Wade Davis, Out Gay Former NFL Player, Will Lead Group Promoting LGBT Equality In Sports
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/wade-davis-out-gay-former-nfl-player-to-run-group-promoting
Author: Chris Geidner Source: BuzzFeed
Wade Davis, a gay former NFL player, will be the executive director of the You Can Play Project, which is an advocacy group designed to promote equality in sports for LGBTs. Davis came out as gay after he retired from the NFL.
"A year ago, before Jason Collins or Robbie Rogers came out and before the questions about LGBT athletes' treatment in Russia were commonplace, Davis was already talking about the fact that sports remained an area where young people still were uncomfortable being gay." Davis said that LGBT athletes often stay quite or quit the sport after they come out.