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MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

Carl Nassib is the first to ever play a down as openly gay, but the rt are still trailblazers. * gay 49ers picture *

“I’m livg my dream, ” he says, standg outsi Splash, the inic gay bar downtown San Jose that he manag and that often hosts 49ers watch parti. Some of his gay iends don’t unrstand his love for a sport associated wh an aggrsively mascule ial.

GAY 49ERS FANS KISSG BAR SPORTS ILLTRATED PHOTO ARE OM SAN DIEGO

Jimmy Garoppolo shirtls and unrwear photos. Is NFL quarterback wh mol good looks gay or straight? Girliend list: Alexandra Kg and Kiara Mia. * gay 49ers picture *

It wasn’t that long ago that players felt ee to openly exprs hostily to havg gay teammat. Wh football, also don’t matter if you’re gay or straight or any genr, relign or sex.

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KEV MAXEN IS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE NFL ACH

Here's a list of gay players who ma to the end zone. * gay 49ers picture *

Q When former Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to publicly e out as gay, was amazg to see his team, the NFL and other major players tweetg out statements about how proud they were of him ….

”Sce 2005, the 49ers have donated almost $150, 000 to Bay Area groups like GLAAD (the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) and the San Francis LGBTQ Center; the team has also prevly sponsored and hosted the GLAAD Awards at Levi’s 2016, Ners CEO Jed York donated $75, 000 to the Equaly North Carola Foundatn, which was fightg the state’s Hoe Bill 2. There are no openly gay players on the 49ers or anywhere the NFL, though the 49ers do have an openly gay assistant ach, Katie Sowers.

The 49ers do have a historic legacy the gay sports movement.

49ERS' KATIE SOWERS BE NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACH, SEND WOMAN TO HOLD FULL-TIME POST

So, took me a whole week to stumble upon this pic, which appeared on page 48 of last week's Sports Illtrated. It was taken durg the NFC champnship game at a San Francis gay bar named—wa for —Hi Tops. One du a tight T-shirt is pumpg his fist, and there are some pt glass on the bar, and over… * gay 49ers picture *

The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly. 16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster. Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

The San Francis 49ers hired Katie Sowers for a full-time assistant achg job, makg her the first openly gay ach the NFL. * gay 49ers picture *

The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn. In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

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No woman (or gay man) his right md would refe to check out some smokg sports jock, right?

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. 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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen is now the first openly gay male ach the NFL. * gay 49ers picture *

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.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay 49ers picture *

Michael SamThe world took notice 2014 when All-Amerin fensive end Michael Sam me out as gay to ESPN while still llege.

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Jacksonville Jaguars Kev Maxen be first profsnal male ach to e out as gay.

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