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49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers becomes first openly LGBT coach
CBS Sports ^ | August 22, 2017 | Jared Dubin

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbssports.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 49ers; homosexual; homosexualagenda; lesbian; nfl; sanfrancisco; sowers
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To: Zakeet

Does she like Wide Receivers or Tight Ends?


41 posted on 08/22/2017 1:59:48 PM PDT by DFG
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To: Zakeet

Is this their penance from Roger Goodell for firing Kapernick?


42 posted on 08/22/2017 2:03:24 PM PDT by Vic S
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To: Zakeet
one of the most important things is to be true to who you are

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...

43 posted on 08/22/2017 2:05:20 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Zakeet

Now we know the name of the next ESPN “Courage Award” winner.


44 posted on 08/22/2017 2:08:37 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Zakeet

Looks like another 2-14 season this year.


45 posted on 08/22/2017 2:11:47 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Zakeet
"...the first openly LGBT..."

Well, which is she? L? or G? or B (both)? or T?

46 posted on 08/22/2017 2:12:23 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: grania

It is an it.


47 posted on 08/22/2017 2:12:49 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Zakeet

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 -

48 posted on 08/22/2017 2:13:24 PM PDT by blam
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To: mykroar

I don’t care what the author says, that’s a dude.


49 posted on 08/22/2017 2:18:03 PM PDT by subterfuge (Save the monuments!!)
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To: Zakeet

Where did she learn her craft?


50 posted on 08/22/2017 2:18:34 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: Zakeet

It looks like Quark from DS9.

Let us just say that NO ONE was surprised.

51 posted on 08/22/2017 2:20:38 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The UK has no death penalty, unless you are an 11 month old infant with no arrest history)
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To: Zakeet

That’s it. I’m declaring myself openly BLT.


52 posted on 08/22/2017 2:20:57 PM PDT by Flick Lives (#CNNblackmail)
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To: skinndogNN

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.


53 posted on 08/22/2017 2:23:23 PM PDT by littleharbour
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To: Captain Peter Blood

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.


54 posted on 08/22/2017 2:23:36 PM PDT by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: Zakeet

A woman athlete is a lesbian - who would have guessed......


55 posted on 08/22/2017 2:25:00 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Zakeet

At least the locker room carpet will be clean.


56 posted on 08/22/2017 2:25:44 PM PDT by VietVet876
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To: skinndogNN

Which craft?

Football or the other thing...?


57 posted on 08/22/2017 2:32:22 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Zakeet

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!!


58 posted on 08/22/2017 2:32:31 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: Zakeet

Just another one of the boys.


59 posted on 08/22/2017 2:39:20 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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To: Dapper 26

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.


60 posted on 08/22/2017 2:40:04 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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