7/4/2021 Carl Nassib's Coming Out Will Save Lives; How Many Depends on the NFL's Support News at Home by John Howard and executive producer of The Joneses.
Carl Nassib’s coming out this Pride season is historic. He is the first active NFL player to do so. More importantly, Nassib’s casual but careful revelation implicitly links systemic homophobia in elite male team sports—and the resulting dearth of out-and-proud role models—with LGBTQ youth suicide, which is five times the straight rate. In his Instagram message, Nassib pledged $100,000 to the Trevor Project to provide desperately needed crisis intervention and suicide prevention services.