Michael Irv talks about his gay brother, support for gay marriage - Outsports

Contents:

• MICHAEL IRV ON THE VER OF 'OUT,' TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY BROTHER AND SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
• NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER HONORED DURG LEAGUE’S AWARD SHOW
• MICHAEL IRV OPENS UP ABOUT TOLERANCE GAY MAGAZE
• MICHAEL IRV POS FOR GAY MAGAZE COVER \R \R
• MICHAEL IRV BACKS GAY RIGHTS "OUT" MAGAZE
• MICHAEL IRV, OUT MAGAZE VER TERVIEW, SAYS PRO SPORTS ARE READY FOR AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE

MICHAEL IRV ON THE VER OF 'OUT,' TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY BROTHER AND SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

Michael Irv champns 12, 2011, 10:19 AM ETFormer Dallas Cowboys great Michael Irv appears shirtls on the ver of this month's gay men's magaze Out and discs his passn for equaly publicly acknowledg that the impet for takg a stand om his relatnship wh his gay brother, Vghn, who died of stomach ncer at age 49 2006. "In the article, Irv scrib how his brother's sexual orientatn ntributed to his own says that he found out his brother was gay the late 1970s, when he found Vghn wearg women's clothg.

"Irv says that his father, Walter, helped him learn a tolerant form of Christiany bee the elr Irv accepted his gay son and enuraged him to love his brother remaed close to his brother, one of 16 siblgs, until his ath.

When a guy steps up and says, 'This is who I am, ' I guarantee you I'll give him 100 percent support, " Irv if the player produced on the field, he would have supported a gay teammate as well.

NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER HONORED DURG LEAGUE’S AWARD SHOW

"I believe, if a teammate had said he's gay, we would have tegrated him and kept movg bee of the closens, " Irv said, acrdg to the believ the team that won three Super Bowls uld have tegrated an openly gay teammate as well as any team. “You know, Cyd, my brother was gay, ” he said.

"You know, Cyd, my brother was gay, " he said. In that first nversatn about the piece he said was time to talk about his gay brother, Vghn. The moment he realized his brother was gay was an impactful moment that domated much of his life for the next 20 years.

MICHAEL IRV OPENS UP ABOUT TOLERANCE GAY MAGAZE

It was somethg he wanted to talk about openly for the first time; And was Vghn’s memory that Michael wanted to fully, openly endorse gay equaly and lay out the wele mat for gay players the NFL to e out. At one pot talkg to him about rencilg his relign wh his ditn to full equaly for gay people I stggled to fight back tears.

Rarely have I wnsed anyone, gay or straight, speakg so eloquently and so strongly support of gay marriage.

MICHAEL IRV POS FOR GAY MAGAZE COVER \R \R

Irv’s support of same-sex marriage and the cln of gay people is profound, and he isn’t aaid of talkg about that om the perspective of a Black man. In addn to Michael’s revelatns there are articl revealg Hudson’s plan to get married Washgton DC; Nick’s path to beg a gay in; and Mike Chabala’s ditn to equaly. And an emotnal piece, Ben Cohen talks for the first time about how the ath of his father, the victim of a bar fight, has led to his foundatn to stop anti-gay bullyg.

MICHAEL IRV BACKS GAY RIGHTS "OUT" MAGAZE

Here's hopg the issue of Out magaze challeng how some thk about the issue of equaly for gay people and chang some hearts and mds.

The Natnal Football League on Thursday paid tribute to s first openly gay player Thursday eveng. The Natnal Football League on Thursday paid tribute s first openly gay player durg s annual award show. HOUSE COMMITTEE IN FLORIDA PASSES ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL.

WAR ERUPTS OVER NEW MARVEL BLOCKBUSTER’S GAY SUPERHERO. NFL’S FIRST-EVER OPENLY GAY PLAYER STARS IN WILD FINISH TO MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY.

MICHAEL IRV, OUT MAGAZE VER TERVIEW, SAYS PRO SPORTS ARE READY FOR AN OPENLY GAY ATHLETE

Is Michael Irv Gay? No, he is not gay. Michael Irv champns 13, 2011, 12:19 AMFormer Dallas Cowboys great Michael Irv appears shirtls on the ver of this month's gay men's magaze Out and discs his passn for equaly publicly acknowledg that the impet for takg a stand om his relatnship wh his gay brother, Vghn, who died of stomach ncer at age 49 2006.

(Photo: OUT Magaze, July 2011)Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer Michael Irv has certaly e a long way sce his trouble-makg days as The ’s found God and has e to peace wh himself as a hband and has also gaed a tolerance for gay people and those who live alternative liftyl. He creds the transformatn to his brother Vghn, who was a crossdrser whom Irv adms he was once ashamed former Cowboys wi receiver discsed his love for his brother and the tolerance he now has the latt issue of Out magaze, a gay publitn.

In the acpanyg article the former NFL star discsed his late brother, who was gay, as well as his own feelgs about issu like gay said he’d learned of his brother Vghn’s homosexualy the 1970s when he’d found him wearg women’s clothg. While Irv speculat that this disvery might have ntributed to his own womanizg as an adult (overpensatg for unfound fears that homosexualy may be heredary), he creds his father, Walter, for helpg him accept his brother’s sexual orientatn. Vghn died of stomach ncer also spoke about his support of gay marriage sayg, "I don't see how any Ain-Amerin, wh any klg of history, n say that you don't have the right to live your life how you want to live your life, "On the issue of an athlete or sports figure g out, Irv says that "I will absolutely support him....