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NFL Player Ryan Russell Is Here (and QUEER!)

Checkout how Ryan spoke his truth and now is happy to be a representation for the LGBTQ+ Community

Sep 02, 2019

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NFL Player Ryan Russell Is Here (and QUEER!)

In an essay that he wrote for ESPN, he expressed how he regretted not being his authentic self during a recent interview with all his team players and members

The reason he came about to make this choice was that he knew that there was no "out" athletes in the 4 major sports leagues in the United States of America.

Dianna Russini Surprised Former Cowboys, Bucs DE Ryan Russell says he is bisexualYouTube

Russell admitted that there are problems with the NFL, but said with confidence: "LGBTQ players having the comfort to be themselves, date who they want, share parts of their life with friends and teammates will not rank among those issues."

Shortly after he released his essay, Russell introduced the world to his boyfriend Corey O'Brian via Instagram with the following poem: "Love is faithful, love is kind, it doesn't brag or boast. But when I tell the world you're mine, I tend to brag the most."

Corey posted the same photo on his page and captioned it: "This man is the top headline on @espn this morning for speaking his truth as a player in the NFL and as my boyfriend. I couldn't be more proud #NFL."

Russell also started a youtube channel with his boyfriend and their first video is about how he came about making this choice of coming out publicly and you can see how genuinely they love each other.

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Here is the video of him and his boyfriend!

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