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World Wide Wave

4 Oct 2019

USA: FOOTBALL – THE FINAL QUEER FRONTIER

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USA: FOOTBALL – THE FINAL QUEER FRONTIER

It’s grand final week!  Whether you follow AFL or rugby league, the last two teams standing will take to the field this weekend to determine who will be called the Premiers for 2019.  And statistically speaking, standing among those footballers is almost certain to be a gay or bisexual player. No one that is publicly ‘out’ though.

We speak with a man who began to ‘come out’ while he was playing at the highest level of the American Football League. But it was not until his retirement that he went public. He has written a book about his journey titled My Life on the Line: How the NFL Damn Near Killed Me and Ended Up Saving My Life (http://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/my-life-on-the-line/

). He is the former offensive linesman for the New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs, Ryan O’Callaghan.

Broadcast: September 24, 2019

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