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After Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as beg gay, the NFL has released a mercial supportg the LGBTQ+ muny.

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NFL SHAR PRI-THEMED LOGO, SAYS STANDS WH LGBTQ+ MUNY BY KELLY HAY PUBLISHED JUNE 3, 2021 UPDATED 1:43PM EQUY AND INCLN FOX 10 PHOENIX SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD THE HISTORY OF JUNE BEG PRI MONTH EVERY JUNE, THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND ALLI CELEBRATE WHAT HAS BEE NEW YORK - THE NATNAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EMBRACED THE START OF PRI MONTH THIS WEEK BY SHARG S FAMED LOGO RABOW LORS A SHOW OF "SUPPORT AND SOLIDARY" WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.⁣ "WE STAND WH LGBTQ+ PEOPLE THIS MONTH AND YEARLONG WH A MMENT TO OUR PLAYERS, OUR FANS AND OUR STAFF TO LIVE PROUDLY AND THENTILLY," THE NFL SAID WEDNDAY A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ADDG "HAPPY PRI MONTH!" IN A PHOTO OF S PRI-THEMED NFL SHIELD, ALL 32 TEAMS’ LOGOS WERE ALSO DISPLAYED RABOW LORS.  THE SAN FRANCIS 49ERS ANNOUNCED MONTH-LONG PLANS TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH THROUGHOUT JUNE, CLUDG A GENRLS CLOTHG LE WHICH 100% OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BENEF LOL LGBTQ+ ANIZATNS.  ON JUNE 22, THE TEAM WILL HOLD THE 2021 49ERS PRIDE LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM SPORTS PANEL FEATURG PROFSNAL ATHLET AND SPORTS PERSONALI LIKE KIMBERLY CHEXNAYR, FALLON FOX AND KURTIS GABRIEL. THE PANEL WILL DISCS THE NORMALIZATN OF LGBTQ+ ATHLET AND THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENC AS OUT AND ALLIED PERSONS SPORTS, THE TEAM SAID. THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS TEAMED UP WH FELLOW SPORTS TEAMS THE CY TO DRIVE SUPPORT FOR LOL LGBTQ+-OWNED SMALL BS AND GENR-CLIVE YOUTH SPORTS. "WE'RE PROUD TO PROMOTE ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENS," THE TEAM WROTE A POST.  FORMER NFL PLAYER RYAN O’CALLAGHAN, WHO PLAYED WH THE NEW ENGLAND PATRTS AND KANSAS CY CHIEFS, ME OUT AS GAY A 2017 STORY PUBLISHED BY OUTSPORTS — A SPORTS NEWS SE FOCG ON LGBT ISSU AND PERSONALI. HE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT THE NFL’S SUPPORT OF PRI MONTH IS IMPORTANT WNG HEARTS AND MDS AMID SOME NEGATIVE MENTS ONLE. "THE RPONSE SHOWS PEOPLE’S LACK OF UNRSTANDG AND IGNORANCE," O’CALLAGHAN SAID. "I’M GLAD THE NFL DO . SMALL GTUR LIKE THAT ADD UP." O’CALLAGHAN HID HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN THROUGHOUT HIS FOOTBALL REER. HE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT HE HAD CID TO PLAY THE SPORT, CLUDG LLEGE AT THE UNIVERSY OF CALIFORNIA—BERKELEY, A LARGE PART TO HI HIS SEXUALY.⁣ RELATED: BIN PROCLAIMS JUNE AS "LGBTQ+ PRI MONTH," EXPOUNDG S CREATN AND HISTORY PRI MONTH, WHICH IS NOW CELEBRATED BY LGBTQ+ MUNI AND ALLI ALL OVER THE WORLD, STEMS OM THE TRAGEDY OF THE STONEWALL RTS.  IN JUNE OF 1969, PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS OF A POPULAR GAY BAR NEW YORK CY, LLED THE STONEWALL INN, STAGED AN UPRISG DURG A ROUTE POLICE RAID, ACRDG TO THE NYC LGBT HISTORIC S PROJECT. THE DAYS-LONG NFLICT MARKED THE BEGNG OF A MORN MOVEMENT TO OUTLAW DISCRIMATORY LAWS AND PRACTIC AGAST LGBTQ AMERINS. THE FIRST PRI PARAS WERE HELD A YEAR AFTER THE UPRISG, ATTRACTG THOANDS OF PARTICIPANTS. TODAY, THOANDS OF PRI PARAS, MARCH AND FTIVALS ARE HELD AROUND THE WORLD. THE MONTH-LONG CELEBRATN AIMS TO BOTH UPLIFT THOSE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND SERV AS A PH TO ACHIEVE EQUAL JTICE AND OPPORTUNI. PRINT JOE BIN ON TUDAY OFFICIALLY CLARED JUNE 2021 AS "LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH" AFTER SIGNG A PROCLAMATN. RELATED: CELEBRATE PRI MONTH 2021 WH THE LGBTQ MOVI AND SHOWS THAT ARE EE TO STREAM THIS STORY WAS REPORTED OM CCNATI. BREAKING NEWS

