Pro athlet who have e out as gay: Sports stars who intify as LGBTQ - AS USA

Contents:

• ATHLET WHO ARE GAY
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ
• EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED
• NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
• WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
• NORTH AMERI’S FOUR BIGGT PRO SPORTS LEAGU HAVE BEEN AROUND A BED 398 YEARS. THEY’VE HAD TWO OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYERS

ATHLET WHO ARE GAY

Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. His announcement provoked mixed reactns om his fellow players and the you surprised that so many profsnal athlet are gay?

Share your thoughts the ments Wikimedia Commons / CC-BYOlympic soccer player Megan Rapoe me out as gay 2012.

She has been a relatnship wh Atralian soccer player Sarah Walsh for three 38Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Reddg, CaliforniaTeams: Chigo Red StarsTennis great Billie Jean Kg beme the first proment female profsnal athlete to e out as gay back 79Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Long Beach, California, Uned Stat of AmeriOlympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay. He married his partner Johnny Chaillo 63Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: El Cajon, California, Uned Stat of AmeriWNBA player Sheryl Swoop announced that she was gay 2005.

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

Age: 52Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Brownfield, Texas, Uned Stat of AmeriTeams: Hoton Comets, Uned Stat women's natnal basketball team, Texas Tech Lady Rairs basketballNBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

His announcement provoked mixed reactns om his fellow players and the 44Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Northridge, Los Angel, CaliforniaTeams: Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks, Washgton Wizards, Memphis Grizzli, Brooklyn NetsAmerin soccer player Abby Wambach is openly gay.

Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23. Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021.

PRO ATHLET WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY: SPORTS STARS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ

(Jam Gilbert/Getty Imag)Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength ach Kev Maxen me out publicly as gay Thursday, which mak him the first known openly gay male ach the NFL and all of Amerin men’s profsnal joed the Jaguars’ strength and ndng staff last season. Tampa Bay Bucneers fensive end Carl Nassib beme the league’s first active openly gay player when he me out 2021, when he was wh the Las Vegas Rairs. Former San Francis 49ers assistant Katie Sowers ma history as both the first woman and first openly gay ach a Super Bowl was a lebacker at Wtern Connecticut State, a Divisn III program.

It is a fact, that there are untls men and women playg and participatg profsnal sports today, who are homosexual and hi om public knowledge. Simply bee of the jtifiable fear, of what might happen to them if fans, ach, teammat and y sponsors disvered the profsnal athlet have ‘e out’ as gay?

EACH OF AMERI’S BIG 5 SPORTS CURRENTLY HAS AN OUT GAY MAN THE PROS. THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED

Wh the NFL Draft followg shortly after, Sam beme the first openly gay man to be drafted to the NFL when he was selected by the St. Louis 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player drafted to the opened up about the journey that saw him step away om football for some time before g back to the game he lov wh the Barcelona Dragons.

“Sce Febary and my big announcement, this has been a whole [lot of] speculatn of the first openly gay football player, but you know what? A former fensive end for both the Cowboys and the Bucneers, Rsell was the talk of the town 2019 when he announced via an say on ESPN, that he was Vegas Rairs' Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to announce that he is gay. Defensive end Carl Nassib announced he was gay via a social media post, before also explag that he had donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project - an anizatn that foc on suici preventn LGBTQ youth.

NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY

Nassib is the first openly gay active player the Pl Colls - BasketballProvg that this is not limed to any specific sport, let’s jump to the NBA where 2013, Jason Pl Colls ma history by beg the first person to openly e out any of the four major profsnal sports. Yet, as you’ve surely noticed by now, a large part of what people talk about when to the former star, is not her prows on the urt, but rather her 2005 admissn that she is gay.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

” After beg an openly gay woman the league, Swoops would go on to retire Rogers - SoccerInto the world of soccer we go, where we fd Robbie Rogers who played profsnally England up until 2013 when he announced he was gay and leavg the sport. I remend the book “Comg out to play” by Robbie Rogers, one of the very few football (soccer for some of you) players to e out as gay. ’” Incintally, Rogers joed the Los Angel Galaxy jt a few months later, makg him the first openly gay man to play a major profsnal league the Uned Rapoe - SoccerIf you’re readg this article, then chanc are you probably know of Megan Rapoe.

While we’re hopg you know of her, bee of the fact that she ptaed the women’s US Natnal Soccer Team to a FIFA World Cup tle 2019, ’s highly likely you’ve heard her name relatn to her beg openly gay and very vol about LGBTQ rights. “I thk female athlet, general, are at the foreont of every prott general bee we’re gay, we’re women, we’re women of lor, we’re sort of everythg all at one time, ” Rapoe said back 2019.

NORTH AMERI’S FOUR BIGGT PRO SPORTS LEAGU HAVE BEEN AROUND A BED 398 YEARS. THEY’VE HAD TWO OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYERS

”Sue Bird - BasketballThough we’ve ma our way back to the WNBA wh Bird, we thought worthwhile to mentn that 2017 she me out as gay and moreover, disclosed that she was datg the above-mentned Megan her 20 years wh the WNBA, Sue Bird says she’s seen players engage more on social issu, like BLM, and that the league has “embraced who we are.

In 2020 Bird and Rapoe got Burke - BaseballOften referred to as the first gay man MLB, Glenn Burke joed the league 1977 where he played for the Los Angel Dodgers. What’s tertg to note, is that while playg, everyone on the team knew Burke was gay, however, the general public did years later 1980, Burke left the game for good and ma a move to San Francsi, where jt two years later he would publicly e out as gay 1982.