Jaguars’ Kev Maxen Is First Publicly Gay Male Coach US Men’s Pro Sports

Contents:

• CONOR COADY EXCLIVE: OPENLY GAY PLAYER AT TOP LEVEL WOULD BE ACCEPTED "WHOUT A DOUBT"
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• NFL CLAR ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’ NEW PROMO VIO AFTER LAS VEGAS RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
• CONOR COADY EXCLIVE: OPENLY GAY PLAYER AT TOP LEVEL WOULD BE ACCEPTED "WHOUT A DOUBT"
• JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
• CONOR COADY EXCLIVE: OPENLY GAY PLAYER AT TOP LEVEL WOULD BE ACCEPTED "WHOUT A DOUBT"
• CONOR COADY EXCLIVE: OPENLY GAY PLAYER AT TOP LEVEL WOULD BE ACCEPTED "WHOUT A DOUBT"
• JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS

CONOR COADY EXCLIVE: OPENLY GAY PLAYER AT TOP LEVEL WOULD BE ACCEPTED "WHOUT A DOUBT"

Football is gay. Acrdg to a report OutSports, the vio -- entled Football Is for Everyone -- is meant not jt to support Carl Nassib, the first active NFL player to e out as gay, but also let other players, as well as LGBTQ+ fans, know they're jt as important and wele. "The first le to which Rapoport refers is the simple "football is gay" that appears on the screen to open the vio.

"More than merely enuragg the LGBTQ+ muny to rema part of the league's fan base, the vio is also a statement on jt how far the league has progrsed on the issue of gay athlet.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

"Nassib famoly me out as gay a post to Instagram last week that has sce gone viral. England star Conor Coady believ a top level player g out as gay would be accepted a drsg room but lled for more work to be done tacklg homophobia , who recently signed for Leicter Cy om Wolv, won the Football Ally Award the 2021 Brish LGBT Awards and has been very vol about the is now supportg the Alli Uned, an iative which has seen Jt Eat partner wh Football vs Homophobia a bid to crease LGBTQIA+ clivy wh the grassroots aim is to create hundreds of “ally clubs” through ee urs and workshops and after a Jt Eat survey found that over three quarters (78%) of people om the LGBTQIA+ muny would not nsir playg grassroots football.

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NFL CLAR ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY’ NEW PROMO VIO AFTER LAS VEGAS RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

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

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.

JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

CONOR COADY EXCLIVE: OPENLY GAY PLAYER AT TOP LEVEL WOULD BE ACCEPTED "WHOUT A DOUBT"

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. NFL has clared ''football is gay'' a new promo vio shared on Twter.

9NFL clared football is gayCred: Twter / NFL.

JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS

9Carl Nassib announced that he is gay last week. The NFL's vio that was released on Monday featur a black background wh the words "Football is gay" whe.

CONOR COADY EXCLIVE: OPENLY GAY PLAYER AT TOP LEVEL WOULD BE ACCEPTED "WHOUT A DOUBT"

The word ''gay'' is then replaced by ''lbian, '' ''betiful, '' queer, '' ''life, '' ''excg, '' ''culture, '' ''transgenr, '' ''heart, '' ''power, '' ''tough, '' ''bisexual, '' ''strong, '' eedom, '' ''Amerin, '' ''acceptg, '' ''everythg. Last week Nassib the first active player the NFL to be openly gay. "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " he announced a vio posted to his Instagram acunt.

9He beme the first active player the NFL to be openly gay.

CONOR COADY EXCLIVE: OPENLY GAY PLAYER AT TOP LEVEL WOULD BE ACCEPTED "WHOUT A DOUBT"

"Rairs DE Carl Nassib announced today that he’s gay. Bachelor star and former football player Colton Unrwood, who me out as gay earlier this year, lled the announcement "amazg. Rairs star Carl Nassib be first openly gay active NFL player as he out emotnal Instagram vio.

JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS

Football, like any other game, also has many gay players. But tak guts to e out and reveal one’s genr as gay, which is ually an act of urage a world that is not ndned to accept every genr. This listicle will mentn eight male football players who dared to e out as gay.