Raiders' Carl Nassib Becomes First NFL Player to Come Out As Gay

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Though this historic milestone occured during Biden term, most of credit would go to Obama-Trump for preparing the ground work that made this possible. Knowing low energ Biden,he probably won't even celeberate or tweet about this.

This news involving a high contact sport could also spark conversation on mingling among people of different lifestyles/genders currently not widely allowed in some other sports.

Raiders’ Carl Nassib Announces He’s Gay, an N.F.L. First

The Raiders defensive lineman came out in a statement posted to his Instagram account on Monday, becoming the first active player in the league to publicly identify as gay.

Carl Nassib Becomes First Openly Gay Active N.F.L. Player

The Raiders defensive lineman came out in a video posted on social media and said he would donate $100,000 to the Trevor Project, a nonprofit dedicated to suicide prevention efforts for L.G.B.T.Q. youth.

By Ken Belson
June 21, 2021

On Monday, Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib became the first active N.F.L. player to publicly declare that he is gay.
“I just want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay,” Nassib said in a video posted to his Instagram account. “Sadly, I have agonized over this moment for the last 15 years,” he wrote in the same post.
Nassib, a five-year N.F.L. veteran who previously played with the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said he was finally “comfortable getting it off my chest.”
Nassib, 28, thanked his coaches, teammates and the N.F.L. for their support.
“I would not be able to do this without them,” he wrote in his Instagram post.

nytimes.com/2021/06/21/sports/football/carl-nassib-gay-nfl.html

 

[Anti Federalist]

Romans

1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools...

1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

 

[Pauls' Revere]

I stopped watching pro sports decades ago.

The only thing I watch is the World Cup every four years.

 

[Pauls' Revere]

The First Trans Olympian.

 

[Pauls' Revere]

Though this historic milestone occured during Biden term, most of credit would go to Obama-Trump for preparing the ground work that made this possible. Knowing low energ Biden,he probably won't even celeberate or tweet about this.

This news involving a high contact sport could also spark conversation on mingling among people of different lifestyles/genders currently not widely allowed in some other sports.

Raiders’ Carl Nassib Announces He’s Gay, an N.F.L. First

The Raiders defensive lineman came out in a statement posted to his Instagram account on Monday, becoming the first active player in the league to publicly identify as gay.

Carl Nassib Becomes First Openly Gay Active N.F.L. Player

The Raiders defensive lineman came out in a video posted on social media and said he would donate $100,000 to the Trevor Project, a nonprofit dedicated to suicide prevention efforts for L.G.B.T.Q. youth.

By Ken Belson
June 21, 2021

On Monday, Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib became the first active N.F.L. player to publicly declare that he is gay.
“I just want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay,” Nassib said in a video posted to his Instagram account. “Sadly, I have agonized over this moment for the last 15 years,” he wrote in the same post.
Nassib, a five-year N.F.L. veteran who previously played with the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said he was finally “comfortable getting it off my chest.”
Nassib, 28, thanked his coaches, teammates and the N.F.L. for their support.
“I would not be able to do this without them,” he wrote in his Instagram post.

nytimes.com/2021/06/21/sports/football/carl-nassib-gay-nfl.html

Curious, why is there a picture of the Titans when Nassib plays for the Raiders?

 

[Pauls' Revere]

In other news:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mo...s-flag-on-the-podium/ar-AALhxR0?ocid=msedgntp

Olympic athlete vows to win medal in order to 'burn a US flag on the podium'
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BMX freestyle Olympian Chelsea Wolfe said it was her goal to win a medal in the Tokyo Olympics so she could “burn a US flag on the podium."

 

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Curious, why is there a picture of the Titans when Nassib plays for the Raiders?

This story is NFL significant even though Raiders also made history at the same time. This is a milestone for professsional football that is marketed as an ultra masculine sport. Players keep moving around in NFL teams.

Although Drudge coverage seems bit too dramatic:

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Incidentally, Titans stood up for LGBTQ rights during Trump term and an ex Titan NFL player came out during Obama term.

The Tennessee Titans have come out against anti-LGBTQ state legislation

Apr 29, 2019
That the Titans released this statement while also hosting the NFL Draft heightens the power of the team’s message.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

It’s amazing how many things you can relate to Trump. All roads lead to Trump, right?

 

[Pauls' Revere]

This story is NFL significant even though Raiders also made history at the same time. This is a milestone for professsional football that is marketed as an ultra masculine sport. Players keep moving around in NFL teams.

Although Drudge coverage seems bit too dramatic:

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Incidentally, Titans stood up for LGBTQ rights during Trump term and an ex Titan NFL player came out during Obama term.

The Tennessee Titans have come out against anti-LGBTQ state legislation

Still does not explain why the Titans are pictured when the story relates to Nassib as a Raider.

and it is not the picture Drudge has posted either.

GAY IN NFL
NASSIB FIRST OUT

 

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It’s amazing how many things you can relate to Trump. All roads lead to Trump, right?

