The St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, best defensive player of the SEC and first openly gay man drafted by a NFL team, and don’t even consider signing him to the practice squad: Sam will hope to catch on elsewhere, and should have a decent chance to get a job based on his college production, …
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Michael Sam Is Drafted By The St. Louis Rams
This is powerful: Michael Sam, the openly gay defensive end from the University of Missouri, gets the call that he is chosen by the St. Louis Rams in the NFL draft. This is a video of him receiving the life-changing (and league changing) call: //www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nW-_fFdkegs I love how his boyfriend is right by his side. The …
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Defining Masculinity Down: The ‘Man’s-Man Game’ : Monkey See : NPR
Good comment by NPR’s Linda Holmes on the coded, homophobic language ‘honest’ but anonymous NFL insiders use, and the masculinity they claim is not compatible with gay men in locker rooms.Defining Masculinity Down: The ‘Man’s-Man Game’ : Monkey See : NPR
N.F.L. Prospect Proudly Says What Teammates Knew: He’s Gay – NYTimes.com
Michael Sam, a defensive lineman who played college football for the University of Missouri, came out as gay yesterday. As a senior (6"2’/188 cm; 260 lbs/117 kg) Sam had a stellar season as Missouri finished 12-2 and won the Cotton Bowl. He was named first-team all-American, Associated Press defensive player of the year in the Southeastern …
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