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Last October, Perks ma history as the first openly active gay HBCU football player. He ma the announcement a social media post that went viral.

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IN A LLEGE FOOTBALL FIRST, HBCU PLAYER OUT AS GAY

A Hampton Universy football player me out publicly as gay, a first for a football player at a historilly Black llege or universy, acrdg to Outspor * gay hbcu football player *

A Hampton Universy football player me out publicly as gay, a first for a football player at a historilly Black llege or universy, acrdg to, an LGBTQ sports news se. Byron Perks, a Divisn I fensive back for the Hampton Universy Pirat, me out as gay an Instagram story shared Wednday.

BYRON PERKS, 1ST OPENLY GAY HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER, CELEBRAT PRI MONTH WH NEW BOYIEND

The first openly gay HBCU football player, Byron Perks, revealed his new boyiend to the world for Pri Month a social media post. * gay hbcu football player *

I’m gay, let be known that this is not a ‘cisn’ or a ‘choice. ’ Y, this is who I am, this is who I’ve been, and this is who I’m gog to be, ” Perks wrote the story, acrdg to (Instagram stori are only available for 24 hours, so Perks’ origal story is no longer viewable) several Divisn I football players have e out as gay durg their llege reers — cludg the College of Idaho’s Cy Hicks, Amherst College’s Avery Saffold and Kansas State’s Stt Frantz — Perks is the first to do so at one of the untry’s 101 HBCUs, acrdg to both Outsports and Perks.

BYRON PERKS, FIRST OPENLY GAY HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER, TALKS TO ESPN ABOUT LIFE CHANG

Perks told Outsports that he’d like to help other gay Black men who are stgglg wh their sexualy.

BYRON PERKS, THE FIRST OUT GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER HBCU HISTORY, LANDS STARRG ROLE NEW SPORTS DOC

“There hasn’t been an out gay football athlete at an HBCU. “I’m sure the young man has heard his fair share of slurs om teammat unaware that he is gay. Cyd Zeigler, the -founr of Outsports, noted that “so many ‘first’ gay athlet — John Amaechi, Jason Colls, Michael Sam — have been Black men.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER

Byron Perks, first openly gay HBCU football player, talks to ESPN about life chang .

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