Jags associate ach Kev Maxen out as gay

Contents:

• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Kyle EllttCareer ach and member of the Gay Coach AllianceI texted my parents my senr year of high school g out, and they were overwhelmgly supportive. Then, when I was between my hman and sophomore years of llege, I roomed wh someone who was out and queer and, well, we were girliends jt a uple of weeks.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

After that, was easy to tell people I was gay. Iran is not acceptg of LGBTQ people, and 's very dangero to be gay Iran. S., where beg gay was safer than Iran, I realized I didn't have to lie about who I was, so I me out to my mom.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

After tellg her, she locked herself our apartment and threatened suici unls I stopped beg gay. Askg for advice on havg a gay son. She feared judgment om our muny, but more than anythg, she feared for my safety and the challeng I would face as a gay man.

I remember a time when I wanted to go to this big gay Halloween party.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY

Urty of GurzaJP BrammerAuthor of Hola Papi: How to Come Out a Walmart Parkg Lot and Other Life Lsons“I remember when I me out to my nt, whom I’ve always been close to, I said, “Auntie, I thk I’m gay. Even though we lived Massachetts, which is a liberal state, this was the early 2000s, so still wasn't like is now that people are more ted and everyone seems to know somebody who's gay or a celebry who's nonbary.

My mother’s homophobia was one of the reasons I waed to e out.

Every time my mother would see a gay woman, she would say, “if one of my children be like that, I’ll kill them.