Jaguars' Kev Maxen First Male Coach to Come Out as Gay U.S. Sports

Contents:

• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
• ‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ IS BANNED AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars strength ach, Kev Maxen, has e out as gay — makg him the first male ach a U. While Maxen is believed to be the first male ach to have e out publicly as gay, there have been a few female ach U. When to players, there have only been 16 the history of the NFL to e out as gay or bisexual as of September 2022, per Outsports.

After a Southern California school district rejected a state-endorsed social studi curriculum that clus material on gay rights, top state officials are vowg to buy a textbook qutn and distribute to stunts before the new school year. The announcement is the latt dispute between state and lol officials after the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s board voted 3-2 on May 16 to reject the curriculum, wh some board members claimg there was not enough parental volvement the curriculum creatn procs as well as makg ments attackg gay rights activist and polician Harvey Milk. The curriculum – for gras one through five – ntas supplemental rource material for teachers that clus a short bgraphy of Milk, who is believed to be the first openly gay polician elected to public office California 1977.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

The materials scribe his liftyle and his work for gay rights California until his assassatn 1978.

Komrosky said June that his statements about Milk “were not based upon him beg a homosexual, but rather based upon him beg an adult havg a sexual relatnship wh a mor. TAMPA — “This Book Is Gay, ” a nonfictn book that offers guidance to LGBTQ+ youth, will no longer be available at any Hillsborough County middle a 4-3 vote Tuday, the school board cid to ban the tle as appropriate for children as young as 11. Audience members listen as the Hillsborough County School Board hears arguments Tuday for and agast makg the book "This Book is Gay" available at district middle schools.

Speakg to the board, she strsed that she was not attemptg to mount a polil battle, but rather to get the book out of the hands of middle school and district mte found that materials like “This Book Is Gay” don’t troduce stunts to the ncept, but serve as a nonfictn alternative to classmat and the ter that n clarify sometim dangero nearly filled the boardroom to discs the book and whether to take away om schools. This book is a way for gay kids to see that. “If ‘This Book Is Gay’ vlat (state law), so do the Bible, ” Perez said, urgg the board to ensure that tn of children be enuraged the board to uphold the district review and evaluatn procs that has been place for years and adher to state law, and to keep md the needs of all children.

WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS

Another book that upset parents is tled “This Book is Gay. “This Book is Gay” also stcts rears on how to jo datg apps and talk wh Christians and Mlims about sexualy. ”The Michigan mother also took her plat beyond the school district, reportg “This Book is Gay” to lol police, acrdg to ABC 7 News.

Wright, her cisn now go to the school board, which will discs the book challenge at s Monday meetg agenda and vote on a cisn on Tallahassee mom who submted the challenge, Katie Lyons, said her dghter, then a send grar at a lol elementary school, brought home the children's book about Kg, a tennis legend who is gay — and also brought qutns to her mother about a page regardg Kg's sexual orientatn. “It is important that be ma clear that this book was challenged not bee the book mentns Billie Jean Kg is gay, ” Lyons told the school board at a meetg last week.

Regardls of orientatn, homosexual or heterosexual, the topic of sexual orientatn is not age-appropriate or velopmentally-appropriate for elementary stunts. "I object to material that discs beg gay and what means to be gay, " wrote page drawg the challenge reads: "Around this time, I realized I was gay. Beg gay means that if you're a girl, you love and have romantic feelgs for other girls — and if you're a boy, you love and have romantic feelgs for other boys.

‘THIS BOOK IS GAY’ IS BANNED AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS

"Lyons matas the book is ntrary to state law, largely cg the Parental Rights Edutn Act, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by crics, which prohibs stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty book challenge law:Florida schools stggle to apply new book law which even Shakpeare is 'spect'Why 's beg challenged:Tallahassee mom mak se that 'I am Billie Jean Kg' book 'g' on parents' rightsWright, her July 10 remendatn, unters that the book isn’t ed as “stctn” and poted to a clarifitn the Florida Department of Edutn issued statg that "cintal referenc" books to LGBTQ people are not also said a new law, HB 1069, directed each school district to adopt procs allowg parents to lim their child’s accs to library material.

"The excln of one of the profil jt bee of the intifitn of the ma subject as homosexual is not the tentn of any law or statute passed by the Florida Legislature, " Syett Lyons said the parental book review procs is not enough to screen qutnable materials accsible to their stunts. And while you n always zy up on the uch and prs play on a movie about queer love, the LGBTQ books will take thgs one step of the classics, bt-sellers and new releas on this list put gay characters at the heart of the story — or at the very least, are wrten by thors who intify as LGBTQ+.

As the end of his life draws near, Jab hop to the right the wrongs that ed his relatnship wh his gay son, Isaac. "How We Fight for Our Liv" by Saeed JonPoet Saeed Jon’ g-of-age memoir is a rehgly hont look at the realy of beg a Black gay man the south.