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By Phillip Lentsch–
The University of Louisville LGBT Center capped off it’s annual Pride Week with an unlikely ally: a football player.
Michael Sam, former University of Missouri defensive end and the first openly gay NFL player, delivered the LGBT Center’s keynote speech to a crowd of U of L faculty and students.
The talk began with an introduction from LGBT Center Director Brian Buford, who spoke on the privilege it was to work at U of L.