WGA West’s LGBTQ+ Writers Committee In Open Letter Urges Hollywood To Combat Gay Bigotry

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EXCLUSIVE: Ten days ago, The WGA West’s LGBTQ+ Writers Committee sent an impassioned open letter to Hollywood, urging the film and television industry to employ more queer writers, combat ongoing discrimination and bigotry and increase authentic on-screen representation of the LGBTQ+ community.

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.

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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.

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NFL player in history. «Just wanted to take a quick moment and say that I'm gay,» Nassib shared in a social media video from his hometown of West Chester, Pennsylvania. «I've been wanting to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable to get it off my chest.» Nassib played college football at Penn State University before being drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 2016.