Posted on 02/25/2014 12:26:42 PM PST by massmike
Roy Simmons, the fun-loving Giants offensive lineman who later became the second former player in NFL history to come out as gay, died in his New York home last week at 57.
Simmons, the only player in NFL history to acknowledge that he was HIV positive, was known as "Sugar Bear" because of his big smile and sweet personality. But the former Giants offensive lineman was also tortured by his sexuality and struggled for years with substance abuse. When his NFL career ended, he was a homeless prostitute in San Francisco for a time, earning $15 a trick.
Simmons told the Daily News in 2006 that he had battled demons ever since a neighbor in his hometown of Savannah, Ga., raped him when he was 11 years old.
The Giants drafted Simmons in 1979, but he told the News in 2006 that he was a regular at wild sex and dope parties thrown by what he called the team's drug clique, and his play rapidly declined.
Coach Bill Parcells cut him in 1983; he spent a season with Washington before he retired from the league. Simmons said he went out of his way during his NFL career to hide his homosexuality. He juggled affairs with women and had a daughter with one girlfriend, but he was also a regular at the city's gay bathhouses and frequented male hookers as well.
Simmons became more open with his sexuality after he left football; he became a drag queen - with size 16 shoes - and loved to strut up and down the streets of San Francisco.
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Nothing to celebrate now, is there?
I would like some protection from these "life of a pervert" stories...
Boy, what a sad story.
But, but I thought that the gays were just born that way? This is the headline of the story.
“Everyday....gay, gay, gay....so sick of it.”
Amen. Every “thing” has to have a f***ing gay angle/element in it.
ENOUGH.
Life expectancy of gay males is right around fifty five iirc. Looks like he was near the target age
It is sad. What a messed-up lifestyle. RIP.
It is my belief that the vast majority of those that adopt the Sodomite lifestyle were victimized by older men while they were very young. Through guilt and self-loathing they descended into this vile abyss of mental illness, and they continue the cycle by preying on other young men or boys.
But, of course, the Media just plays up how wonderful it is to be homosexual.
Uganda has it right, and I am sure the United States government will try to crush them for it.
he became a drag queen - with size 16 shoes - and loved to strut up and down the streets of San Francisco
I’m shocked they even put that detail in the article at all!
“fun loving”. I think not
I wouldn’t envy Stone and Keller having to track those shoes on the streets of San Francisco. Couldn’t resist invoking the old QM production title.
“Ah, there’s the rub.”
How totally sick and sad at the same time.
Sucks....
Today, we have “gay rights” and abortion.
I thought it worth noting.
Mr. Simmons said he was molested by a gay neighbor when he was 11. Once again raising the question, nature or nurture? In any event surely the perv who did it must be real proud of himself.
Agreed...truly sad.
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