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Contents:
- NASSIB OPENS DOOR FOR GAY PLAYERS BUT MANY LOCKER ROOMS STILL CLOSED
- FORMER PATRTS RECEIVER SAYS THEY ‘PLAYED GAY ALL THE TIME’ NFL LOCKER ROOM
- GAY FOOTBALLER SPARKS A FORBIDN LOVE AFFAIR THE LOCKER ROOM: PREVIEW
- GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER REVEALS WHAT SHOWERG WH TEAMMAT IS REALLY LIKE
NASSIB OPENS DOOR FOR GAY PLAYERS BUT MANY LOCKER ROOMS STILL CLOSED
When Las Vegas Rairs' fensive end Carl Nassib me out as the first gay active Natnal Football League player opened a door for the LGBTQ muny but also exposed a lack of clivens profsnal sport locker rooms. * gay football locker room *
Mandatory Cred: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports/File PhotoJune 22 (Rters) - When Las Vegas Rairs' fensive end Carl Nassib me out as the first gay active Natnal Football League player opened a door for the LGBTQ muny but also exposed a lack of clivens profsnal sport locker 's announcement on Monday, durg Pri month, was greeted wh support om the league and his team, which praised the 28-year-old's urage as a trailblazer. Combed North Ameri's five biggt men's profsnal leagu, the NFL, Natnal Basketball Associatn, Natnal Hockey League, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer have 150 anchis spread across the Uned Stat and those Nassib is the only openly gay player.
"In ntrast to men's profsnal sports, profsnal sportswomen have been g out as lbian for NFL had been on the cp of a siar historic moment seven years ago when Michael Sam me out as gay ahead of the 2014 NFL was selected wh the eighth-to-last pick by the St.
Louis Rams but never appeared a regular season Rogers was the first openly gay male to play a major men's profsnal Amerin sport when he returned to Major League Soccer, signg wh the LA Galaxy shortly after g out Febary April the same year, Jason Colls, late his 13-season NBA reer, ma history when he beme that league's first active athlete to e out 2014 he signed wh the Brooklyn Nets and would play 22 gam a backup role before retirg later that are no active openly gay players the NHL or MLB. When Kansas State offensive tackle and NFL hopeful Stt Frantz me out to the natn as gay last week, he shared that his teammat, to whom he'd e out earlier, had warmly received the news, a sign the most alpha of locker rooms may fally be ready for equaly.
FORMER PATRTS RECEIVER SAYS THEY ‘PLAYED GAY ALL THE TIME’ NFL LOCKER ROOM
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So, wh two gay players takg the field the top tier of llege football this season, has the future fally charged onto the turf? Here's a list of players llege and pro ball who have proved you n be gay or bi and still n the KopayRunng back Dave Kopay, who signed wh the San Francis 49ers 1964, would play for five teams before hangg up his jersey 1972. Coach Vce Lombardi had apparently nfid Smh that he knew of his sexualy but would never let impact him negatively; Lombardi's brother was also gay.
Yet he nspicuoly has never been ducted to the NFL Hall of SimmonsRoy "Sugar Bear" Simmons, an offensive leman for the New York Giants and Washgton Redsks, beme the send NFL player ever to publicly reveal he was gay. So Coach Vce Lombardi knew McDonald was gay when he took over learship of the team 1969, but ma clear there would be no discrimatn his locker room, those close to the legend say. He would e out to HBO Sports 2002, where he discsed lghg off gay jok and slurs for years while he played DavisCornerback Wa Davis, who played preason wh the Tennsee Tans, Seattle Seahawks and Washgton Redsks and spent two seasons wh NFL Europe teams Berl Thunr and Barcelona Dragons, me out as gay 2012, nearly a after his retirement.
He would later nfirm his sexualy on CNN and s down wh ESPN to discs the challeng of growg up gay Jamai and playg football while closeted. Michael SamThe world took notice 2014 when All-Amerin fensive end Michael Sam me out as gay to ESPN while still llege. Louis Rams and beme the first openly gay player ever to get drafted by an NFL team.
GAY FOOTBALLER SPARKS A FORBIDN LOVE AFFAIR THE LOCKER ROOM: PREVIEW
Brandon Lloyd talks about some of the ‘gay’ stuff guys do Patrts and NFL locker rooms and sports a podst discsg Aaron Hernanz. * gay football locker room *
He did end up playg two years wh the Montreal Alouett, makg him the first openly gay player the history of the Canadian Football BryantA Purdue alum who gaed more yards than any other non-Heisman Trophy wner Big Ten history, Dorien Bryant failed to get drafted 2008.
He later cled to sign wh the Tennsee Tans and Dallas Cowboys before g out as gay at 24, he told Philalphia Magaze 2013. He would later move to San Francis and jo the Fog, a gay gby team, and pen a g-out blog post GallagherA Universy of Ptsburgh offensive leman om 1977 through 1979, Ed Gallagher reprsed his sexualy until 1985, when he had his first sexual enunter wh a man, then attempted to kill himself 12 days later.
He died LuhenA kicker for the Nebraska Cornhkers who played om 2003 through 2005, Eric Luhen told Outsports he was open about beg gay and suffered relentls bullyg om a handful of teammat. While he said he never kept his sexualy a secret, a "nspiracy of silence" left the matter unspoken the GendreA kicker for four seasons wh the Middle Tennsee Blue Rairs, Alan Gendre, openly gay om age 16 on, would end his llege reer as the lead srer Sun Belt nference history.
GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER REVEALS WHAT SHOWERG WH TEAMMAT IS REALLY LIKE
Weekend Movie Preview: A gay footballer tri to navigate an unexpected love affair Mar, a new film out of Swzerland. * gay football locker room *
He ma the cisn to announce he was gay, the first active Divisn III player to do so, after nnectg wh Conner Mertens through You Can Play, he SarafArizona State leman Chris Saraf 2014 me out as gay to lol LGBT publitn Compete, makg him the first Divisn I player out of the closet.
The move quickly brought msag of support om the athletic partment and universy officials, and the wrer for Compete told The Arizona Republic that the school fact approached him about breakg the SimsBrian Sims 2000 was named -pta for the Bloomsberg Universy football team Pennsylvania, makg him the first openly gay llege football pta NCAA history, acrdg to Outsports. Sims, post-football, entered polics and 2012 beme the first openly gay polician ever elected to the Pennsylvania Hoe of DarrowAn offensive leman for Prceton, Mason Darrow me out 2015.