NFL Declares ‘Football is Gay, Football is Lesbian…Football is Queer’

L.A. Raiders' Carl Nassib

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In a video celebrating Pride Month, the National Football League (NFL) declares that football is all things LGBTQ.

On Monday, the NFL posted a video to its official Twitter page proclaiming in capital letters that “FOOTBALL IS,” among other things:

• "GAY”
• “LESBIAN”
• “BEAUTIFUL”
• “QUEER”
• “TRANSGENDER"
• “BISEXUAL”

If you love this game, you are welcome here. Football is for all. Football is for everyone.

The NFL stands by the LGBTQ+ community today and every day.

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— NFL (@NFL) June 28, 2021

“If you love this game, you are welcome here. Football is for all. Football is for everyone. The NFL stands by the LGBTQ+ community today and every day,” the tweet introducing the video says, before inviting readers to visit the website of a charity supported by the league’s first openly-gay active player, Carl Nassib.

Last week, Nassib, a defensive end for the Los Angeles Raiders, announced he is gay.