Jags' Maxen is first male Amerin pro sports ach to e out as gay - ESPN

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• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• HE IS GAY / HE IS A GAY.
• 35 FRENCH GAY SLANG WORDS YOU NEED TO KNOW

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

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report. I know the mon sayg is, "He is gay.

" However, gay is a untable noun, so isn't "He is a gay" more grammatilly appropriate? "He is gay" also means that he has got a sense of humour. I don't thk I've ever heard "gay" ed as a sgular noun (as your example "he is a gay"), although 's sometim so ed the plural ("he favors equal rights for gays").

HE IS GAY / HE IS A GAY.

When ed as an adjective then "a" n prece (He is a gay man. I thk many non-nativ (pecially Spanish and Asian nativ) mistakenly thk that "He is gay" is somehow g "gay" as a noun. The only suable ntext I n thk of for "a gay" is makg fun of people who say "a gay.

You thk 's possible to say "He is a gay. Oh, people say "He's a gay, " for sure (although not so much any more).

35 FRENCH GAY SLANG WORDS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Usg "a gay" is, for whatever reason, offensive. I thk "a gay" sounds like someone homophobic tryg to be pole.