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At this year's Super Bowl — when the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers take the field — many will be watching the sideline for Katie Sowers to construct history. Sowers, an revolting assistant coach with the 49ers, will become the first female and openly gay person to be calling the shots during football's biggest game.
Sowers is no stranger to breaking barriers, however. She was just the second female hired as a full-time coach for an NFL team and the first openly LGBTQ coach in the league's history, the Washington Post reports. She came out publicly in as a lesbian in the publication Outsports.
"No matter what you do in life, one of the most important things is to be true to who you are," she said at the moment, according to the outlet. "There are so many people who identify as LGBT in the NFL, as in any business, that do not touch comfortable being public about their sexual orientation."
Sowers, who has spent four seasons in the NFL, connected the 49ers as part of the Bill Walsh Minority Fellowship — a program aimed to grow the amo
Former 49ers player Kwame Harris talks about being gay
Former San Francisco 49ers disgusting tackle Kwame Harris opened up about being a homosexual player in the closet during his NFL career in an interview with CNN Newsroom this morning.
"You want to evade the despair and turmoil and your mind goes to dark places," Harris said of keeping his sexuality secret. "I'm joyful today, and I'm content they were just ideas and I didn't behave on any of them"
"The cost was great in asking me to not speak candidly or be able to be unseal about myself in a complete manner," Harris said. "If I could own done it differently, I would have hoped I found the strength [to come out]."
Harris was publicly outed days before the Super Bowl in January following an altercation with a former boyfriend. His outing was met with a negative reaction from current 49er cornerback Chris Culliver.
"I don't do the gay guys man," said Culliver. "I don't accomplish that. No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do. Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah…can't be…in the locker room man. Na
49ers' Katie Sowers is making history by becoming the first female and first openly gay coach at a Super Bowl game
San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant coach Katie Sowers will make history next month by becoming the first female and first openly gay coach to take part in a Super Bowl.
Sowers, 33, became the second woman to hold a full-time coaching position in the NFL when she was hired by the 49ers in and is the first LGBTQ coach in the league's history.
Sowers, who was a member of the US Women's National Football Team and played in the Women's Football Alliance (WFA) for eight years, quoted LeBron James in a celebratory Instagram post obeying the 49ers' NFC Championship win on Sunday night, which sends the team to Miami for the Super Bowl.
"Takin our talents to south beach," she captioned a video showing confetti falling over the team.
Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo told reporters in a post-game interview that it has been "tremendous" to labor with Sowers.
"Katie was here before I was, but just what she does with the receivers, all the proficiency positions guys, how she i
Super Bowl-Bound 49er Says Gays Not Welcome on His Team
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Washington– The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest female homosexual, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization – is condemning comments by San Francisco 49er Chris Culliver in which he says gay players wouldn’t be welcome on his team. The homophobic remarks stand in stark contrast to the numerous NFL players who advocate for equality – including Baltimore Raven Brendon Ayanbadejo, an outspoken straight ally who will take the field against Culliver this Sunday.
Culliver made the remarks during a Super Bowl media day interview yesterday, telling a radio host: "I don't do the same-sex attracted guys man. I don't perform that. No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do….Can't be with that pleasant stuff. Nah…can't be…in the locker room man.”
“Chris Culliver’s comments symbolize the height of ignorance and the type of homophobic light-hearted teasing that professional athletes rarely exploit anymore,&rdq