NFL Commissioner ‘Proud’ of First Openly Gay Active Player Carl Nassib

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We Need to Talk, which aired over the weekend, also showcased six French athletes who have come out as queer. They include three current Olympians: fencer Astrid Guyart, judo competitor Amandine Buchard, and basketball player Céline Dumerc, according to the LGBTQ+ sports news outlet .Outsports that the 2020 Olympics was shaping up to be the queerest ever, with an estimate of more than 100 out athletes competing.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Fanatics, the NFL’s official e-commerce partner, said Nassib’s has been the top-selling NFL jersey on Monday and Tuesday across the company’s network of online stores.Nassib made the big announcement via video message on Instagram Monday, saying, “I just want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.

Joy Behar walked back a joke she made about gay NFL player Carl Nassib during Tuesday’s edition of “The View”, later admitting it was “inappropriate.”

The National Football League is chipping in to support the cause.

in a video posted to Instagram on Monday. “I’m at my house here in West Chester, Pennsylvania,” said Nassib, a defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders.

Star Trek’sGeorge Takei has congratulated American football star Carl Nassib for coming out as gay. On Monday (21 June), the Las Vegas Raiders player, shared a video to Instagram explaining that he was a “pretty private person”, but hoped him coming out would mean other people would not have to make similar videos in the future.

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Footballer Carl Nassib has made history by coming out as gay (Photos: Instagram / Erik Drost)

decision to come out as gay, the first time an active NFL player has chosen to do so, was welcomed across the league from coaches and teams to some of the biggest names in the sport. It is hardly a secret that gay players have always existed in the NFL, but a fear of a backlash from fans, teammates and their employers stopped them from doing so.

NFL world has come together after Las Vegas Raiders’ Carl Nassib became the first active player to publicly come out as gay. The 28-year-old made the announcement in a video on his Instagram account on Monday.

View this post on InstagramThe Raiders tweeted parts of Nassib's post, with a caption featuring a love heart and the words "Proud of you, Carl". The NFL responded to the post by sharing the video with the caption: "The NFL family is proud of you, Carl.

Instagram account, which has almost 61,000 followers. “I just want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay,” Nassib said in the the video shot at his home in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Carl Nassib, a defensive lineman for the Las Vegas Raiders, has become the first active NFL player in league history to come out as gay. The football player, 28, shared his truth in a new Instagram video on June 21, explaining that he has “been meaning to do this for a while now” and “finally [feels] comfortable getting it off my chest.”

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib made history today, becoming the first active NFL player to come out as gay. He made the announcement in an Instagram post.

NBC Sports. Former University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam came out as gay before the 2014 NFL draft, was drafted by the then-St.

Carl Nassib has come out as gay.

Ellise Shafer administratorCarl Nassib, a defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders, has made history as the first active player in the NFL to come out as gay.Nassib made the announcement in a candid video posted to his Instagram account on Monday, saying: “Just wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.