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• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• RAIRS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, FIRST ACTIVE PLAYER NFL HISTORY
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
• GAY AND BI FORMER NFL PLAYERS EXCED TO SEE CARL NASSIB TAKE THE FIELD FOR RAIRS
• MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
• EX-NFL PLAYER RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO IS OPENLY GAY, ON JON GN: 'IT'S NEVER OK' TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLURS
• WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO DO SO
• RAIRS DE CARL NASSIB BE FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER
• CARL NASSIB BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER TO PLAY NFL GAME
• LAS VEGAS RAIRS LEMAN CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• RAIRS RELEASE NASSIB, NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT

I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. He me to natnal attentn as a star of the Browns' "Hard Knocks" appearance 2018, givg fancial advice to teammat and offerg his take on the existence of Missouri lebacker Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted NFL history 2014, when the Rams took him 249th overall.

Nassib’s nversatn wh Waller was illumatg and marks the first time he spoke at length about his life as the only out gay active NFL player. While we’ve wrten about the lack of a media circ that surrounds Nassib, he said ’s still been a challenge — and this was before Jon Gn’s homophobic emails leaked. “Beg the only out gay guy the NFL is a ltle strsful.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS

As he said, “What other f— gay du has to e out to his entire f— bs? It took one week for Nasib to abolish the ridiculo “distractn myth, ” showg teams n w wh out gay players (the Rairs are 5-3 and tied for first the AFC Wt).

As turns out, the straight head ach was a much bigger distractn than the gay player. The Las Vegas Rairs are releasg Carl Nassib, the fensive end who ma history last year as the first openly gay active player NFL history. “The Rairs, the NFL, have monstrated that they support this man as a gay man, ” Zeigler said, addg that Nassib’s succsful rerd will help him quickly fd a new team.

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY

” Former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan, who me out as gay June 2017, after his time the league, said Nassib’s reer monstrat that players do not need to promise their LGBTQ inti sports.

Carl Nassib, a fensive leman wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay.

I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.

RAIRS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, FIRST ACTIVE PLAYER NFL HISTORY

He said a statement acpanyg the vio that he had agonized over the cisn to announce he was gay for 15 years. Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay NBA player when he sued up for the Brooklyn Nets 2014, was cheerg Nassib on social media.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST

“As an acplished athlete who is now the first out gay active player the NFL, Carl Nassib’s story will not only have a profound impact on the future of LGBTQ visibily and acceptance sports, but sends a strong msage to so many LGBTQ people, pecially youth, that they too n one day grow up to be and succeed as a profsnal athlete like him, ” the statement said. Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon add to the chos of people proud of him, and the former NFL and CFL quarterback add that he played wh some guys who were gay but didn’t feel fortable g out. In 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be selected the NFL draft when the St.

GAY AND BI FORMER NFL PLAYERS EXCED TO SEE CARL NASSIB TAKE THE FIELD FOR RAIRS

Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player history to announce that he is gay. Only until recently, thanks to my fay and iends, pecially Connor, Cason and Francis, did seem possible for me to say publicly and proudly that I am gay.

I was able to reach Dave Kopay, who me out as gay 1975 after retirg om a ne-year NFL reer, and he was ecstatic.

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

FirstThe 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.

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I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.

EX-NFL PLAYER RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO IS OPENLY GAY, ON JON GN: 'IT'S NEVER OK' TO E HOMOPHOBIC SLURS

Player to publicly clare that he is gay. “I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” Nassib said a vio posted to his Instagram acunt.

WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?

I actually hope that like one day vios like this and the whole g-out procs are jt not necsary, but until then I’m gog to do my bt and my part to cultivate a culture that’s acceptg, that’s passnate, ” before addg that he would donate $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, a nonprof group that foc on suici preventn efforts among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and qutng youth.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO DO SO

L., and mak him the first openly gay active player the league’s 101-year history. “Sports are, many ways, one of the last bastns of a place where homophobia n thrive, ” said Cathy Renna, a spokwoman for the Natnal L. ”Michael Sam, an all-Amerin fensive leman at Missouri, had been viewed as the most likely to acquire that distctn when he announced he is gay before he beg chosen by the Rams the seventh round of the 2014 N.

RAIRS DE CARL NASSIB BE FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER

The Dallas Cowboys signed Sam to their practice squad, but he never played a regular season Otero/Associated PrsSam’s draft stat was seen as a barometer of whether the climate of men’s pro sports was beg more acceptg of gay athlet, particularly bee Febary 2014 the N. Had jt bee the first of the four tradnal major Amerin men’s sports leagu to have an openly gay active player when Jason Colls joed the Sam left the N. Players had prevly announced publicly that they were gay, but all after their playg reers were over.

David Kopay beme the first pro football player to publicly e out as gay 1975, three years after he retired. He played for ne seasons wh the San Francis 49ers and four other teams the 1960s and 1970s, and has sce bee an activist and an ambassador for the Gay Gam, a quadrennial sportg Simmons was the send former player to announce that he was gay, dog so 1992 after his reer wh the Giants and Washgton Football Team had end.

Simmons also said he never would have clared himself gay durg the four seasons he played for the N. ”In recent years, the league has publicly supported Pri Month through promotnal efforts like changg official social media avatars to clu rabows and supportg the You Can Play Project, which provis rourc to enurage clivy youth sports, even as some players have ma rogatory statements about gay people wh ltle penalty or supported groups that oppose gay Wewerka for The New York TimIn 2013, Chris Culliver of the San Francis 49ers and Chris Clemons of the Seattle Seahawks ma offensive ments when asked about the prospect of havg a gay teammate. “Got no gay people on the team, ” Culliver said.

CARL NASSIB BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER TO PLAY NFL GAME

”San Francis nng back Garrison Hearst apologized 2002 for g a slur and sayg he wouldn’t want a gay player as a teammate. His ment me after the former Mnota Vikgs player Esera Tuaolo publicly me out as gay that year after he had retired. Players like Brendon Ayanbajo, who played wh the Baltimore Ravens, fend same-sex marriage and gay rights and supported Sam at the time.

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“It will be emotnal, hugely emotnal, ” Kopay, 79, said of what he’s expectg Monday night as he ss at his home Los Angel watchg Nassib take the field for the Las Vegas Rairs as the first openly gay player NFL history on an active roster.

LAS VEGAS RAIRS LEMAN CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

Kopay has waed a long time to see an openly gay player actn, havg end his ne-year NFL reer 1972 and then g out as gay 1975. In all, there have been 16 gay or bi players NFL history, and 10 have played a regular season game. At some pot Monday night, Nassib will bee the first to do wh the entire world knowg he’s gay.

RAIRS RELEASE NASSIB, NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER

Jeff Rohrer, a former Dallas Cowboys lebacker who me out as gay 2018, also reflected on the impact of this moment. “Carl’s first game the NFL as an openly gay man is a landmark for the league, ” Rohrer said.