There was an outpouring of positivity, congratulations, and support for Nassib within and outside of the NFL community. activist group the Gay raiders, managed to bring Gay Pride into the living rooms of. His best statistical years were with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, racking up 12.5 sacks from 2018-2019. The first Gay Pride march was held in New York City on the one-year.
The San Francisco 49ers announced month-long plans to celebrate Pride Month throughout June. Nassib is in his sixth NFL season and his second with the Las Vegas Raiders. In a photo of its Pride-themed NFL shield, all 32 teams’ logos were also displayed in rainbow colors. I’m very excited to be a part of it and help in any way that I can and I’m really pumped to see what the future holds.” They’re an incredible organization, they’re the number one suicide-prevention service for LGBTQ youth in America and they’re truly doing incredible things.
“But until then, I’m going to do my best and do my part to cultivate a culture that’s accepting, that’s compassionate and I’m going to start by donating $100,000 to the Trevor Project. I actually hope that like one day, videos like this and the whole coming-out process are just not necessary. “I just think that representation and visibility are so important. “I’m a pretty private person so I hope you guys know that I’m really not doing this for attention,” he continued. I really have the best life, I’ve got the best family, friends and job a guy could ask for. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest. I just want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. “I’m at my house here in West Chester, Pennsylvania. “What’s up people?” Nassib posted in a video on Instagram. Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib announced via social media on Monday that he is gay, making him the first openly gay active player in the NFL. NFL history has been made during Pride Month.