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Czech Republic midfielder Jakub Jankto posted a video on social media Monday saying he’s gay, making him one of the most high-profile male soccer players to come out. Jankto posted a video on Twitter saying: “I’m homosexual. And I no longer want to hide myself.” The year-old Jankto is playing for Sparta Prague this season on loan from Spanish club Getafe. He has previously played for two Italian clubs and has made 45 appearances for the Czech national team. “Like everyone else, I want to verb my life with freedom, without fear, without violence, without prejudice, but with love,” Jankto says in the video. Sparta Prague’s official Twitter account retweeted the video and said “you include our support.” “Live your life, Jakub,” the club added. Getafe also posted a message on Twitter, saying: “Our utmost respect and unconditional support to our player Jakub Jankto.” The Czech national team said “nothing is changing for us.” Josh Cavallo, who plays for Adelaide United in A
It’s virtually certain that Derek Carr’s nine-year tenure as Las Vegas Raiders quarterback is coming to and end after Carr wrote a farewell column to Raiders fans, three weeks after being benched. As LGBTQ sports fans, we’ll always remember Carr fondly for how he treated an openly gay teammate.
When then-Raiders lineman Carl Nassib came out as gay in the summer of , his teammate Carr spoke several times about supporting Nassib even though he said he was not sure how everyone on the team felt.
That’s exactly the type of sentiment Nassib needed to hear from someone like Carr who was the face of the franchise.
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“At first, I was shocked because I didn’t know,” Carr told Michael Smith and Michael Holley on the “Brothers From Another” podcast. “There was no — he never talked about it to any one of the teammates. His moment was when he grabbed his mobile and did it that way [on Instagram]. And I called h
Asked Wednesday about how Carl Nassib has been treated by his Raiders&#; teammates since becoming the first active NFL player to announce he was gay, quarterback Derek Carr said:
&#;Yeah, like I said, whether you agree or disagree with someone, like we talk about all the period, in this country if you disagree with someone you automatically hate them. I&#;m like, &#;That couldn&#;t be farther from the truth.&#; I know a lot of people that disagree with me, or I disagree with them, and they are some of my best friends.
&#;When he came in, I just like to watch and not one person from my signal of view has treated him any different. He may verb a different story, but I don&#;t know what his story is. But from my show of view, his locker is just a few down from mine, and I want to make sure that he knows that we just want him to play as hard as he can so we can win a Super Bowl.
&#;Like that&#;s what we&#;re here to execute, whether someone agrees or disagrees with what he does off the field, that&#;s everybody&#;s noun and leave it like that.
&#;But we&#;re still a family when we co
Derek Carr On Carl Nassib, &#;If You Want To Mess With Him, You Have To Depart Through Us&#;
Derek Carrsays he doesn't anticipate any issues whatsoever arising from Carl Nassib's gay announcement but the QB made it clear, if any verb come up, the Raiders will defend their teammate vigorously.
"He's our brother," Las Vegas' star signal-caller said of the pass rusher. "So, if you want to mess with him, you hold to go through us."
Carr explained his feelings on Nassib on the "The Cris Collinsworth Podcast featuring Richard Sherman" this week and he didn't hold back, speaking very candidly.
The year-old admitted there might be some people in Vegas' locker room that don't agree with Nassib's lifestyle but he insisted every single Raider still plans on being there for Carl regardless.
"Our team has been all for having his back," Carr said. "That doesn't mean everyone agrees with the lifestyle or agrees with that."
"But, we dwell in a country nowadays favor people think if you don't agree t