Raiders’ Carl Nassib has top-selling NFL jersey after coming out as gay – Yahoo News

Las Vegas Raiders player Carl Nassib is the top-selling NFL jersey across the Fanatics network after becoming the first active NFL player in history to come out as gay, ESPN reported Tuesday.

Why it matters: The popularity of Nassib’s jersey signals overwhelming support for the player, who said he was coming out now because “representation and visibility are so important.”

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• The vast majority NFL players who are in the LGBTQ community are closeted due to fear that their identity will negatively impact their career, former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan told Reuters in 2019.

Worth noting: Nassib said he will be donating $100,000 to the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention service for LGBTQ youth in the U.S.

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