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- CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY N.F.L. PLAYER, HAS BEEN A FOOTBALL EVERYMAN
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
- RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
- PETE BUTTIGIEG BE FIRST OPENLY GAY BET SECRETARY NFIRMED BY U.S. SENATE
- BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.
- 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
- INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS PARENTS WANTED HIM TO HAVE 'NVERSN BRA SURGERY'
CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY N.F.L. PLAYER, HAS BEEN A FOOTBALL EVERYMAN
Before Nassib beme the first openly gay active NFL player, others paved the way — and paid a steep st. * first openly gay *
Harvey Milk, was a visnary civil and human rights lear who beme one of the first openly gay elected officials the Uned Stat when he won a seat on the San Francis Board of Supervisors 1977. Milk’s unprecented loud and unapologetic proclamatn of his thenticy as an openly gay ndidate for public office, and his subsequent electn gave never before experienced hope to Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) people everywhere at a time when the muny was enunterg wispread hostily and discrimatn. He knew he was gay by the time he attend Bayshore high school, where he was a popular stunt wh wi-rangg terts, om opera to playg football.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
Forty years ago, on Nov. 27, 1978, California's first openly gay elected official was assassated. Harvey Milk champned gay rights and challenged the LGBTQ muny to be out and proud. * first openly gay *
After some area merchants tried to prevent two gay men om openg a store, Milk and a few other bs owners found the Castro Village Associatn, a first the natn anizg of predomantly LGBT bs, wh Milk as print.
His close iend and ally Mayor Gee Mosne, appoted him to the cy’s Board of Perm Appeals, makg Milk the first openly gay cy missner the Uned Stat. His amb reform agenda clud protectg gay rights—he sponsored an important anti-discrimatn bill—as well as tablishg day re centers for workg mothers, the nversn of ary facili the cy to low-st hog, reform of the tax to attract dtry to serted wareho and factori, and other issu.
RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
The Rairs fensive leman me out a statement posted to his Instagram acunt on Monday, beg the first active player the league to publicly intify as gay. * first openly gay *
One of the was a California ballot iative, Proposn 6, which would have mandated the firg of gay teachers the state’s public schools. State Senator John Briggs, seekg to marshal anti-gay sentiment and an agenda of hate and dimishment for polil ga, spearhead the iative.
Wh strong, effective opposn om Milk and others, was feated at a time when other polil attacks on gay people were beg succsfully waged around the US.
PETE BUTTIGIEG BE FIRST OPENLY GAY BET SECRETARY NFIRMED BY U.S. SENATE
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In one of his eloquent speech, Milk spoke of the Amerin ial of equaly, proclaimg, “Gay people, we will not w our rights by stayg quietly our closets.
BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.
He pneered the buildg of alns between diverse groups-women, asians, hispanics, the disabled-and even brought together the teamsters and gay bar owners— return for a pledge om the teamsters to hire more gay drivers, Milk asked bar owners to stop sellg beer om certa distributors while drivers were strikg. Given the hatred directed at gay people general and Milk particular—he received daily ath threats—he was aware of the likelihood that he may well be assassated.
5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
The cy suffered property damage and police officers retaliated by raidg the Castro, vandalizg gay bs and beatg people on the street.
INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS PARENTS WANTED HIM TO HAVE 'NVERSN BRA SURGERY'
The more gay people me out of the closet, he believed, the more their fai and iends would support protectns for their equal rights.