERS' KATIE SOWERS IS MAKG HISTORY BY BEG THE FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH AT A SUPER BOWL GAME
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
KATIE SOWERS TO MAKE TW SUPER BOWL HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY AND FEMALE ACH
* is the women's football coach gay *
Once rejected om a volunteer achg posn bee of her "liftyle, " Katie Sowers will make NFL history as the first openly gay and female assistant ach head to the Super is an offensive assistant ach wh the San Francis 49ers, whose w agast the Green Bay Packers on Sunday secured the team's spot the champnship game Feb.
After retirg 2016 bee of a hip jury, Sowers joed the NFL as an tern for the Atlanta Falns, and took the assistant ach posn wh the 49ers the next beme the first out gay ach the NFL when she me out before the 2017 season.
49ERS’ KATIE SOWERS IS THE FIRST WOMAN AND OPENLY GAY ACH SUPER BOWL HISTORY
Sowers, her fourth season the NFL, is the first woman and openly gay person to ach a Super Bowl. * is the women's football coach gay *
”“By standg out and proud as the first-ever openly gay NFL ach a Super Bowl, Katie Sowers not only shows LGBTQ athlet and fans what’s possible for them, but also shows the sport world as a whole that LGBTQ people are a valuable part of this muny, ” Joanna Hoffman, director of munitns at the natnal LGBTQ athletic advocy group Athlete Ally, wrote an emailed statement.
Athlet and fans are exced for Sowers' historic role at Super Bowl LIV and have remarked that her posn is pecially poignant given there have only been 13 out gay and bi players the NFL's 100-year history, acrdg to OutSports. Now, Sowers is makg history herself, beg the first woman and openly gay person to ach a Super Bowl.
49ERS' KATIE SOWERS BE NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH, SEND WOMAN TO HOLD FULL-TIME POST
The San Francis 49ers hired Katie Sowers for a full-time assistant achg job, makg her the first openly gay ach the NFL. * is the women's football coach gay *
“Wh achg beg my fal statn, terms of what I wanted to do, I thought would be natural to ask if I uld be a volunteer assistant ach, and my ach lled me and he said they have a lot of parents that have been worried about their dghter beg around someone who is gay … ” Sowers said to NBC Sports Bay Area.
She always wanted to be a ach but never thought she would be the first female and out gay ach Super Bowl history. She said beg the first woman and out gay person the Super Bowl was "an credible experience" and also "a lot of rponsibily.
IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
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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. Carl Nassib ma history 2021 by beg the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. In 2021, Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay.
In June 2021, NFL fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay a vio posted to his Instagram, addg he donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, an anizatn that foc on suici preventn LGBTQ youth after he stggled wh his sexualy for 15 years. "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said the vio.
49ERS' KATIE SOWERS IS MAKG HISTORY BY BEG THE FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH AT A SUPER BOWL GAME
Le Prokop beme the first NHL player to e out as gay. "Acrdg to USA Today, no NHL player — active or retired — had e out as gay.
Michael Sam was the first openly gay man to be drafted to the NFL. In 2014, Michael Sam me out as gay an terview wh ESPN and ma history that same year.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
Louis Rams, beg the first openly gay man to ever be drafted to the NFL. "Sce Febary and my big announcement, this has been a whole [lot of] speculatn of the first openly gay football player, but you know what? Soccer star Megan Rapoe is openly gay.