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Contents:
- IN A LLEGE FOOTBALL FIRST, HBCU PLAYER OUT AS GAY
- 8 OPENLY GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYED SEASON ON THEIR TERMS
- THERE ARE 7 OPENLY GAY OR BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THIS SEASON
- GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS
- CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS
- OPENLY GAY EX-LLEGE PLAYER GETS EMOTNAL ABOUT CARL NASSIB'S ANNOUNCEMENT: 'RPECT'
- OUTSPORTS MALE ATHLET OF THE YEAR: 8 OUT GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS
- COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
- MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS
IN A LLEGE FOOTBALL FIRST, HBCU PLAYER OUT AS GAY
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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. I’m gay, let be known that this is not a ‘cisn’ or a ‘choice.
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8 OPENLY GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYED SEASON ON THEIR TERMS
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THERE ARE 7 OPENLY GAY OR BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THIS SEASON
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GENEVA COLLEGE ALLEGEDLY FIR GAY SOCCER ACH AFTER INSTAGRAM POSTS ABOUT CLIVENS
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CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS
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Frantz, openly gay, is the team’s startg left tackle and will play his fal llegiate game the Wildts’ bowl game, which will be termed this weekend. Capal went 0-10, but Pertet end his reer wh a distctn 2018 of the beg the first openly gay player to sre a llege football touchdown.
OPENLY GAY EX-LLEGE PLAYER GETS EMOTNAL ABOUT CARL NASSIB'S ANNOUNCEMENT: 'RPECT'
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Cy Hicks, College of Idaho (NAIA) offensive leman, sophomore. Hicks, openly gay, redshirted after season-endg surgery for a torn labm.
OUTSPORTS MALE ATHLET OF THE YEAR: 8 OUT GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS
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Saffold, openly gay, had 21 tackl and three terceptns for the 4-5 Mammoths. Christian Zevogel, Kalamazoo College (Michigan Divisn III) offensive leman, sophomore. Zevogel, who is gay, cid to end his football reer at season’s end, cg a ncsn he suffered Augt and the sire to pursue his amic terts.
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COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
If even jt 1% of all players intified as gay or bi, that would leave 810. Cy Hicks, a College of Idaho (NAIA) offensive leman who will be a sophomore. Christian Zevogel, a Kalamazoo College (Michigan Divisn III) offensive leman who will be a sophomore.
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MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS
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