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * football gay celebration *

The Washgton Football Team has partnered wh the lol LGBTQ+ sports umbrella anizatn Team DC to host a rare Pri Night durg their upg Thursday Night Football Game agast the New York place this Thursday, September 16, at FedEx Stadium the natn's pal, the Pri Night Out will clu performanc by the Gay Men's Chos of Washgton and the LGBTQ+ mic anizatn DC's Different Colby-Beich, vice print of gut experience and operatns for the Washgton Football Team told the Washgton Blathat the team had gone through a learship change and now sought a broar outreach than the past. Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib ed a post to Instagram to e out as gay durg Pri Month, the first active player signed to a regular-season roster to do so.

I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. "The 28-year-old veteran leman om Wt Chter, Pennsylvania, ma history aga when he beme the first out gay player to take the field a regular-season NFL game, the featured Monday Night Football season premiere. In a vio shared on Twter on Monday, the Natnal Football League clared, "Football is gay."In whe letters on a black background, the word "gay" was then replaced wh words cludg "lbian," "betiful," "queer," "transgenr," "power" and "life."The vio's fal claratn: "Football is for everyone."The NFL released the vio rponse to Las Vegas Rairs player Carl Nassib g out last week, league spokperson Samantha Roth told Outsports.

Nassib is the first active NFL player to e out as gay.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

A new ad om the NFL clar "Football is gay" as a show of support to the LGBTQ+ muny after Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay. * football gay celebration *

Former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan, who played wh the New England Patrts and Kansas Cy Chiefs, me out as gay a 2017 story published by Outsports — a sports news se focg on LGBT issu and personali. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of a popular gay bar New York Cy, lled the Stonewall Inn, staged an uprisg durg a route police raid, acrdg to the NYC LGBT Historic S Project.

Print Joe Bin on Tuday officially clared June 2021 as "Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month" after signg a proclamatn. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

'FOOTBALL IS GAY' - NEW NFL AD SHOWS SUPPORT TO LGBTQ+ MUNY

* football gay celebration *

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

NFL RELEAS MERCIAL SUPPORTG LGBTQ+ MUNY: “FOOTBALL IS GAY”

The vio released on Monday shows simple whe text agast a black background, as snare dms play the background and people cheer as the text clar 'Football is gay.' * football gay celebration *

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

In North Ameri, Conf and FIFA have repeatedly cled to punish the Mexin Football Feratn for the “p*to” chant, a gay slur that repeatedly echo through stadiums.

Reports that at #MexiVsUSA fans of Mexi are aga chantg a gay slur. As we actively and excedly anticipate the 2022 FIFA World Cup, this is a iendly remr that homosexualy is still illegal host natn Qatar. Punishg fans for homophobia and requirg host natns to support LGBTQ+ rights are well wh the realm of possibily.

