Why There Few Openly Gay Athletes In Men's Professional Sports ...
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And professional athletes can risk damage to their career or worse for telling the truth about their sexuality.After Michael Sam became the first openly gay athlete to be drafted into the NFL in 2014, then-Miami Dolphins safety Don Jones tweeted "horrible," resulting in penalties and a suspension.David Kopay, a former NFL running back who came out in 1975, was unable to land a professional coaching job after he announced publicly that he was gay.While few active players in the major men's sports leagues have come out, many female professional athletes have said publicly that they're gay, from U.S. soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe to tennis legend Billie Jean King.According to Cooky, that points to a key difference between the cultures of men's and women's athletics."For women, historically participating in sport has meant challenging gendered expectations and gendered norms and behaviors," she told NPR.
As said here by https://www.npr.org/2021/07/21/1018404859/openly-gay-athletes-in-mens-pro-sports-few