President Joe Biden applauded Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib and Washington Spirit soccer player Kumi Yokoyama for coming out as part of the LGBTQ+ community:
President BidenTo Carl Nassib and Kumi Yokoyama – two prominent, inspiring athletes who came out this week: I’m so proud of your courage. Because of you, countless kids around the world are seeing themselves in a new light today.
Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay Monday in an Instagram post. Michael Sam previously came out as gay before being drafted in 2014 but did not make an NFL regular-season roster.