Such milestones don't happen a in a vacuum, political atmosphere of an era plays a big part.
It can be related to Obama as well but no Republican Prez has done heavier lifting to move "Christian GOP" towards a more progressive liberal mindset than Donald Trump.. to give credit where due. This is pride month and news is posted in US Politics section after all:

Pre-Trump:

Sep 30, 2015
Michele Bachmann Believes God Could Destroy The Nation Over Gay Marriage
Bye, America!
LGBT Activists Hate Christianity — and Want to Destroy It

Trump admin. launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality

Trump is selling ‘LGBTQ for Trump’ T-shirts for Gay Pride month

Trump administration launches global effort to end AIDS

MAGA Rainbow Wave: Nearly 100 LGBTQ candidates claim victory in Tuesday's elections
Nov 6, 2019

A Milestone: All Of The Walking Dead's Relationships Are Now Interracial Or LGBT
Nov 14, 2018
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertc...acial-or-lgbt/

Gay Jesus in New Special Stirs Up "Cancel Netflix" Outrage
December 26, 2019

Trump hails Bollywood film with gay romance ahead of India visit
by Madison Dibble | February 21, 2020
President Trump welcomed the news that Bollywood is producing a film featuring gay characters.
In a tweet Friday, Trump said it was "great” that a new romantic comedy produced in India would feature gay characters less than a year and a half after homosexuality was decriminalized in that country.
He retweeted the announcement from Peter Tatchell, a gay rights activist, who wrote, “A new #Bollywood rom-com featuring a gay romance is hoping to win over older people, following the decriminalisation of homosexuality. Hurrah!”

Great! https://t.co/eDf8ltInmH
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2020
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Still does not explain why the Titans are pictured when the story relates to Nassib as a Raider.

and it is not the picture Drudge has posted either.


GAY IN NFL
NASSIB FIRST OUT

Thought that was clear from opening comment, this discussion's scope is more expansive than just NFL:

This news involving a high contact sport could also spark conversation on mingling among people of different lifestyles/genders currently not widely allowed in some other sports.

 

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Romans

1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools...

1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

That is from the old days, this is a new era.
Those directives might even be 'hate speech' by today's freedoms standards.

 

[tod evans]

That is from the old days, this is a new era.

Spoke by children every generation.

Everything changes yet everything remains the same.

That said there's something wrong with sitting for hours watching men in tights..........Unless you're a girl who gets off in that shit. (Or q-ueer)

 

[Invisible Man]

Curious, why is there a picture of the Titans when Nassib plays for the Raiders?

Maybe that was the best picture they had with two NFL players in the foreground in that particular posture?

On a more freudian level, the resemblance of the Titans logo to flaming phalusses could also have subconsciously influenced the decision.

 

[Invisible Man]

Such milestones don't happen a in a vacuum, political atmosphere of an era plays a big part.

Your reference to Obama, who has been out of the WH and the news for 4 years and was more ambivalent than Trump on the gay agenda even when he did have power, was not a problem. It's still ok to blame everything on him. It's bringing up Trump, the guy who was still president 6 months ago and who is arguably the front runner to get nominated by the GOP again in 2024, that was your faux pas. It may be true that this website's mission would warrant giving Trump the same treatment here that Romney and McCain got (moreso, since they were never president). But be that as it may, there are those here, including some with a measure of sway over the administration of site policies, who won't have that.

 

[oyarde]

Penn St guy ,never heard of him , considering he is going into his sixth yr and the avg nfl career is 3 1/3 seasons ( probably less for linemen ) he wont be around in five years. He has recorded 20 sacks and 143 tackles.That is a sack every four games .

 

[Anti Federalist]

It may be true that this website's mission would warrant giving Trump the same treatment here that Romney and McCain got (moreso, since they were never president). But be that as it may, there are those here, including some with a measure of sway over the administration of site policies, who won't have that.

When did either of them do anything substantial to end the foreign wars?

 

[Anti Federalist]

That is from the old days, this is a new era.
Those directives might even be 'hate speech' by today's freedoms standards.

In nations without a Bill of Rights, they are.

For most of my adult life, any opinion on this was of the most libertarian variety: no business of mine, what people do in their bedrooms is their business and so on.

In the last few years that has changed dramatically, as it became clear what the weirdosexuals end goals were:

1 - Being a front on the war of Marxist revolution.

2 - An agent of population control.

3 - The primary agent to normalize pre-pubescent pedophilia.

 

[bv3]

I think the buried lede is that the "bravery" bump in coming out is coming to an end. Its hard to call something brave when it is encouraged across nearly all aspects of a society. Saying "I'm Gay," will have no more weight than saying "I'm Joe." Is it brave to engage in the quotidian? Is it brave to brush ones teeth?

 

[Anti Federalist]

Problems arise when it is discovered that Nassib may be a Republican Trump supporter.

 

[jmdrake]

Problems arise when it is discovered that Nassib may be a Republican Trump supporter.

Well [MENTION=1874]Brian4Liberty[/MENTION], it seems all roads actually DO lead to Trump. LOL.