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Why Coming Out Was So Important for This NFL Strength Coach

Kevin Maxen is an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. He became the first openly gay male coach in any of the major US professional sports when he came out publicly in July 2023. Here, he shares in his own words how he came to that verdict, the challenges that arrive with being openly queer in a sport enjoy football, and his hopes for LGBTQ+ people in sports in the future.

I WAS KIND of on the fence about playing football, honestly. But in high school, a lot of my friends from my hometown were trying out for the team so me and my twin brother decided to, too. That first year of high institution football was iffy—I was always more of a baseball fan and player, and there were times I just didn’t long to go to train. But then I had some decent success, and by my junior year the plan was to go to Endicott College to play football.

Two weeks in, I broke my thumb. I couldn’t play. I couldn’t perform anything. On top of that, I was a creative writing major, which made it hard to find any shared interests with the guys on the team. I ended up leaving in November and went bac

Living your "Best Lgbtq+ Life,” of course, means living your best life in general, in every area. However, there can be a tendency to gloss over the unusual form of subjugation gay people own experienced and the lingering, often unseen after effects that persist long after one has “come out.“ Hence the focus on living our best homosexual lives.

 

For gay men, living our leading lives also means reconciling the ever-shifting concept of what it means to be a dude. Let’s work together to overcome any limiting thinking, carry out a plan to fulfill your goals, and find your most powerful utterance for living your best gay life.

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Part of what sets queer people apart from others is the particular nature of the message that tells us we are “not enough.” It can lead to our hopes and dreams to proceed unrealized and animation to feel unfulfilled. It can generate us to sense frustrated, directionless, confused. But our past shouldn’t be allowed to rob us of our future.  Even after we’ve come out, addressing the subtle, historical conditioning that told us we were deficient can positively impact every aspect of our lives.&nb

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