Posted on 08/22/2017 1:19:23 PM PDT by Zakeet
Earlier this offseason, the San Francisco 49ers made Katie Sowers the second female full-time coach in NFL history. Kathryn Smith, who spent the 2016 season as a special teams quality control coach for the Buffalo Bills, was the first.
On Tuesday, Sowers herself made history, when she opened up to OutSports and become the first openly LGBT coach in the NFL, male or female.
"No matter what you do in life, one of the most important things is to be true to who you are," Sowers said. "There are so many people who identify as LGBT in the NFL, as in any business, that do not feel comfortable being public about their sexual orientation. The more we can create an environment that welcomes all types of people, no matter their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, the more we can help ease the pain and burden that many carry every day."
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Does she like Wide Receivers or Tight Ends?
Is this their penance from Roger Goodell for firing Kapernick?
What crap.
You're a woman! That's "who you are".
You seem to think you can be a blue unicorn if you just say you are...
Now we know the name of the next ESPN “Courage Award” winner.
Looks like another 2-14 season this year.
Well, which is she? L? or G? or B (both)? or T?
It is an it.
Contrast
Coached New England Patriots wide-recievers:
"Daboll coached Rob Gronkowski to unanimous Associated Press first team All-Pro honors"
Brian Daboll Named Alabama Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach
- Roll Tide -
I don’t care what the author says, that’s a dude.
Where did she learn her craft?
It looks like Quark from DS9.
Let us just say that NO ONE was surprised.
That’s it. I’m declaring myself openly BLT.
I have no statistics, but it seems like most of the female police chiefs I have heard about are lesbian. No surprise to me that a female football coach follows the same path. They certainly feed into the “butch” stereotype.
My dad died in 2014 and we always watched baseball together . We are big Yankee fans but since he passed away I’ve watched less and less and lost interest. They all make too much money and without my dad it’s not as much fun.
A woman athlete is a lesbian - who would have guessed......
At least the locker room carpet will be clean.
Which craft?
Football or the other thing...?
If the 49ers think she is good enough to coach, I do not have a problem with that. As long as she is not one of those in-your-face activists, I say more power to her. The 49ers need SOMETHING!!
Just another one of the boys.
Let’s all be honest.
49er WR’s takes whatever she says and let it go in one ear and out the other.
They are thinking “what does this B know, that I don’t already know”?
They may show her respect, but they don’t believe she deserves respect.
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