NFL SUPPORTS LGBTQ+ COMMUNI BY DECLARG 'FOOTBALL IS GAY' PRI AD

The Natnal Football League has clared “football is gay” and “transgenr” a new ad. What seems like a missn to alienate the NFL’s red-blood fanbase is a stunt backg Rairs star Carl Nassib, who recently me out. * football gay celebration *

The NFL is sendg a powerful msage of support to the LGBTQ+ muny, a week after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib me out as 's the first active NFL player to do league tweeted out a new mercial which starts out by sayg "football is gay. One week after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as a gay man, the NFL has released a vio supportg the LGBTQ+ muny.

NFL CLAR THAT FOOTBALL IS GAY NEW VIO FOR PRI DAY EMBRACG CARL NASSIB

” “Football is gay. While six former NFL players have e out after retirg om the game, Carl Nassib beme the first openly gay active player as recently as June 21 of partnership wh 72andSunny Los Angel and the LGBTQ+ nonprof. Given ternatnal soccer’s challenged history of LGBTQ cln, the Rabow Lac project is a big al — pecially the Premier League, where there’s been only one openly gay player history, Jt Fashanu.

‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’: NFL RELEAS BIZARRE VIO AFTER PLAYER’S G OUT

The social media acunts of Leicter Cy’s LGBTQ fan group, Fox Pri, were pelted wh homophobic ments followg Vardy’s celebratn, acrdg to Sky Sports. The Natnal Football League has clared that 'football is gay' a promotnal vio released on Pri Day, after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the league's first openly gay player.

The vio released on Monday shows simple whe text agast a black background, as snare dms play the background and people are heard cheerg as the text clar 'Football is gay. The NFL exprsed support for Carl Nassib, who me out last week, wh the league releasg a vio for Pri Month clarg 'football is gay'The vio then shows the NFL logo and promot the Trevor Project, a chary that foc on preventg suici among LGBTQ youth, which Nassib had supported wh a donatn his g out vio. The league has been eager to exprs support for Nassib, the first openly gay active NFL player The NFL clared that 'football is gay' a promotnal vio released on Pri Day The vio was timed for release on Pri Day, which falls on Pri Week Pri Month The vio clared that football is for everyone a seri of proclamatns The NFL shield logo was also displayed the rabow lors for Pri MonthMany fans have also been eager to support Nassib, a former Penn State walk-on who was drafted by the Cleveland Browns the third round 2016.

'When said football is gay I lghed I n't lie, ' another add. 'On a non-homophobic note football is NOT for everyone. ' Three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year JJ Watt ngratulated Nassib, but said he's lookg forward to a time when such announcements 'will no longer be nsired breakg news' Nassib is obvly not the NFL's first gay player.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

'Butch Woolfolk, a teammate of Simmons's New York, said he played alongsi other gay players wh the Hoton Oilers and Detro Lns as Moon, the quarterback for those Oilers teams, appeared to nfirm Woolfolk's claim while mendg Nassib for beg the first active NFL player to e out of the closet. Then he arrived at a pattern of ty gray-and-blue lolm tile, thereby breakg the ultimate taboo men's team sports: an openly gay man showerg wh his NFL barrier that Sam strolled through June was long nsired an unbreakable cultural obstacle to acceptance for gay players, even a society which, acrdg to Gallup, 78 percent of people unr 30 support same-sex marriage.

But this was unprecented an NFL locker room, our culture's ultimate temple of stky teammat strip down to their most vulnerable state, njur, for some, a range of emotns: their most awkward memori (middle school gym class), ept securi (size), purt symbolism (baptism) and most ignorant fense mechanisms (homophobia).

The rea has always been: I'll accept a gay teammate, I jt won't shower wh one.

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NFL Supports LGBTQ+ Fans by Declarg That 'Football Is Gay' .

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