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Contents:

• CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• PICTUR OF PARTNER OF CARL NASSIB, FIRST PUBLICLY GAY NFL PLAYER IN HISTORY EMERGE
• MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
• CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS
• 7 GAY NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS
• RAMS WILL HAVE 5 GAY CHEERLEARS THE SUPER BOWL
• NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY

Perkz/@rlnassib/@rkrelentls)When Kansas State offensive tackle and NFL hopeful Stt Frantz me out to the natn as gay, 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. Here's a list of players llege and pro ball who have proved you n be gay or bi and still n the gntlet. Roy "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.

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

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. Cornerback 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.

He later cled to sign wh the Tennsee Tans and Dallas Cowboys before g out as gay at 24, he told Philalphia Magaze revealed to the magaze that he'd dated a male cheerlear at Purdue who had threatened to out him then. He would later move to San Francis and jo the Fog, a gay gby team, and pen a g-out blog post 2015. Wyatt Pertet, a special teams player and receiver for Capal Universy, will be a sophomore this season.

The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April of 2021, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. "He wanted everyone to know he was "still the same Colton everybody met on TV" and is "proud to be gay. The Rairs leman ma NFL history durg Pri Month 2021 when he me out as gay a heartfelt Instagram post, beg the first active NFL player to e out as member of the LGBTQ+ muny.

PICTUR OF PARTNER OF CARL NASSIB, FIRST PUBLICLY GAY NFL PLAYER IN HISTORY EMERGE

I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. The Hampton Universy player ma history October of 2022 when he me out as gay an Instagram Story post, beg the first out gay football player at a Historilly Black College or Universy.

"Speakg to OutSports, he ntued: "Especially at an HBCU, young Black gay men need an outlet. There hasn't been an out gay football athlete at an HBCU. Carl Nassib Is The First Active NFL Player To Come Out As Gay "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " he said an Instagram vio.

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

Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib said on Monday that he would not have been able to publicly e out as gay whout the support of the NFL and his teammat.

" "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said an Instagram vio he posted on his verified Instagram acunt. " Nassib is by no means the first gay football player the NFL, but he is the first openly gay active player the league to play the regular season. Michael Sam me out as gay followg his succsful llege reer and before the 2014 NFL draft, makg him the first publicly gay player to be drafted the NFL.

CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS

In June 2021, Carl Nassib ma history by beg the first active NFL player to publicly e out as a gay man. Nassib then played for the Las Vegas Rairs between 2020 and 2021 - which is when he me out as gay.

7 GAY NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS

One n remember when, very recently, Michael Sam was not drafted to play another season after g out as gay. As a rult, many NFL fans and punds qutned whether Nassib would be drafted by another team after g out as gay.

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. As he said, “What other f— gay du has to e out to his entire f— bs?

RAMS WILL HAVE 5 GAY CHEERLEARS THE SUPER BOWL

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. And there will be plenty of LGBTQ+ reprentatn on the sil as well when the New England Patrts play the Buffalo Bills on Saturday will be a historic game for the Patrts as the team will start a rookie quarterback a playoff game for the first time team history, but Mac Jon will not be the only person makg history what has already been a season of firsts for the NFL clared self officially gay this year shortly after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib me out via an Instagram post durg Pri Month. Nassib ma history as the league's first out, gay active player and he is expected to bee the first out player to take the field an NFL playoff game when his Las Vegas Rairs play the Ccnati Bengals on Saturday.

In fact, the Pats have three out gay cheerlears on their squad! -based profsnal league to e out as gay. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

NFL PROUDLY CLAR 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' NEW VIO

Carl Nassib and his partner have been spotted together wh pictur emergg of the NFL’s first gay player’s boyiend. Carl Nassib ma his name the folklore of NFL durg Las Vegas Rairs’ season opener by beg the first ever openly gay player to play the marquee league.

Ensug his si’s season openg w, Nassib had talked about what meant to be the first openly gay player as he thanked the LGBTQ muny for lendg support to him. He had also taken to Instagram to talk about the w and what meant to him to e out the open about beg gay. 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. The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS 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. The profsnal football muny is rallyg around Carl Nassib after the Las Vegas Rairs fensive end me out as gay on Monday.

THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE

Nassib, 28, beme the first active NFL player to publicly e out, sayg a vio filmed at his home Wt Chter, Pennsylvania, "I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. While a number of NFL pros have e out after their reers, an openly gay player has never played a regular season game, acrdg to NBC Sports.

Michael Sam me out 2014 and beme the first openly gay player to be drafted, but only played the preason, NPR reported.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

“I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” the fensive leman for the Las Vegas Rairs said a vio posted to his Instagram acunt Monday. And while someone g out 2021 might not feel like a big al, wh that simple statement, Nassib beme the first openly gay active player NFL that simple statement, Nassib beme the first openly gay active player NFL history. Though there are many openly queer women profsnal sports, the same nnot be said for homophobia of men’s sports culture has been well documented.

Ranks the worst when to homophobia athletics. Currently, there is only one openly gay player on a profsnal men’s team the “big five” Amerin sports: Soccer player Coll Mart of the USL Champnship League (Mart me out 2018 as a member of Major League Soccer’s Mnota Uned) NFL has existed for 101 years, and that time, there has never been a player on an active NFL roster who has publicly acknowledged his gayns. This, of urse, don’t mean there haven’t been closeted gay players.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

In 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, when the St. (In 2015, he beme the first openly gay player the Canadian Football League when he spent a season wh the Montreal Alouett. This is where misogyny to play, maniftg a culture of homophobia.

To be a gay man is to face beg stereotyped as weak or effemate — the oppose of what a football player, or an athlete, is “supposed” to be.