Ryan Russell (2015-17, spent 2018 in Bills camp): Defensive lineman with the Buccaneers and Cowboys. She plays for the American rugby sevens team, and has achieved a decent amount of success. Esera Tuaolo
Esera Tuaolo played as a defensive tackle in the National Football League between 1991 to 1999.
In 2010, Ovi was seemingly outed by a jilted ex-lover. He outed Ovi by posting evidence of their relationship on a website. Carl Nassib, however, was the only active NFL professional to have addressed his sexual orientation while he was still active in the league back in 2021. She’s currently earning her corn as a Doctor of Chiropractic, so she certainly hasn’t been sitting around twiddling her thumbs after retiring from the game.
It’s a sorry state of affair that these players still have to face abuse. Throughout its history, the league has seen the rise of great players who not only excelled on the field but also displayed courage off it. Kelly is a role model to many closeted athletes, someone who’s living life being out of the closet with a smile on her face.
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By 1985, his professional career was over, and it was in 1992 that the player publicly came out as gay on ‘The Phil Donahue Show’. Carl Nassib
Former NFL professional Carl Nassib played 7 seasons in the league as a defensive end.
Carl Nassib announced his retirement from professional football on September 6, 2023.
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Her career highlight would probably be captaining her national team at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Despite him being British, news that he was out still reached a lot of people, people who probably already had an inkling that he was gay.
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“I really have the best life, the best family, friends and job a guy can ask for…I do not know all the history behind our courageous LGBTQ community, but I am eager to learn and to help continue the fight for equality and acceptance.”
FAQs
Q. He remains the only NFL professional in the history of the league to have entered into a same-sex marriage.
“If I had told the Dallas Cowboys in the 1980s that I was gay, I would have been cut immediately.
It’s unfortunate for Troy, that over the course of a couple of decades, he’s had to deny rumors that he’s gay. “Mostly the mail that poured in was amazingly supportive and telling their own stories.