Out Magaze on gay fns and sports. Read about the openly gay athlet who are breakg barriers profsnal sports.
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- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay sport coming out *
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.
Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. In June 2021, for example, Carl Nassib me out publicly as the first “out” gay male the NFL.
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JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Carl Nassib this week beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay. And wh his announcement, the Las Vegas Rairs fensive end jos a small group of openly gay men profsnal sports. * gay sport coming out *
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* gay sport coming out *
It wasn't until I left Wake Fort [Universy] that I really began to [e to terms] wh my league legend Ian Roberts: I always knew [beg gay] wasn't embraced by the greater society so I kept secret.
I me out at the Gay Gam 1994, welg the athlet and sayg, "It's great to be out and proud. " Another time, the owner of the team told me that my sexualy was agast the team's beliefs, so wouldn't look good to have a gay soccer player the Before I went pro, I said if I have to change how I look, how I drs, then I don't want [beg a pro].
Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so. I'm a footballer and I'm gay. "He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay.