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RK Russell

NFL players like me are cheered when we come out … and are soon unemployed

RK Russell during his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
RK Russell during his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Photograph: Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images

If Carl Nassib is not signed to a team by 8 September, the NFL, a league with 32 teams and more than 1,600 players, will once again not have a single LGBTQ+ in its ranks.

I’m writing this piece well before that date because it’s a travesty and there’s still time for the situation to change. When I became the first out active NFL player to identify as bisexual in August 2019 and I found myself without a team, I would have wanted someone to advocate for me.

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